English: The Department of Education (DepEd) explained that this increase is not statistically significant, which also suggests that while Filipino learners did not regress despite the COVID-19 pandemic, their performance also stagnated.
Filipino: Ipinaliwanag ng Department of Education (DepEd) na hindi maituturing na statistically significant ang pagbabagong ito. Lumalabas na sa kabila ng pandemya ng COVID-19, hindi umurong ang kaalaman ng mga kabataan, ngunit wala ring positibong pagbabagong nakita.