00:00 Despite the challenges facing the education sector,
00:03 Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte promised
00:07 that one of the goals is the empowerment of teachers.
00:10 In her Basic Education Report 2024,
00:13 she promised that she will find a way to give teachers
00:17 teaching overload and overtime pay.
00:20 In the next budget cycle,
00:22 DepEd will be proposing a budget that will enable us
00:25 to grant overtime pay to our teachers.
00:29 Calamity Fund will also be created to provide
00:32 urgent assistance to teachers affected by calamity.
00:35 DepEd will also issue a budget order
00:39 to increase the number of staff in schools
00:42 to reduce the administrative tasks of teachers.
00:45 Aside from teacher welfare,
00:46 interconnectivity is also a priority in schools.
00:49 Based on the agency's data,
00:51 67% of public schools have Wi-Fi,
00:55 but it is limited to faculty rooms.
00:58 We have initiated talks with Converge,
01:00 PLDT, Globe Starlink, and other internet providers
01:04 with the aim of providing adequate internet access
01:08 to both teachers and learners in our schools.
01:11 A so-called "stable portal" will be set up,
01:14 a one-stop shop for digital learning resources
01:17 that students can use.
01:20 President Bongbong Marcos also expressed support
01:23 for the reforms implemented by DepEd.
01:25 He also believes that teachers should learn
01:27 in the implementation of reforms in the education sector.
01:31 Teachers occupy the core of learning.
01:35 They should be at the center of our great reform movement.
01:39 VP Duterte also proposed some reforms
01:42 that have been implemented
01:43 in the agency's two-year leadership.
01:46 He put first on his list
01:47 the decongestation of the curriculum of K-10 levels
01:51 to focus on the most important competencies.
01:54 He also mentioned Catch-Up Fridays,
01:56 where students focus on reading comprehension skills.
02:00 Last year, Duterte said,
02:01 more than 3,000 new classrooms were built,
02:05 while more than 6,000 ongoing constructions.
02:08 Thousands of repairs were also completed.
02:11 Duterte also mentioned the setting up
02:13 of a child protection hotline
02:14 where students can report incidents of abuse.
02:19 Although many have been done,
02:20 the agency admitted that it still needs to be carried out
02:24 to see the results of the reforms.
02:26 There is so much left to be done.
02:31 It is not the time to rest.
02:35 A.C. Nichols, CNN Philippines.
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