President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. names Senator Sonny Angara as the new Department of Education secretary, effective July 19.
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00:00President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. named Senator Sonny Angara as the new Department of Education
00:06Secretary, effective July 19.
00:08Angara, whose Senate term was supposed to end in 2025, will replace Vice President Sara
00:14Duterte, who resigned as DepEd chief on June 19.
00:18Marcos makes the announcement during a Cabinet meeting in Malacanang on July 2, but Angara
00:23was not present during the meeting.
00:25Marcos was supposed to announce his choice for DepEd chief over the weekend, but he said
00:29he needed more time to choose given the demands for the job and the valid concerns raised
00:34by stakeholders.
00:36Commission on Elections Chairman George Garcia says Angara's Senate seat will remain vacant
00:41unless there is a call from the Senate to call for a special election.
00:45Angara inherits a colossal problem in the education sector, including poor performance
00:49of Filipino students in global education assessments.