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00:00In the face of the country's expansion,
00:03the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
00:08also strengthened the improvement of the education sector in the Philippines.
00:12And not only that, it is centered on the students,
00:16but also on the well-being of the teachers.
00:18Kenneth Paciente will take a look at those efforts
00:22in Centro ng Balita.
00:26As much as possible, we want to go back to the past.
00:29Because I think there is a consensus
00:33that the previous schedule is better.
00:37That's why we're not saying that we won't do it
00:42before next year or the year after that.
00:45We will try to do it.
00:47In our opinion, we may still have a hard time.
00:50But as long as there is a way, we will do it
00:54to speed up the return to the normal schedule of the children.
01:00That was the statement of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
01:04in the face of the requests of various sectors
01:07to return to the old school calendar,
01:09where April and May,
01:11students' vacations are in full swing.
01:14This is also followed by the following
01:16so-called high hit index
01:18that was added to the students.
01:21So after just one month,
01:23President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.
01:26immediately approved the return of the old school calendar,
01:29followed by his help to Deputy Secretary
01:31and Vice President Sara Duterte of Bayo.
01:34Here, the President approved the completion
01:37of the school year 2024-2025
01:39on April 15,
01:41as a reason for the tentative
01:43to start the class for the school year 2025-2026
01:46on June 16, 2025.
01:50According to the Executive Board,
01:52it is better to adjust the schedule a little
01:56as long as the students are not allowed to enter every Saturday.
02:00The President also did not agree
02:02to have an additional expense for the students
02:05if the 180-day school calendar is implemented
02:08as well as the Saturday classes.
02:10He also did not agree to the 165-day school calendar
02:14that he can reduce
02:16according to the habits of the students.
02:18The DepEd Council also agreed
02:20with the decision of the Executive Board.
02:22If we do this on April 15
02:24and then the next school year
02:26will start June 16,
02:29it would be better
02:31when it comes to the school days,
02:33we are close to the prescribed
02:35of our Curriculum Specialist of 180 days.
02:38So we will not be far from that.
02:40This was also appreciated by the parents,
02:42especially since their children
02:44will not tolerate the hot weather
02:46in the classrooms.
02:47It's okay.
02:48It's not like there's rain all month.
02:50When it's summer, it's really hot every day.
02:53Just put on an umbrella, wear boots
02:55instead of the hot weather.
02:57It's better to have rain
02:59instead of the hot weather.
03:01But the students are not done
03:03with the steps of the government.
03:06Because the President also met
03:08the needs and requests of the teachers
03:10that he relies on the ability
03:12and talent of the students.
03:14The President's signature
03:16on the Senate Bill 1964
03:18or the Return to Teaching Act
03:20of June 3
03:22is a way for the Executive Board
03:24to recognize the sacrifices
03:26of the teachers
03:28by doubling their annual
03:30teaching allowance
03:32from the previous P5,000
03:34to P10,000.
03:36Teachers are the unsung heroes
03:38of our society, of any society
03:40for that matter.
03:42They toil and burn the midnight oil.
03:44They teach our children
03:46not for money, nor for prestige.
03:48They serve our country each day
03:50by teaching our children
03:52the basic foundations
03:54to make them responsible
03:56and productive citizens.
03:58It is our responsibility as a government
04:00and as a society
04:02to take care of them.
04:04The President also emphasized
04:06that this is a way of his administration
04:08to make sure that the teachers
04:10spend a long time
04:13It must take an incredible amount
04:15of love to sacrifice what little you have
04:17for the sake of your students
04:19despite having financial worries
04:21of your own.
04:23With the passage of this law,
04:25we are easing some of the burden
04:27that you carry each day.
04:38To our teachers, our students
04:40and the Filipino people,
04:42rest assured that this is
04:44just the beginning of all that
04:46we wish to accomplish for you
04:48and for our country.
04:50We are constantly looking for
04:52and finding solutions
04:54to the decades-old problems
04:56of our society now.
04:58And not just mindlessly flinging
05:00the burdens of the present administration
05:02to the next administration
05:04or to the next generation.
05:10One of the things that he is aiming
05:12at Deputy Incoming Secretary
05:14Senator Sonny Angara
05:16is the employability of K-12 graduates
05:18as well as increasing
05:20the country's rate of international
05:22assessment exams.
05:24We have to coordinate
05:26with the private sector
05:28so that the private sector
05:30will be able
05:32to have
05:34a guaranteed supply
05:36of skilled workers
05:38into their own industries.
06:02The second part
06:04that we are looking at, of course,
06:06is the results
06:08in the international
06:10objective tests
06:12that we are getting,
06:14especially in the STEM subjects
06:16because that's where we are falling behind.
06:18And that is the area
06:20that is most in demand
06:22right now because we are getting
06:24more and more technical.
06:26President Marcos Jr. is also
06:28focusing not only on the financial
06:30needs of the teachers,
06:32but also on the development
06:34of skills such as upskilling
06:36and reskilling programs.
06:38We all know that development is fast
06:40especially in technology.
06:42Within one year, it's already worth it.
06:44Within two years, it's already worth it.
06:46That's why we need to help again.
06:48So that's what we will do.
06:50We will beef up that part of it.
06:52He also says that the feeding program
06:54in schools will be strengthened
06:56so that the students will have a stable income
06:58as well as teaching the history
07:00of the country.
07:02I've seen my children's workbooks
07:04and there's very little said
07:06about the history of the Philippines.
07:08For me, that is so important
07:10for the simple reason that
07:12that is what will make a child
07:14understand what it means to be a Filipino.
07:16This is the history
07:18of our nation.
07:20That's why we are here.
07:22That's why we are like this.
07:24That's why we are from here.
07:26That's our history.
07:28That's the one thing that I ask to him.
07:30The current administration
07:32has not been able to solve
07:34the longstanding problems
07:36when it comes to schools.
07:38In fact, the DEPED is already
07:40working on the disaster-affected
07:42schools in the country
07:44to ensure that education
07:46will no longer be affected
07:48even if there is calamity.
07:50According to DEPED,
07:52the Infrastructure for Safer and Resilient Schools
07:54or ISRS Project,
07:56which targets schools and schools
07:58affected by the disaster.
08:00It is followed by NEDA's approval
08:02of a P30.56 billion fund
08:04for the so-called program
08:06that will be implemented from this year
08:08until 2029.
08:10It is estimated that
08:124,756 school buildings,
08:1413,101 classrooms,
08:16and 741,000 students
08:18from 1,282
08:20target school beneficiaries
08:22will benefit from the so-called project.
08:24Kenneth Paciente
08:26for Pambansang TV
08:28in Bago, Philippines.