Postponed thrice, the Department of Education will hold the 2016-2017 National Career Assessment Examination in Metro Manila schools on March 9 and 10.
Education Secretary Leonor Briones, in DepEd Memorandum No. 36, Series of 2017, advised that the new dates of the school year 2016-2017 NCAE in all divisions in the National Capital Region shall be on March 9 and 10.
The DepEd postponed the NCAE for NCR a day before the original schedule last March 1 and 2 due to “logistical limitations” through a DepEd memo dated February 28, 2017. The exam was administered in all other areas.
The NCAE was originally scheduled last August 30 and 31, 2016 according to the DepEd school calendar for school year 2016-2017. However, in a memorandum dated August 23, the DepEd rescheduled the exam to December 7 and 8, 2016.
In a memo issued last December 2, Briones once again announced that the exam was postponed indefinitely “due to administrative and logistical limitations.”
Two months later, in a memo last February 2, DepEd announced that the NCAE for this school year will be held on March 1 and 2. (Ina Hernando Malipot)