AMINADO si Senador Sherwin Gatchalian na may pag-aalinlangan ngayon kung tamang materyales ang ginagamit para sa Licensure Examination for Teachers.

Sa gitna ito ng impormasyon na sa loob ng nakalipas na pitong taon, 30 percent lamang ng mga kumukuha ng LET ang nakapapasa.

“The passing grade for licensure examination for teachers, for the last seven years, is only about thirty percent. In fact, it’s easier to become a lawyer than to become a teacher,” pahayag ni Gatchalian.

Isa sa nakikitang problema ni Gatchalian ay ang materyales sa pagsusulit at ang koordinasyon sa pagitan ng Commission on Higher Education, Department of Education at ng Professional Regulatory Commission.

“Actually there is also a very big debate now if we are using the right materials to test our teachers. Right now just to give you an idea, the CHED is a different agency that trains the teachers and then you have PRC that tests and assesses the teachers and then you have DepEd that uses the teachers,” paliwanag ng senador.

Isa pa sa tinitingnang problema ng mambabatas ay ang pagturing ng marami sa education course bilang default course upang magkaroon ng security of tenure sa gobyerno.

“We have raised the salaries of our teachers quite high already in the past 10 years. In fact the salaries of our public school teachers are higher than our private schools, so that is the default course,” diin pa ng mambabatas.