00:00The quality of education in the country will be improved.
00:03This is what President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said
00:08when he led the sectoral meeting in Malacanang today
00:12with some officials of DepEd, Kenneth Paciente.
00:16In the center of the news, Kenneth.
00:18Yes, Aljo, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said that the quality of education in the country will be improved.
00:24That's why in the sectoral meeting in Malacanang today,
00:27led by the President himself,
00:29he approved the creation of the Cabinet Cluster for Education.
00:33According to Education Secretary Sonny Angara,
00:36this cluster is the only way for the government to address the learning or education gap in the Philippines
00:42which, according to studies, is 5.5 years.
00:45This cluster will serve, Aljo, to be centralized,
00:49so that the branches of various agencies will be united
00:51in addressing the challenges of education.
00:54Angara explained that each agency will have their own work
00:59that will not be in conflict with each other.
01:01That's why there will be problems in implementing these.
01:05As a member of the so-called cluster,
01:08DepEd, SHED, TESDA, DOLE and BBM
01:11will focus on children from early child care to the implementation of these in high school.
01:17DepEd also gave a statement that they will continue to focus on other problems in education in the country
01:22as well as the classroom shortage,
01:24as well as the lack of teachers.
01:27Here is the latest. Back to you, Aljo.
01:29Thank you very much Kenneth Paciente.
