MANILA, Philippines -- A ?fighting and determined? President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will paint?not unexpectedly?a rosy picture of her administration?s performance, on Monday, going into the last 11 months of her term.

The President is expected to highlight the eight million jobs created during her term; a $185-billion economy based on the gross national product; the 98-percent barangay (village) electrification nationwide; and a network of roads, bridges, and other infrastructure.

When asked about the less-than-glowing reviews she has been getting from her usual critics, Press Secretary Cerge Remonde said on Sunday that Arroyo was a victim of a ?vicious? political opposition that supposedly refused to acknowledge the gains of her administration while propagating lies about her.

?We have a vicious opposition, an opposition that does nothing but to criticize the President,? he said in his weekly media forum aired at Radyo ng Bayan.

Remonde said ?history will be a kinder judge? of Arroyo in the face of scandals and accusations of prevalent graft and corruption under her term.

?A lie repeated a hundred times assumes the substance of truth,? he said, paraphrasing the famous line by Adolf Hitler?s chief propagandist Joseph Goebbels.

In Arroyo?s final State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday, Remonde said she would ?shine the spotlight on education? instead of focusing on political issues.

?The expectations that the Sona would be politics as usual are not true,? he said.

An executive summary of Arroyo?s Sona indicated that she would tackle Charter change: ?The push for constitutional reform has to be continued, to achieve a more effective basis for legislation that can hasten the advancement of the nation to its desired status in the global community.?

Sought for comment, Remonde said: ?I will neither confirm nor deny that. Let?s just wait for the next chapter. But I can promise you that you are in for a very interesting State of the Nation Address tomorrow (Monday) where you will see a fighting and a determined president.?

Arroyo met with members of the Presidential Task Force on Education (PTFE), on Sunday, to gather updates about the implementation of the ?Philippine Main Education Highway? program.

She said the PTFE?s ?advice and findings? would be part of her Sona.

In the gathering, she provided highlights of her Sona on education, saying ?our children must receive the food they need for a healthy body, the education they need for a healthy mind and the equality of opportunity for a meaningful job.?

?Education is the great equalizer that allows every young Filipino a chance to realize their dreams,? she said. ?Everyone must do whatever we can to give our young people a good education and a good start.?

In its 16-page report submitted to Arroyo on Sunday, the PTFE informed her about ?a significant drop in the incidence of malnutrition among public elementary school children from 21 percent to 17 percent in 2007.?

The group pegged the current drop-out rate in basic education at 5.99 percent representing an 18-percent reduction in the last two years.

It said the Department of Education had also ?put in place a safety net mechanism to rid textbooks of erroneous and inappropriate content through an editorial board that reviews the textbooks prior to mass printing.?

On the economy, Remonde said Arroyo would report to the nation that the per capita gross national product had increased from $967 in 2001 to $2,051 in 2008, even with the country?s population increasing from around 76 million to 90 million during the same period.

Going by the gross domestic output, he said the economy expanded to P7.42 trillion in 2008 from P3.63 trillion in 2001.