Marcos Pushes for PPPs to Build More Ilocos Region Classrooms

Marcos pushes for PPPs to build more Ilocos Region classrooms

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. directed concerned government agencies to create more public-private partnerships (PPPs) to speed up the construction of more classrooms in the Ilocos Region. This came in a statement from the Presidential Communications Office on Saturday, a day after the president attended the Regional Development Council meeting in Dagupan City. “I think we need to accelerate that. I do not think we want to…

Retain education leaders to sustain Philippine education reforms, Marcos urged

An industry-led advocacy group on Friday, May 23, expressed strong support for the current leadership of the country’s education agencies—calling on President Marcos to reappoint key officials amid his call for Cabinet secretaries to submit courtesy resignations.PBEd backs Angara, Benitez amid Cabinet shake-upThe Philippine Business for Education (PBEd), in a statement, reaffirmed its confidence in Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny…

CEAP urges Marcos to reinstate Angara as education secretary

THE Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) has publicly voiced its support for Secretary Juan Edgardo ‘Manalang ‘Sonny’ Angara’s leadership at the Department of Education (DepEd), urging President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to consider reinstating him amid calls for continuity and stability in the country’s education sector. In a statement released this week, CEAP praised Angara for what it described as a “remarkably effective” sta…