Make training a prime precedence

Division of Schooling Sec. Sonny Angara. Arnel Tacson/INQUIRER.internet file photograph

MANILA — Schooling Secretary Sonny Angara on Thursday thanked tens of millions of Filipinos who voted within the Could 2025 midterm elections, calling on the nation’s newly elected leaders to channel that very same civic power towards championing high quality training for all.

In an announcement, Angara cited the sturdy voter turnout—80 % of 68 million registered voters—as an indication of democratic renewal and urged public officers to behave decisively in addressing training gaps nationwide.

The training chief mentioned the peaceable conduct of the polls displays the individuals’s dedication to democracy. He echoed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s name to view the election outcomes as a mandate to handle pressing nationwide considerations, particularly in training.

“Because the President mentioned, our democracy has renewed itself. Now we should match that with actual motion. Let’s flip information into lecture rooms, studying corners, and actual studying alternatives,” Angara mentioned in remarks delivered by Undersecretary Ron Mendoza at a nationwide training discussion board.

Angara confused that newly elected officers—senators, governors, and mayors—should prioritize training as they assume workplace. He mentioned management have to be guided by info and urged officers to make use of obtainable information to craft responsive teaching programs.

“The individuals have positioned their belief in you. Hope alone isn’t sufficient. Management will need to have readability,” Angara emphasised.

He additionally praised greater than 600,000 lecturers and Division of Schooling (DepEd) personnel who served throughout the elections, calling them “frontliners of democracy.” Their professionalism and repair, he mentioned, helped guarantee orderly polls in 1000’s of colleges.

Angara closed his assertion with a name for unity and sustained involvement, urging each Filipino to be an “training champion.”

“The elections are over, however our work continues. Let’s all assist construct higher colleges, assist our lecturers, and provides our youth the longer term they deserve,” he mentioned.