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Sen. Joel Villanueva
(Senate of the Philippines / MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO)
Villanueva, chairman of the Senate higher education committee, lamented that the average passing rate in LET over a period of 11 years only stood at about 30 percent.
Based on the September 2019 LET, a total of 445 schools had zero passing rate, he added.
“With all due respect, we want to be realistic, unbiased, and to look at the whole picture. Hindi po okay ang 30% passing rate kasi more than 100,000 naman ang pumapasa taon-taon. In 2019, out of 386,840 examinees, 147,353 passed the LET, while 239,487 examinees failed,” Villanueva said.
“Imagine the government resources and the hard-earned money that our