“In its Final Report, the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) highlighted the problems linked to students’ plummeting proficiency rates, and how ‘mass promotion’ further amplifies the gaps in the education system.
“Mass promotion is many things. There is no real policy of DepEd (Department of Education) to promote students automatically, but it is a confluence of multiple factors,” EDCOM 2 Executive Director Karol Mark R. Yee told BusinessWorld in an interview.
Interview by Almira Martinez
Video editing by Richard Mendoza
