Pobreng studes namayagpag sa career exam

**BoEinG_747** · March 21st, 2007 08:07 PM

(JB Salarzon)

Mga high school students mula sa mahihirap na pamilya ang bumandera sa idinaos na National Career Assessment Examination (NCEA) noong Enero 17 ng taong kasalukuyan.

Ito ay ayon sa inilabas na resulta ng NCEA ng National Education Testing and Research Research Center (NETRC) ng Department of Education (DepEd) kahapon.

"The NCEA results revealed that 22,267 students who belong to families with annual income below P150,000, the current po-verty threshold, are among the highest performers with very high to excellent scores (98-99+ percentile ranks)," ayon kay NETRC Director Nelia Benito.

Tunay umanong nakakasorpresa na ang mahi-hirap na pamilya o nasa lebel na mas mababa pa nga sa poverty threshold ay nanguna sa pagsusulit gayong napakalimitado ng kanilang resoures sa larangan ng mga tu-long o suportang pang-edu-kasyon gaya ng access sa computer at internet na malaking bentahe ng mga maykayang pamilya.

Sa kabuuang 1.8 mil-yong mag-aaral sa sekondarya ay 1.3 milyon lamang ang aktuwal na kumuha ng naturang pagsusulit at sa bilang na ito, ang 33,444 estudyanteng namayagpag at nakuha ng markang "high to excellent", partikular sa Tech-Voc (technical-vocational) test ay pawang galing sa mahihirap na pamilya.

Sinabi pa ni Benito na ibibigay sa lahat ng nag-eksamin na estudyante ang kanilang ‘certificate of rating’, "And this will give the student an accurate measure of his potential for college, technical and vocational school, or entrepreneurship."

**Bogeyman** · March 21st, 2007 08:15 PM

The flipside to that story is not as encouraging:

700,000 HS studes unfit to enter college
abs-cbnnews.com

More than half of the 1.3 million fourth-year high school students who took the National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) in January are not prepared to enter college, the Department of Education revealed Wednesday.

Education officials said 700,000 students scored low in the general scholastic aptitude category of the exam. GSA measures the readiness of a student to enter the tertiary level.

Most of the students scored high in the technical-vocation and entrepreneurial categories.

The latest NCAE results also showed that only a small percentage of the examinees are qualified to fill executive and managerial positions. Taal National High School topped the examination followed by Ateneo de Manila University and Eastern Samar University.

A total of 1.3 million graduating high school students took the NCAE last January 17 to help students assess their career options after high school.

The NCAE results revealed that 22,267 students who belong to families with annual incomes below P150,000, the current poverty threshold, are among the highest performers in the GSA, with Very High to Excellent scores (98-99+ percentile ranks). Meanwhile, 33,444 poor students also received very high scores in the technical-vocational category.

Education Secretary Jesli Lapus earlier said the results of the test will be used primarily for career guidance.

"This is not like the old NCEE (National Career Entrance Examination) which was used solely as a basis for admission to college," he said.

"The NCAE is a guide for students, so that they will really find a proper fit for themselves when they enter the job or entrepreneurial markets," he added.

He said school guidance counselors have been trained to assist the students in interpreting their respective ratings. He added that the department is studying the possiblity of making NCAE a prerequisite for post-secondary studies by school year 2009-2010.

**mmanson** · March 21st, 2007 08:50 PM

pero guide lang naman talaga ang ncae di ba?it doesnt mean na kung pang business ka (ayon sa ncae) e di mo dapat ipursue ang "art and science" career mo na pinangarap mo pa noong uhugin ka pa.

**oldblue** · March 22nd, 2007 03:42 AM

Taal National HS, masarap ang simoy ng bulkan at lawa hehehe

**yuichi** · March 22nd, 2007 11:49 AM

kahit sa board exam napapansin ko mga taga-probinsya nagtotop ngayon. puro aral kase para umahon sa kahirapan.

**uls** · March 22nd, 2007 02:25 PM

mas seryoso kasi sa studies ang mga students sa province compared sa students dito sa MM.

Maybe it's coz mas resource-limited lugar nila. So they value whatever blessings they get.

**boybi** · March 22nd, 2007 02:29 PM

Marami kasing gimmicks dyan sa MM.

**artpogi** · March 22nd, 2007 03:03 PM

Although nasa estudyante at magulang pa din naman yan, IMO, students in the provinces, especially those na medyo malayo sa mga big cities, have less distractions compared to those that are studying in the big cities like MM, Cebu and the likes.

With less distraction, they have plenty of time reading lots of books, and studying more.