Pinoy 4th graders’ poor scores in math, science show ‘major crisis’ in basic education — Gatchalian Published December 11, 2020 11:52am Updated December 11, 2020 4:11pm Filipino students' poor performance in a global assessment in fourth-grade math and science shows a "major crisis" in Philippine basic education, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said Friday. Their scores of 297 in math and 249 in science were also lower than the country's score of 358 in math and 332 in science from the last time the Philippines joined the study in 2003. Gatchalian, chairperson of the Senate education committee, said this follows "dismal results" for the Philippines in the 2019 Southeast Asia Primary Learning Metrics and the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment.