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00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. assured that the government will strive to meet the needs of education not only for students but also for teachers.
00:12That's what Ken and Paciente wrote.
00:14As much as possible, we want to go back to the past because I think there is a consensus that the past schedule is better.
00:27That's why we are not saying that we will not do it before next year or the year after that.
00:35We will try to do it.
00:37In our opinion, we may still have a hard time.
00:40But as long as there is a way, we will do it so that the return to the normal schedule of children will be faster and earlier.
00:50That was the statement of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in front of the requests of various sectors to return to the old school calendar
00:58where April and May, the students' vacations are in full swing.
01:03It is also followed by successive high heat indexes that are added to the students.
01:10That's why just after a month, President Marcos Jr. immediately approved the return of the old school calendar.
01:18Followed by his help to Deputy Secretary and Vice President Sara Duterte in May,
01:24the President approved the completion of the school year 2024-2025 on April 15
01:31as a reason for the attempt to start the class for the school year 2025-2026 on June 16, 2025.
01:40According to the Executive Board,
01:42it is better to adjust the schedule a little as long as the students are not allowed to enter the school every Saturday.
01:49The President also did not agree to have an additional expense for the students
01:54if the 180-day school calendar is implemented as well as the Saturday classes.
01:59He also did not agree to the 165-day school calendar that he can reduce in the number of students who are used to it.
02:08The Executive Board's decision to approve DepEd was also satisfactory.
02:12If we do this on April 15 and then the next school year will start on June 16,
02:19it is better when it comes to the school days.
02:22We are close to the prescribed of our curriculum specialist of 180 days.
02:27So we will not be far from that.
02:29The parents were also happy about this, especially since their children will not be able to endure the hot weather in the classrooms.
02:37It's okay, it's not like it will rain all month.
02:39You can't handle the summer, it's really hot every day.
02:42Just put on an umbrella, wear boots, instead of the hot weather.
02:47The rain is better than the hot weather.
02:51But the Executive Board's efforts do not end with the students.
02:55Because the President also met the needs and requests of the teachers,
02:59he relies on the talent and ability of the students.
03:04The President's approval of the Senate Bill No. 1964,
03:10or the return to the Teaching Act of June 3,
03:13was confirmed by the Executive Board in recognizing the sacrifices of the teachers
03:17by doubling their annual teaching allowance from the previous P5,000 to P10,000.
03:25Teachers are the unsung heroes of our society, of any society for that matter.
03:30They toil and burn the midnight oil.
03:33They teach our children not for money nor for prestige.
03:37They serve our country each day by teaching our children the basic foundations
03:43to make them responsible and productive citizens.
03:46It is our responsibility as a government and as a society to take care of them.
03:52The President also emphasized that this is the way of his administration
03:55to make sure that the teachers spend a long time
03:58with their own pocket money to buy their classroom supplies.
04:03It must take an incredible amount of love to sacrifice what little you have
04:07for the sake of your students despite having financial worries of your own.
04:12With the passage of this law, we are easing some of the burden that you carry each day.
04:18At the same time, the President emphasized that the government should continue to strive
04:22to make life easier not only for students but also for groups.
04:28To our teachers, our students, and the Filipino people,
04:32rest assured that this is just the beginning of all that we wish to accomplish for you
04:37and for our country.
04:39We are constantly looking for and finding solutions
04:44to the decades-old problems of our society now
04:47and not just mindlessly flinging the burdens of the present administration
04:52to the next administration or to the next generation.
04:55And now that the Executive Board of the New Secretariat of Education has been established,
04:59two things are the things that he is focusing on
05:02for DepEd incoming Secretary-Senator Sonny Angara.
05:05The employability of K-12 graduates.
05:08As well as increasing the country's rate of international assessment exams.
05:13We have to coordinate with the private sector
05:16so that the private sector will also be able to have a guaranteed supply
05:25of skilled workers that will be coming into their own industries.
05:29So, that kind of coordination is important.
05:35Because sometimes we have livelihood projects,
05:40but we still don't have a job.
05:42So, we are trying to find a way to have a good job,
05:47if not directly already to an industry employer.
05:52The second part that we are looking at, of course,
05:55are the results in the international objective test that we are getting.
06:03Especially in the STEM subjects.
06:05Because that's where we are falling behind.
06:07And that is the area that is most in demand right now
06:12because we are getting more and more technical.
06:14So, that's what we are doing.
06:16President Marcos Jr. is also focusing not only on the financial needs of the teachers,
06:21but also on the development of their capabilities
06:24such as up-skilling and re-skilling programs.
06:27We all know that development is fast, especially in technology.
06:31Within one year, it's already worth it.
06:33Within two years, it's already worth it.
06:36So, that's what we will do.
06:38We will beef up that part of it.
06:51Because I have seen my children's workbooks
06:53and there's very little said about the history of the Philippines.
06:57And that is so, for me, that is so important for the simple reason
07:01that that is what will make a child understand what it means to be a Filipino.
07:06This is what our nation went through.
07:10That's why we are here.
07:12That's why we are like this.
07:14That's why we are like this.
07:15Because of our history.
07:17And that's the one thing that I ask to him.
07:19That's in the curriculum.
07:20The current administration has not been able to solve the long-standing problem
07:24when it comes to education.
07:26In fact, the DEPED is already busy in fixing the disaster-affected schools in the country
07:32to ensure that education will not be affected even if there is a calamity.
07:36According to the DEPED,
07:38the Infrastructure for Safer and Resilient Schools or ISRS Project,
07:44which is targeted to fix schools and schools,
07:47has already been destroyed by the pandemic.
07:49This is followed by the approval of the NEDA for the 30.56 billion pesos
07:53fund for the so-called program that will be implemented from this year until 2029.
07:59It is estimated that 4,756 school buildings, 13,101 classrooms,
08:06and 741,000 students from 1,282 target school beneficiaries
08:12will benefit from the so-called project.
08:14Kenneth Paciente for Pambansang TV in Bago, Philippines.