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NATIONAL ELEMENTARY APTITUDE TEST

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NEAT at NSAT binuwag na ni Roco

November 21, 2001 - 12:00am

Binuwag na ni Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Raul Roco ang matagal nang tinutuligsang National Elementary Aptitude Test (NEAT) at National Secondary Aptitude Test (NSAT) na ibinibigay sa mga graduating...

PSN Metro

Reviewers for NEAT, NSAT have no government endorsement

By Sheila Crisostomo | December 22, 2000 - 12:00am

The generally faulty reviewers for the government-mandated tests for elementary and high school students are not endorsed by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS). This was the clarification made...

Nation

Miseducation - SKETCHES by Ana Marie Pamintuan

December 19, 2000 - 12:00am

What does "asinine" mean? Since the only asses we have in this country are the figurative kind, maybe it’s hard to find a point of reference for the word. Perhaps that’s the reason the synonym...

Opinion