Saturday, August 04, 2007
Education chief pushes mandatory college entrance test for all HS graduates (3:55 p.m.)
EDUCATION Secretary Jesli Lapus said he will push for legislation that will require all secondary school graduates to take the National College Assessment Examination (NCAE) before pursuing college education.
“I am pushing for the legislation of the NCAE and have it institutionalized as part of our overall reform measures in the education sector,” Lapus said.
He said he is optimistic Congress will pass such a law in three years.
The NCAE, which was introduced after the abolition of National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) in 1994 by then education secretary Raul Roco, intends to measure not only the academic aptitude of graduating high school students but also their inclination and skills for technical and vocational courses and entrepreneurial abilities.
Aside from guiding guiding the students on what career path to follow, DepEd said the NCAE was designed to address the problem of job mismatch brought about by graduates who lack the skills and competencies needed by the labor market. (AH/Sunnex) |
