FILE PHOTO: Senator Sonny Angara’s appointment as the brand new Secretary of Schooling is lauded. (Bibo Nueva España/Senate PRIB)
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Enterprise for Schooling (PBEd) expressed optimism that the experiences of the incoming Division of Schooling Secretary (DepEd), Sen. Sonny Angara, will improve the federal government’s capacity to successfully handle the educational disaster within the nation.
in an announcement, the schooling reform advocacy group additionally counseled President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s “swift” determination to call a brand new schooling chief.
“We welcome President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s determination to nominate Sen. Sonny Angara as the brand new Secretary of the Division of Schooling (DepEd),” stated PBEd, which earlier enumerated a number of attainable replacements for Vice President Sara Duterte as Schooling Secretary. Amongst its listing was Angara.
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“We laud the swift appointment which is essential to make sure that there is no such thing as a disruption within the schooling of our kids, sustaining the continuity within the reforms that ought to be executed within the academic system,” it added.
Vice President Duterte stepped down as DepEd head on June 19. Whereas she didn’t present a particular cause for quitting, she defined that her motion was not an indication of weak spot, because it was stirred by compassion for academics and college students. Her resignation takes impact on July 19.
Angara has expressed due to Marcos for his “belief” in selecting him as the brand new DepEd chief.
Earlier than Angara’s appointment, he served as a senator from the sixteenth to the current Congress, or since 2013, and chaired a number of Senate panels, together with the justice and human rights committee, finance committee, and youth committee. He was additionally a commissioner of the Second Congressional Fee on Schooling.
He authored key legislations in schooling, together with the Free Faculty Legislation and the Free Kindergarten Legislation.
“We acknowledge the importance of emphasizing competence over political concerns on this appointment. With this basis in place, Senator Angara, as a politician, is predicted to make use of his political savvy to navigate legislative processes, construct partnerships, and safe sources and assist for learners and academics,” PBEd stated.
“PBEd constantly extends assist to DepEd in all its efforts to deal with the persistent schooling disaster and foster the event of human capital,” it added.
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