Schoolgirl from Eastern
Samar tops National Achievement Test
By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
September
10, 2007
TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte
– Jenevieve Palma, a Grade 6 student at the Lawaan Central School in
Eastern Samar topped the National Achievement Test (NAT) administered
by the Department of Education last March 15.
Jenevieve, who
garnered a Mean Percentage Score (MPS) of 96.5, raised the banner of
Region 8 which has the distinction of topping the NAT annually.
Indeed, Jenevieve is a living testimony to the unrelenting quest of
the Filipino students for academic excellence regardless of which
part, (urban or rural) of the country they are located.
The Department of
Education revealed that the second place is shared by Rose Colares of
Taguig in Metro Manila and Amelyn Legion of
Mabolo Elementary School
in Cavite. The fourth and fifth place went to Michelle Tonic and
Anjanette Mortalla respectively from Makato Elementary School.
The Department of
Education announced that the other 15 topnotchers came from Eastern
Samar, Cavite, Leyte, Butuan City and Biliran. This means that three
of the six provinces in Region 8 made it to the top 20 roll.
DepEd 8 is more joyful
as DepEd also revealed that students of a special education class of
Ormoc City Special Education (SPED) outdid many of the counterparts in
the NAT.
Ormoc City managed to
register a well over average mean percentage score during last year
and this year’s NAT. The Ormoc City SPED Center reportedly scored an
impressive 83.80 which is even higher than its previous grade of 81.44
last year.
In a press statement,
Education Secretary Jesli Lapus, taking cognizance to the fact that
the NAT results showed improved performance among examinees compared
to previous years, said that the NAT results illustrate the benefits
the students get as a result of the significant interventions in
public education.
Among the revelations
of this year’s NAT results is that the boys who managed to top the NAT
tests juggle their time studying and helping out their parents in the
farm.
Based on the results,
female examinees garnered higher mean percentage scores of 61.81
percent over the MPS of male examinees of 58.89 percent.
Another observation is
that examinees from rural areas fared better than their urban
counterparts with their MPS placed at 60.81 percent while those from
urban areas were 59.48 percent.
