General Education Reviewer for LET Philippines 2026

By LisensyaPrep Team | Last Updated: April 2026 | 10-minute read

General Education is the second major component of the Licensure Examination for Teachers. It covers a wide range of subject areas and many examinees find it challenging precisely because of that breadth. The key to reviewing GenEd effectively is not trying to cover everything equally but identifying the highest-yield topics within each subject area and spending most of your time there.

This reviewer covers the major GenEd topic areas with a focus on what actually shows up in the LET.

What General Education Covers

English: Communication and Reading

English in the LET GenEd component focuses primarily on communication skills and reading comprehension rather than literature. These are the highest-yield areas.

Reading Comprehension Strategies

Main idea questions ask you to identify what a passage is primarily about. The main idea is the central thought that all other details support. It is often found in the topic sentence of the first paragraph but not always.

Inference questions ask you to draw conclusions from information implied but not directly stated in the passage. These require reading between the lines.

Vocabulary in context questions ask for the meaning of a word as it is used in a specific passage, not its general dictionary definition.

Author's purpose questions ask why the author wrote the passage. Common purposes are to inform, to persuade, to entertain, or to describe.

Grammar and Usage

Focus on these grammar areas as they appear most consistently in LET GenEd:

Subject-verb agreement: The verb must agree with its subject in number. Collective nouns (class, team, family) take singular verbs when acting as a unit.

Pronoun-antecedent agreement: A pronoun must agree with its antecedent in number and gender.

Correct use of tenses: Pay attention to time markers in sentences that signal which tense is appropriate.

Modifiers: Misplaced and dangling modifiers are common test items. A modifier should be placed as close as possible to the word it modifies.

Filipino: Komunikasyon at Pagbasa

The Filipino component of GenEd tests grammar, reading comprehension in Filipino, and basic literary concepts.

Key Grammar Concepts in Filipino

Kayarian ng pangungusap covers sentence structure including the predicate (panaguri) and subject (paksa).

Uri ng pangungusap ayon sa kayarian includes simple (payak), compound (tambal), complex (hugnayan), and compound-complex sentences.

Bantas covers punctuation rules in Filipino writing.

Gamit ng salita covers the correct contextual use of Filipino words, including formal and informal registers.

Mathematics: High-Yield Topics for GenEd

Mathematics in LET GenEd focuses on problem-solving across several topic areas. These are the most consistently tested:

Statistics and Probability

Measures of central tendency: Mean is the arithmetic average. Median is the middle value when data is arranged in order. Mode is the most frequently occurring value. The LET frequently asks which measure is most appropriate for a given situation.

Measures of variability: Range is the difference between the highest and lowest values. Standard deviation measures how spread out values are from the mean.

Probability: P(Event) = Number of favorable outcomes divided by total number of possible outcomes. Know how to compute probability of simple and compound events.

Arithmetic and Number Sense

Ratio and proportion: If A is to B as C is to D, then A times D equals B times C. This cross-multiplication principle appears frequently.

Percentage problems: Percentage equals rate times base. Identify which value is the rate (percent), which is the base (the whole), and which is the percentage (the part).

Word problems involving integers, fractions, and decimals appear regularly. Practice setting up the equation before solving.

Geometry

Perimeter, area, and volume formulas for common shapes are tested. Know formulas for rectangles, triangles, circles, and basic 3D shapes.

Pythagorean theorem: In a right triangle, a squared plus b squared equals c squared where c is the hypotenuse.

Science: Key Concepts for GenEd

Science in LET GenEd covers basic concepts across biology, chemistry, physics, and earth science. Focus on conceptual understanding rather than detailed calculations.

Biology

Cell theory: All living things are made of cells, the cell is the basic unit of life, and all cells come from pre-existing cells.

Photosynthesis: Plants convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into glucose and oxygen. Equation: 6CO2 plus 6H2O plus light energy produces C6H12O6 plus 6O2.

DNA and genetics: DNA carries genetic information. Genes determine inherited traits. Dominant alleles are expressed over recessive alleles.

Physics

Newton's Laws of Motion:

First law: An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

Second law: Force equals mass times acceleration (F = ma).

Third law: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Social Studies: Philippine History and Government

Key Events in Philippine History

The LET tests broad knowledge of Philippine history with emphasis on the colonial period, the struggle for independence, and the contemporary period.

Know the sequence: Pre-colonial Philippines, Spanish colonization (1565), British occupation (1762), Philippine Revolution (1896), Execution of Rizal (1896), Aguinaldo's Declaration of Independence (1898), American period, Commonwealth, Japanese occupation, Third Republic, Marcos era and Martial Law, EDSA Revolution (1986), contemporary period.

Philippine Government Structure

The Philippines is a democratic and republican state with three branches of government.

Legislative branch: Congress composed of the Senate (24 senators elected at-large) and the House of Representatives (district and party-list representatives).

Executive branch: The President serves as head of state and government. Elected to a single 6-year term with no reelection.

Judicial branch: Supreme Court as the highest court, with the Court of Appeals and lower courts below it.

Study Strategy for GenEd

Because GenEd covers so many subject areas, the most efficient approach is to take a diagnostic test across all subject areas first and identify where you are already strong versus where you need the most work. Spend the bulk of your review time on your two or three weakest areas rather than reviewing everything equally.

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