THERE is a need to review the country’s learning recovery program, Department of Education Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said on Tuesday.

“I think, we need to review [it],” Angara remarked in a press briefing in Malacañang, adding that interventions should primarily focus on the learners’ need and the government has to dip into science-based data gathering.

He said the capacities of the learners should be assessed before and after holding learning recovery camps, as part of the National Learning Recovery Program.

Angara’s remarks echoed the observation of Executive Director Karol Mark Yee of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) that the NLRP should be reviewed.

Yee said they already requested for a revamp via a learner-centered approach.

“Iyong request namin sa DepEd is sana iyong plano natin detalyado depende sa pangangailangan ng iba’t ibang bata kasi hindi naman lahat ng bata ay ganoon iyong kailangan,” Yee said.

“Iyong iba kailangan mas focused, mas maraming oras. Iyong iba refreshments lang. So sana mayroon tayong delineation in terms of the interventions,” he added.

Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, recently aired his intent to push for massive reforms in the NLRP.

According to Gatchalian, the initiative is “not getting the right results.”