RISE To The Top

The Student Editorial Team had the opportunity to talk with the members of the REX Institute for Student Excellence (RISE), one of the newest departments in the ever growing REX Group of companies; the primary goal of the department is to measure and test students’ capabilities. The resource speakers were able to give a background on the impact of REX’s newest department and the processes involved within.

            For the interview, the members of the department provided details about the newly developed organization which helps shed light on REX’s rising section.

The team had the opportunity of interviewing Ms. Adel, one of the department’s freshest employees who happens to be spending most of her time alongside the student trainees, “I think they are reliable enough to do some tasks and they delivered naman to their given time” she answered with a smile when asked about the performance of the student trainees. When asked about the importance of RISE for the students and REX’s clients in her perspective, she answered that it fully evaluates the weaknesses and strengths of the students through properly given instructions.

The team also had the honor of interviewing Mr. Dexter Ngo, RISE’s General Manager. In the interview, Mr. Ngo shared that the department first started when the Department of Education (DepEd) agreed with some departmental orders which orders a shift in focusing on student assessments, Because of that, DepEd came up with their own tests like the National Achievement Test (NAT) and other testing materials. But despite of this, DepEd’s methods did not cover all the aspects of the assessment. So instead, they gave it to the schools, publishers and other assessment institutions to give a focus on the product instead. The RISE department initially focused on student assessments and performance. As of now, their team is also focusing on other things like student intervention and the development of products that seeks to enhance the performance of students as well as evaluate the skills that they have.

The last to be interviewed were the student trainees in order to give a look into their perspectives. The student trainees were majorly comprised of General Academic Strand students from Ina ng Buhay Catholic School and St. Francis Xavier Catholic School. When asked regarding the processes in their department, they stated that their training focused on the documentation, editing, and encoding of confidential files which are used in the department. Although they expressed the same thought differently, they all agreed that the knowledge that they’ve picked up in their strands proved to be applicable to the work assigned to them.

            Although the department is fairly new, they are certainly ready to leave their mark on the world under REX’s banner.


- Rafael Joshua Ibarra