Division of Training Sec. Sonny Angara. Arnel Tacson/INQUIRER.internet file photograph
MANILA — Training Secretary Sonny Angara on Thursday thanked hundreds of thousands 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 schooling for all.
In an announcement, Angara cited the sturdy voter turnout—80 p.c of 68 million registered voters—as an indication of democratic renewal and urged public officers to behave decisively in addressing schooling gaps nationwide.
The schooling 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 issues, particularly in schooling.
“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 schooling discussion board.
Angara harassed that newly elected officers—senators, governors, and mayors—should prioritize schooling as they assume workplace. He mentioned management have to be guided by details and urged officers to make use of accessible information to craft responsive education schemes.
“The individuals have positioned their belief in you. Hope alone shouldn’t be sufficient. Management should have readability,” Angara emphasised.
He additionally praised greater than 600,000 lecturers and Division of Training (DepEd) personnel who served throughout the elections, calling them “frontliners of democracy.” Their professionalism and repair, he mentioned, helped guarantee orderly polls in hundreds of colleges.
Angara closed his assertion with a name for unity and sustained involvement, urging each Filipino to be an “schooling champion.”
“The elections are over, however our work continues. Let’s all assist construct higher faculties, help our lecturers, and provides our youth the longer term they deserve,” he mentioned.
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