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DepEd to review grade transmutation policy
The Freeman
|February 04, 2026
The Department of Education will review its policies that inadvertently move students up a grade level despite their poor performance, Education Secretary Sonny Angara said Tuesday, February 3.
Angara said DepEd will reexamine its grade transmutation matrix — where raw scores of 60 are converted to passing grades of 75 — and other practices that have the unintended effect of promoting unqualified students.
This comes after the Second Congressional Commission for Education (EDCOM II) released its final report last month, where it called on DepEd to phase out its de facto policy of automatically passing students regardless of grades, among other recommendations.
This story is from the February 04, 2026 edition of The Freeman.
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