Pagbabalik ng dating school calendar, inaprubahan ni PBBM
Pagbabalik ng dating school calendar, inaprubahan ni PBBM
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00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. promised that the government will strive to meet the needs of education,
00:07not only for students, but also for teachers.
00:11Kenneth Paciente is in the report.
00:16As much as possible, we want to go back to the past.
00:19Because I think there is a consensus that the past schedule is better.
00:27That's why I'm not saying that we won't 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.
00:50That was the statement of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
00:54in front of the requests of various sectors to return the old school calendar,
00:59where in April and May, the students' vacation was in full swing.
01:04This was also followed by the subsequent high heat index that was added to the students.
01:11However, just after a month, President Marcos Jr. immediately approved the return of the old school calendar.
01:19This was followed by his help to Deputy Secretary and Vice President Sara Duterte in May.
01:24Here, the President approved the completion of the school year 2024-2025 on April 15,
01:31as a reason for the tentative start of the class for the school year 2025-2026 on June 16, 2025.
01:40According to the Executive Board, it is better to adjust the schedule a little
01:45as long as the students will not be allowed to enter the school every Saturday.
01:49The President also did not allow the students to have additional expenses
01:54if the 180-day school calendar is implemented as part of the Saturday classes.
02:00He also did not agree to the 165-day school calendar
02:03that he can reduce the number of students who are used to it.
02:08The DepEd's approval was also rejected by the Executive Board.
02:12If we do this on April 15, and then the next school year will start June 16,
02:19it is better to do it on the school days.
02:22We are close to the prescribed number of our curriculum specialists, the 180 days.
02:27So we will not be far from that.
02:29The parents were also happy about this, especially since their children
02:33will not be able to endure the hot weather in the classrooms.
02:37It's okay, it doesn't rain all month.
02:40When it's summer, it's really hot every day.
02:43It's better to wear raincoats and boots than hot clothes.
02:47It's better to wear raincoats than hot clothes.
02:51But the government's efforts will not end with the students.
02:56Because the President also met the needs and requests of the teachers,
03:00he 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 proves this.
03:13It is the way of the Executive Board in recognizing the sacrifices of teachers
03:17by doubling their annual teaching allowance from the previous 5,000 pesos
03:23to 10,000 pesos.
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 approved this method by his administration
03:55so that the teachers can spend a long time
03:58in their own pockets from which they 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 assured that the government's efforts
04:22will make it easier not only for students but also for teachers to live.
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 new Secretary-General of the Department of Education has been appointed,
04:59he is focusing on two things for 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 there are still no jobs.
05:42So we are trying to find a way to have good jobs,
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 tests 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.
06:14That'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 promoting their capabilities such as upskilling and reskilling 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.
06:35That's why we need to help again.
06:36So that's what we will do.
06:38We will beef up that part of it.
06:41The feeding program in schools will also be strengthened
06:44so that the students will have a solid foundation,
06:47just like the teaching of the history of the country.
06:50Because 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 because of our history.
07:17And that's the one thing that I asked for, and that's in the curriculum.
07:20The current administration has also not been able to solve the longstanding problem
07:24when it comes to education.
07:26In fact, the DEPED is already working on the disaster-affected schools in the country
07:32to ensure that education will not be affected even if there is calamity.
07:36According to the DEPED,
07:38the Infrastructure for Safer and Resilient Schools, or ISRS Project,
07:44which was targeted to fix schools and schools that were damaged by the pandemic,
07:49followed by the approval of the NEDA for a P30.56 billion fund for the program
07:55that is scheduled to start this year until 2029.
07:59It is estimated that the project will benefit 4,756 school buildings, 13,101 classrooms,
08:06and 741,000 students from 1,282 target school beneficiaries.
08:14Kenneth Paciente for Pambansang TV
08:18in Bago, Philippines.