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DepEd pitches alternatives to periodic exam to prevent ‘distance cheating’




The Department of Education (DepEd) said it will conduct summative and performance tasks instead of holding periodical examinations this school year to prevent “distance cheating.”

Aside from these tasks, Education Undersecretary Diosdado San Antonio said teachers could also do occasional conversations with the students.

“It could be addressed by summative and performance tasks. The other thing that could be done is for the teachers to do occasional conversations with the learners so it does not have to be a test, it could just be a conversation focusing on the lessons covered,” San Antonio said in Mariz Umali’s report on “24 Oras” on Wednesday.

Education Secretary Leonor Briones, also clarified that these approaches are only alternative ways of measuring and assessing the progress of learners.

“It does not necessarily mean that these approaches were developed to prevent cheating,” Briones said.

San Antonio also appealed to parents to “take the lead in fostering the value of honesty” in their children.

Meanwhile, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) slammed the idea of “distance cheating” as it is offending for the learners.

“Tingin naman namin ay wala pong magiging distance cheating kasi sa mga modules po, ito po ang pino-problema namin, kasama pong ibinibigay ‘yong answer key. Nandoon na po ‘yong sagot. Nasa likod po, nasa huling pahina po ‘yong sagot,” ACT secretary general Raymond Basilio said.

“Pangalawa, doon naman po sa mga nag-o-online learning, ang sabi nga po nila, you can Google everything… Masyado naman po tayong negatibo sa ating mga learners, sa amin po offending ‘yon,” he added.

With this, Basilio called on DepEd to consider the pass or fail mechanism.

“Sa amin po dapat ay maging realistic na lang doon sa paraan ng testing… Mas maganda para sa school year na ito ay ‘yong mekanismo ng pass or fail," he said.

"Huwag na nating lagyan ng numerical value kasi ‘pag naglalagay po tayo ng numerical value, talagang nagkakaroon ng pagtutulak, may tulak na ‘uy kailangan maging 100 ang score mo.’ So sa amin, ‘di siya doable at this time,” he added.—Ma. Angelica Garcia/LDF, GMA News

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