ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro urged the Department of Education to conduct diagnostic tests on students to gauge their reading skills.

Castro said Catch Up Friday should not focus on reading per se.

“Literally pinagbasa lang ang mga bata, dapat meron tayong diagnostics kasi iba-iba ang skills ng mga bata sa reading,” Castro said.

“Merong marunong lang magbasa hindi nakakaintindi. Meron talaga totally pati sounds hindi kahit sa high school dapat may diagnostic tests para alam din ng teacher ang mga level sino ang magbabasa ng ganito, sino tuturuan mo ng sound, sino tuturuan mo na ma-understand nila ang binabasa nila,” she added.

The Deped launched the program last January 12.

DepEd said the program is a learning mechanism intended to strengthen foundational, social, and other relevant skills necessary to realize the objectives of the basic education curriculum.

ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro urged the Department of Education to conduct diagnostic tests on students to gauge their reading skills.

Castro said Catch Up Friday should not focus on reading per se.

“Literally pinagbasa lang ang mga bata, dapat meron tayong diagnostics kasi iba-iba ang skills ng mga bata sa reading,” Castro said.

“Merong marunong lang magbasa hindi nakakaintindi. Meron talaga totally pati sounds hindi kahit sa high school dapat may diagnostic tests para alam din ng teacher ang mga level sino ang magbabasa ng ganito, sino tuturuan mo ng sound, sino tuturuan mo na ma-understand nila ang binabasa nila,” she added.

The Deped launched the program last January 12.

DepEd said the program is a learning mechanism intended to strengthen foundational, social, and other relevant skills necessary to realize the objectives of the basic education curriculum.