FILE PHOTO: Senator Sonny Angara has been named as the brand new Division of Training (DepEd) chief, changing Vice President Sara Duterte, who give up as Cupboard member in June, in accordance with the Palace in an announcement on Tuesday, July 2, 2024. (Joseph Vidal /Senate Social Media Unit)
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Sonny Angara will probably be changing Vice President Sara Duterte as the brand new Training Secretary, the Palace introduced Tuesday.
The Presidential Communications Workplace (PCO) stated that Angara will take the helm of the Division of Training (DepEd) beginning July 19.
Vice President Duterte resigned as DepEd chief on June 19. She didn’t present a particular cause for quitting and solely defined that her motion was not an indication of weak point, because it was stirred by compassion for academics and college students.
“President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has introduced that he’s set to nominate Senator Juan Edgardo ‘Sonny’ Angara as the brand new Secretary of the Division of Training (DepEd), changing Vice President Sara Duterte, who resigned final June 19, 2024, efficient July 19, 2024,” the PCO stated in an announcement.
In response to the PCO, President Marcos introduced his determination to decide on Angara as DepEd secretary in the course of the seventeenth Cupboard Assembly within the Malacañan Palace on Tuesday.
“Sonny has agreed to tackle the transient of the Division of Training,” the PCO quoted Marcos as saying in the course of the assembly.
It additionally famous that Marcos emphasised earlier than Cupboard members the important position of the DepEd and the need for a pacesetter able to overseeing its operations.
“DepEd is arguably a very powerful division given the essential position of schooling,” stated Marcos, as he identified that there have been “many glorious candidates” for the place.
The PCO likewise stated that Marcos expressed appreciation for Duterte’s service as DepEd chief and that he anticipates a clean transition with the brand new division management.
In a separate assertion, Angara expressed due to Marcos for his “belief” in selecting him as the brand new head of DepEd.
“I’m dedicated to working with all sectors of society, together with my predecessor, Vice President Sara Duterte, to make sure that each Filipino youngster has entry to high quality schooling. I look ahead to constructing upon her accomplishments,” he stated.
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“Training is the cornerstone of our nation’s future, and it’s via collective effort that we are able to deal with the challenges and seize the alternatives forward. I’m desperate to collaborate with President Marcos and all the administration in serving our college students, supporting our academics, and enhancing the general high quality of schooling in our nation,” he added.
Previous to his appointment, Angara served as a senator from the sixteenth to the current Congress, or since 2013.
He chaired a number of Senate panels, together with the justice and human rights committee, finance committee, and youth committee.
Angara has a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the London Faculty of Financial and Political Science, and a Bachelor of Legal guidelines from the College of the Philippines Diliman.
He additionally obtained his Grasp of Legal guidelines from Harvard College.
In an ambush interview on Monday, July 1, Angara stated he’s “open” to being the subsequent DepEd head if supplied to him.
“Opo (Sure). Open tayo kung sakaling pagkatiwalaan (We’re open if given the belief),” he instructed reporters in Baler, Aurora, the place the senator attended celebrations for the twenty second Philippine-Spanish Friendship Day.
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Senators have been expressing help for Angara to be the subsequent DepEd secretary, citing his in depth academic background.
