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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Hello everyone,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: to the DepEd family and all the related agencies,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: magandang araw po sa inyong lahat.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Secretary Angara,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: your classmates here, of course,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: are always happy to see you here. The briefing of the Committee on Finance,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Subcommittee B on the proposed fiscal year 2027

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: National Expenditure Program

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: of the DepEd, including its attached agencies,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: is hereby called to order.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I'd like to acknowledge

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Senators

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: J.V. Ejercito and

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Alan Cayetano who are here today.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We also have other Senators who

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: will be arriving soon.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Oh, Senator Erwin Tulfo

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: is also here. Ganda araw, Senator Tulfo.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sige, diyan ka na lang.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ayaw mo lumapit? Okay.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Before we begin,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we'd like to request ComSec BEA

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: to acknowledge all of our resource persons today.

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Committee Secretary: Good morning, everyone. Good morning,

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Committee Secretary: Mr. Chair, and to our Honorable Senators

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Committee Secretary: and to the DepEd family.

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Committee Secretary: Joining us today to present the proposed

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Committee Secretary: Fiscal Year 2027 Budget of the

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Committee Secretary: Department of Education, the Secretary,

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Committee Secretary: Honorable Juan Edgardo

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Committee Secretary: Sonny M. Angara. With him, we have

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Committee Secretary: Yusek Fatima Le Panantongan,

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Committee Secretary: Yusek Edson Byron Casey,

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Committee Secretary: Yusek Carmela Oracion,

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Committee Secretary: Yusek Marcelino Veloso,

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Committee Secretary: Yusek Philemon Ray Javier,

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Committee Secretary: Yusek Wilfredo E. Cabral,

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Committee Secretary: Yusek Ronald U. Mendoza,

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Committee Secretary: and Yusek Rafaelita Aldaba.

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Committee Secretary: From the DepEd's Attached Agencies,

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Committee Secretary: joining us today, we have

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Committee Secretary: Executive Director, Dr. Jenny V. Hoxon

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Committee Secretary: of the Teacher Education Council,

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Committee Secretary: Director General Jeremy Barnes

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Committee Secretary: of the National Museum of the Philippines,

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Committee Secretary: Deputy Executive Director

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Committee Secretary: Emil R. Arroyo of the National

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Committee Secretary: Academy of Sports, Executive

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Committee Secretary: Director Charisse Aquino Tugade

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Committee Secretary: of the National Book Development Board,

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Committee Secretary: Chairperson Luis Pigat-Maitan,

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Committee Secretary: and Ms. Joelyn Abendan

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Committee Secretary: of the National Council for Children's Television,

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Committee Secretary: and Director Josue

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Committee Secretary: Greg Zuniega of the Philippine High School

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Committee Secretary: for the Arts. To provide us with updates

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Committee Secretary: on the status of classroom construction,

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Committee Secretary: we also invited the Department of Public Works

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Committee Secretary: and Highways, represented by

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Committee Secretary: Yusek Lara Maris Esquibil

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Committee Secretary: of the Technical Services and Operations for External

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Committee Secretary: Convergence Projects. And to share

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Committee Secretary: more info on school safety,

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Committee Secretary: we also invited Mr. Israel

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Committee Secretary: Diloy of Stairway Foundation.

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Committee Secretary: Also present today are representatives from the

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Committee Secretary: Commission on Audit, Supervising Auditors

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Committee Secretary: Ms. Maria Belinda Bonilla,

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Committee Secretary: Ms. Edna De Leon, and Ms. Lisa

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Committee Secretary: L. Vinus. And lastly, from the Department

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Committee Secretary: of Budget and Management, Director

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Committee Secretary: Vivian Labastila of the Budget and Management

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Committee Secretary: Bureau F. That is all, Mr. Chair.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Salamat, Bea. Magandang araw

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: po ulit. We'll have the opening statements

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: of our colleagues, but I'll

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: begin.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Magandang umaga po sa ating lahat,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: lalo na po sa mga kasama natin mula

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sa DepEd, sa DPWH, sa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: DBM, pati ang Commission

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: on Audit, at sa lahat ng mga resource

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: persons na nandito ngayon.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Noong nakaraang taon,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pinaglaban po natin

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ang pinakamalaking budget para sa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: edukasyon. Malaking hakbang

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: po ito sa ating layunding

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: matugunan ang learning crisis

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sa ating bansa, at mabigyan

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ng isang mas magandang

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pagkakataong matuto ang bawat batang

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pilipino. At ngayong

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pinag-uusapan natin ang budget para sa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 2027, mahalagang

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: balikan muna natin kung saan napunta

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at paano nagamit ang

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pondong inilaan noong 2026.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Alin po sa mga programa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na ipatupad. Alin ang hindi

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pa naaabot ang kanilang target

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at ano ang mga kailangang ayusin

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: upang masigurong ang bawat

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pisong nakalaan ay tunay

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na pinapakinabangan ng ating mga

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: mag-aaral at mga guro.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Dahil ang pagtugon sa learning

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: crisis ay hindi po natatapos

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sa loob lamang ng isang taon.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kailangan po natin ng tuloy-tuloy

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na pagpupondo,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: malinaw na mga target at mga

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: programang may kongkretong

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: resulta. At sa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: gitna ng lahat ng mga prioridad na yan,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: nais natin tiyakin

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na nauuna ang pangailangan

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ng ating mga mag-aaral.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Bago ang mga proyektong maaaring

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ipagpaliban, dapat unahin

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: natin ang mga silid-aralan,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kaligtasan sa paaralan,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at mga programang direktang nakakatulong

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sa pagkatuto ng mga bata.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ngayong umaga, nais po

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: nating bigyang pansin ang tatlong

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: mahalagang bagay na may

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: direktang epekto sa ating mga mag-aaral,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: mga guro, at sa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kinabukasan ng edukasyon sa ating

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: bansa. Una po,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yung ating push

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: for more classrooms,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: our classroom acceleration program.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yung budget po dito,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: nung nakaraang, nung taong ito,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ay 68 billion pesos.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Malaking

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: budget po ito, pinakamalaking budget

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: para sa school infrastructure sa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kasaysayan ng Pilipinas. Nais po nating malaman

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: nasaan na tayo dito

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at kung gano

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pa kalaki yung classroom backlog.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Nung una ko pong pasok sa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Senado, ang backlog po na yan ay

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 165,000 classrooms.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We want to know where we are

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: in terms of that backlog,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at kung ano na po yung plano para sa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: paggamit ng 68 billion pesos

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na ito. Alam ko po,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: nagkaroon ng mga delays

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sa pagpaprocure at paggawa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ng mga classrooms. Nais po natin malaman

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ano yung ating catch-up plan

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: from both DepEd and DPWH.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We know that there are three

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: modalities na ating

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pinag-uusapan. Yung

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: LGU-based, yung DPWH-led,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at yung PPP.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Nasa na mga ito at ano ang

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: expectation ng ating mga kabataan

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pagating sa pagpapatayo

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ng mga classrooms.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pangalawa po, pangalawang focus

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: area ng inyong chairperson, ang

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ating Expanded National Nutrition

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Program, or the amendments to the

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Masustansyong Pagkain para sa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Batang Pilipino Act, o yung

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: tinatawag nating Libre Pagkain para

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sa Batang Pilipino. We are now

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at the end game

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: of this law. Mag-buy

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: cam na po ito in two weeks,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: two to three weeks, so we can expect

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: that the Expanded National Nutrition

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Program will be done

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: before the end of the year. Ibig

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sabihin po, ang budget ng

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 2027, saklaw na

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ng Expanded National Nutrition

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Program. For 2026,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: nabigyan po nang

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: napakalaki na 27

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: billion pesos para sa feeding

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: program. However,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: in the NEP and the GAB, this was

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: cut down to 11 billion pesos.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ang laki po ng

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: binawas sa feeding program.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And take note, wala pa dito

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yung mga reforma sa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Expanded National Nutrition Program

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na kung saan nais po natin

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: mabigyan ng pagkain universally

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ang K to Grade 3.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: This has been a

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: focus area of so many of

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the persons here, especially

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sen. Cayetano has been

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: focused on fighting stunting in our

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: country. Ito pong National

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Nutrition Program na ito, yung

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: libring pagkain ay isang napakalaking

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: reforma at kailangan po natin

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: itong mapondohan.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Uulitin ko po, for

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 2026, ginawang universal

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ang Kinder at Grade 1

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at about 22 to

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 25 pesos per meal.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Tinaas po yung budget

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: to 27 billion. Ang lumabas

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: po sa GAB

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ay nasa 11, less than

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 12 billion pesos. Ang laki ng slash.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ang laki po nang binawas po

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: dito. And yet,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: when we pass the law, hindi lang po

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kinder at Grade 1 yung nais natin mabigyan

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ng pagkain hanggang Grade 3 na.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So you can imagine ano po yung

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: laki ng budget na hahabulin po natin

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kung nais nating makita

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na ang Kinder, Grade 1,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Grade 2 at Grade 3 sa lahat

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ng public schools po natin

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ay may nakukuhang pagkain.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Alam ko rin po na mula sa 25

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pesos, kinailangan na rin pong

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: itaas to 35 pesos per

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: meal. Yun po yung suwisyon

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ng DepEd. Tama naman po ano na yung

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: mabibili natin sa presyo ng

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: bilihin ngayon sa 25 pesos.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Tama lang po na maitaas po yan

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pero ibig sabihin po, pag tinataas

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yung per unit price, e baka bungaba

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: naman po yung dami na mga batang

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: makakakuha ng tamang

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pagkain. So ito po, isa ring

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: focus area na nais po nating makita

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at nais po nating malaman kung ano yung

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: magiging plano po natin.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: para po dito.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yung pangatlong focus area po ng inyong

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: komite, yung School Safety Act.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Dito po sa Senado, pasado na po

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ito. Hindi pa rin po ito

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pasado sa Kongreso pero na meron

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na po tayong commitment mula po sa ating

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: congressional counterparts

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: to also accelerate the passage of the

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: School Safety Act. Alam po natin

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na nagkaroon tayo ng

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: mga school shooting at patuloy

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ang mga kwento ng

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: mga pagbabanta

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: o mga posibleng karahasan sa ating

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: mga eskwelaan. Nais po natin

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: malaman ano yung gagawin po natin

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: dito. Hindi lang naman ito tungkol sa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kagamitan. Hindi lang naman po ito tungkol

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: lamang sa mga CCTV

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at mga metal detectors.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: The School Safety Act is much more

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: than that. It's a framework

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: to really support school safety in our country.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pero alam po natin na

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: meron pa rin cost ito.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Nais po natin makita kung ito

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: po ay nakapondo na po ng maayos

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: for next year. So ito

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pong tatlo ang focus area

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ng inyong chairperson.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Bawat po isa sa amin

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: dito may iba't iba rin mga focus area.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So nais po natin malaman

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kung ito po ay sapat na

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: mapapondohan po natin. Let me

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: say off the top of

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: this hearing, Secretary

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Angara, that I'm

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: hoping that we can get back

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: to 4% of GDP

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: for education

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: as a whole. Nais po po

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na makita na maibalik po

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: natin ang pagpondo sa edukasyon

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na umaabot sa 4%

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: of GDP. Sa aming pong

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: computation ngayon, short po tayo.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So with the support

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: of the chairman, Senator JV

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and of course our Senate President,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: even our Minority Floor Leader, Senator Allan who is here,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: nais po natin makita na

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: mapondohan ng maayos ang edukasyon sa ating

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: bansa. Lagi po pong

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sinasabi na ang

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: edukasyon po ay hindi po

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: dapat napupulitika. Ang edukasyon ay para sa lahat ng Pilipino, para sa lahat ng batang Pilipino.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And much like our measures in the past, alam ko po na kung tayo po yung magsasama-sama at magtutulungan,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: maaabot po natin ang mga hangarin natin ng komiting ito.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So maraming salamat, Secretary, and to the DepEd family, and we're looking forward to your presentation.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, does the Senate President have an opening statement?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Or we can ask the Chairman of Finance first?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah, sige. So may we ask the Chairman of Finance for his opening statement?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We'd like to acknowledge Senate President Gatchalian and Senator Pangilinan as well.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And Senator Pia Quetano as well.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Thank you sa ating pong Vice Chair ng Committee on Finance, Senator Bam Aquino.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Magandang araw po sa lahat dito sa ating makasamahan, to my colleagues,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: to our Senate President, to our Minority Leader, and to my colleagues.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Muli, isang magandang araw po sa inyong lahat, especially to the DepEd family.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: To my colleague, to my schoolmate, and seatmate, former seatmate, Secretary Sani Angara.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Magandang umaga po sa inyong lahat.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: When we began our deliberations of the proposed 2027 National Budget, I called for return to basics,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: which means giving priority to the services that our people need most,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: and ensuring that every peso we allocate delivers meaningful results.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Sa edukasyon, malinaw ang ibig sabihin ng back to basics.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: May ligtas bang silid na paaralan?

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Meron ang ating maanak? May sapat bang guro, aklat at kagamitan?

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Nakakapasok ba silang busog at handang matuto?

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: At higit sa lahat, natututo ba silang bumasa, umunawa, at magbilang?

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: These are the basic questions that must guide our consideration of the Department of Education's proposed budget.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Para sa isang pamilyang nagsisikap maitawid ng araw-araw, malaking pag-asa ang edukasyon.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Umaasa ang mga magulang na sa bawat araw na mapapasok ang kaling anak na daragdagan ang kaalaman at kakayahan nitong bumuo sa mas magandang kinabukasan.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Our deliberations must therefore examine both the adequacy of funding and the Department's capacity to deliver.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: We need clear answers on classroom construction, the timely delivery of textbooks and learning materials,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: and the feeling of teaching vacancies.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: We also need to understand how learning recovery interventions will reach the children who need them the most.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: But we should also recognize the progress that has been made.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: The Philippines' improved performance in the 2025 Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: with gains in reading, mathematics, and science is an encouraging development.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Saludo tayo sa Department of Education.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Siyempre sa atin.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Sa ating Secretary Angara, sa ating maguro at school leaders, at sa ating mga learners dahil sa tagumpay na ito.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Sa kabila ng mga hamon sa ating sistema na edukasyon, may pag-usad tayong nakikita.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Ngayon pa man, maraming pa tayong kailangan gawin at pagbutihin.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: In the past few days, since the Senate received the General Appropriations Bill,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: we've observed that the House version introduces steep adjustments to the proposed budget,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: including reductions in computerization,

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00:43:12.020 --> 00:43:17.120
Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: basic education facilities, teacher development, and foreign-assisted projects.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: This morning, that's what we want to find out.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Kaya nga tayo nagkaroon ng budgeteering.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Of course, we would like to hear from Secretary Angara and the Department

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: ano po ang magiging epekto nitong mga pagbawas na ito sa ating programa, main program, sa ating DepEd.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Kaya nga po, kung kinakailangan talaga, ay gagawan nating paraan.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: nung isang taon, we are quite proud that in spite of the floodgate scandal,

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00:43:49.080 --> 00:43:53.740
Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: the reforms that were started here in the Senate by then Finance Chair,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Senator Gatchal Yan, gave focus and priority to the Department of Education.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Kaya nga, ang ganda ho, tignan, that DepEd was at the center, talagang pinakamalaking budget.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Kaya nga, ang pagbawas ng 6 billion sa HGAB,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: ang bubusisiin sa umagang ito.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: We must understand what these changes mean on the ground,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: which schools and learners will be affected,

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00:44:21.620 --> 00:44:23.480
Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: which commitments can still be delivered,

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00:44:24.160 --> 00:44:26.800
Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: and where funding needs to be restored or increased,

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00:44:27.200 --> 00:44:29.620
Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: and what concrete results can DepEd commit to.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: When we recognize the scale of the task before DepEd,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: and the dedication of the teachers and persons who keep our schools running,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: sa huli, ang sukatan ng budget na ito ay makikita sa mismong karanasan,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: ng ating mga siyudyante.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: May mga guro bang gumagabay, may kagamitang nagagamit,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: may ligtas at maayos pang lugar para sa mag-aaral,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: at may kaalamang bang nagdadagdag sa bawat taon.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Every peso invested in education must help make that possible.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: With that, I yield the floor to our...

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: subcommittee chair, of course, one of our strongest advocates for education here in the Senate,

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: subcommittee chair, Senator Bam Aquino, to lead today's proceedings.

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Senator Joseph Victor "JV" G. Ejercito: Maraming salamat po.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, Senator Gachalian.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And then we'll have Senator Cayetano.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Mr. Chairman, I just want to show three slides dahil 2026 ay naging napaka-importante

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: at maraming magagandang nangyari for 2026 in the education sector.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So first of all, nagkaroon po tayo ng isa sa pinakamataas na budget pagdating sa education sector,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: about 1.3 trillion pesos or about 4.36% of GDP.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So ito ay pasok na pasok na doon sa requirement ng international standards na 4 to 6% of GDP allocated to education.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Pero alam ko marami rin challenges dahil isang...

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00:45:55.740 --> 00:46:00.420
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Isa sa pinakamalaking challenges dito ay yung absorptive capacity,

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00:46:00.620 --> 00:46:02.980
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: kung paano gastusin naman itong pondo na ito.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: At yan ang pag-uusapan natin ngayong araw na ito.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Alam ko binabantayan ho ng ating chairman of the basic education, si Senator Bam Aquino,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: yung efficient na paggastos nitong budget na ito.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Pangalawa, and I have to congratulate the Department of Education under the leadership of Senator Sani Angara,

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00:46:24.220 --> 00:46:25.460
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: tayo ang most improved country.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: pagdating sa PISA.

asr-000458
00:46:27.460 --> 00:46:32.800
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: At napakalaking bagay ito, both for the education sector and also for national pride.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Dahil nung unang labas ng PISA, tayo pinakahuli.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Ngayon, hindi na tayo pinakahuli.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Most improved pa.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So we also want to understand from the Department of Education, yung gains.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And of course, how to sustain the gains.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Sana tuloy-tuloy na ho ito pagdating ng mga susunod na panahon.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: At lastly, on the local...

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: On the local front, yung aral program through the aral law, malaki rin ang improvements pagdating sa literacy.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: 1.3 million students in grades 1 to 10 ang nag-improve.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Dati problema natin yung pagbabasa at pagbibilang ngayon ay dahil dito sa aral program,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: ay malaki ang natulungan natin mga mag-aaral na magbasa sila at marunong magbilang.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So we also want to understand how we can sustain this program.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Naintindihan ko na hindi nabigyan ng pondo ito this 2027.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: At yun naman ang aming magiging commitment sa Department of Education.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Dahil kung maganda yung programa, dapat mapondohan para masustain yung gains nitong programa na ito.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So 2026 was a good year for the education sector.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Marami tayong makikitang...

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Magagandang nangyayari.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Ang next challenge natin is paano natin masustain itong mga naumpisahan na natin through the 2027 budget.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So with that, I thank the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Education.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Maraming salamat po.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, Senator Gachalian, SP.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Senator Cayetano.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Sir Chairman and Mr. Senate President, with your permission, may I yield because Senator Pia has another appointment.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And since she formed part of my education, I will...

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I will pass first the privilege to...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Thank you.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Senator Pia is recognized.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Our colleagues know we have some important visitors that I have to attend to.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'll make it very brief.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I just wanted to have the opportunity to greet our Secretary and the whole DepEd team.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I miss all of you.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: As you know, I defended the DepEd budget and all the attached agencies when the Secretary was our Chairman of the Committee on Finance.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So just very briefly, well, welcome.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: First of all, and of course, I always tie this into the SDGs, no?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: The Chairman spoke lengthily about stunting and that ties into SDG 2 on zero hunger, SDG 3 on good health and well-being.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: A lot of our health programs are implemented through the schools.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: SDG 5 on gender equality.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: We still have...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: There's so much to say about gender equality, but my biggest issue is how girls are most affected by teen pregnancies.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Boys are not really...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: They're not really affected by teen pregnancies.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: It's the girls who are affected by teen pregnancies.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So we've got to work harder on that.

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00:49:31.220 --> 00:49:35.180
Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And then SDG 8 on decent work and economic growth.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Of course, the foundation happens in basic education.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And I'll add SDG 11 on safe, resilient, and sustainable cities and communities.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: As we talk about safeties in the schools, this really affects the entire environment, the entire communities.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So I also want to emphasize...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: On the importance of future-proofing our education, the Secretary and those colleagues of ours who've been around since 2019,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I've been harping on this for a long time.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So now, when I started talking about the future of education, having a futures-thinking mindset, it was kind of vague.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: But now that AI is here, I think it's more...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: It's something easier for us to grasp.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And so the challenge is really how to use AI but not let it take over the lives of our children.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'm not here to lecture, but I'm here to listen on how we are engaging with this new development,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: how we can maximize this as a tool for our teachers, for our tool for those who are working in terms of planning,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the supervisors, the principals, and so on and so forth.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And I also, again, again, since 2019, want to emphasize in as much as we want,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: we obviously want to see our children reading well and doing math.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: The four Cs, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communications.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I started speaking about this around 2019, but now with AI threatening to take over so many jobs,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: it's more important than ever because that's where we now have to make use of this different skill set.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And then my last point is early childhood education.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'll ask more questions about it later.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: But I feel like it's an area that we can improve in.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'm a little bit worried about it now officially being transferred under DILG.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I understand the practicality of that.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I do get a little bit involved in Taguig and I see how in a city that focuses on education and will spend resources on it,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: then it is a good thing.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: But I really need to understand better how the national government,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: can help those LGUs that may have less resources and worse,

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00:52:01.240 --> 00:52:11.960
Senator Pia S. Cayetano: those that may have some resources but don't choose or do not understand the importance of early childhood education.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So in Taguig, they have focused on, I say they because I'm not involved in the budget or the planning,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: on...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: hiring teachers, and this is not the case in most of the daycare centers.

asr-000536
00:52:30.280 --> 00:52:34.280
Senator Pia S. Cayetano: You live with what you can, whatever's there.

asr-000537
00:52:34.280 --> 00:52:36.280
Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And they're not necessarily teachers.

asr-000538
00:52:36.280 --> 00:52:38.280
Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And this is the formative year.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So Secretary, I think we need to find out what your thoughts and ideas are on this.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And I'll leave it at that.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'll come back after this important meeting and listen.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman.

asr-000543
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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Salamat, Senator Pia.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Senator Erwin Tulfo.

asr-000545
00:52:54.280 --> 00:52:56.280
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Thank you.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Thank you rin, Senator Erwin at Senator Kiko.

asr-000547
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Senator Erwin Tulfo: It's okay.

asr-000548
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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Kasi siya lang naman yung sinisingitan ko, eh.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: It's alright.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: It's alright.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: No problem.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Good morning, Mr. Chairman, fellow senators and our officials from the Department of Education.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: As we deliberate on the proposed 2027 budget of DepEd,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: I would like to emphasize three priorities that deserve our urgent attention.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: More classrooms, computers, and safer schools.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Una, kailangan nating patuloy na tugunan ang kakulangan sa ating mga silid-aralan.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Hindi po dapat patuloy na nagsisiksikan ang ating mga estudyante sa mga silid-aralan,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: o lumakad ng kilo-kilometro para makapasok lamang sa paaralan,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: o napipilitang mag-aral sa mga pasilidad na hindi naman angkop sa kanilang pangangailangan.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: We must prioritize classroom construction, especially in areas where shortages are most severe,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: so that every Filipino child has access to a decent learning environment.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Second, and equally important,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: is the safety of our children inside school premises.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: The recent school shooting incidents in school grounds are a painful reminder

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: that schools must be places of learning, not places of fear.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Our children should never have to worry about their safety while pursuing their education.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Na makatitiyak po ang isang magulang na makakauwi lagi ng ligtas ang kanyang anak mula sa paaralan.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Ikatlo at panghuli, may mga mag-aaral po tayo, lalo na sa mga liblib na lugar,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: na hindi pa po nakakakita ng computer o hindi marunong kung pa paano gamitin ito.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: As our lives intertwine with cyberspace,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: our children, particularly in the barrios,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: should be introduced to the information superhighway and to the artificial intelligence or AI.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Kaya nais po natin malaman kung ano mga programa at pondo ang inilaan ng DepEd

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: at ating bigyan ng importansya para palakasin ang school security,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: improve emergency response, provide psychosocial support,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: and prevent violence within our schools and computer equipment in every classroom.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: As we review this budget, let us remember that education is not simply about building classrooms and hiring teachers.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: It is about

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: building a future for our children and ensuring that they are safe while doing so.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Because every peso we allocate must translate into better classrooms,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: better learning conditions, and safer schools for every Filipino child.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Thank you and I look forward to a productive budget hearing. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, Senator Tulfo.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Two of the three priorities ni Senator Tulfo, same as my priorities.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So for today, we talked about the classrooms, school safety,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the computerization budget which was slashed by the House.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We talked about teen pregnancies, which is also, I know it's one of the top problems for our youth.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I'm sure Senator Kiko will join me in talking about the feeding program.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So marami pong focus areas.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But my understanding is that the Secretary has,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: a few slides to start us out.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, oh, yes, Senator Allan.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: With your permission, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: May I follow the President of the Senate President?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Just three slides.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And follow his President in first and foremost thanking God for the DepEd family,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: headed by our favorite, of course, Senator Sonny Angara.

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00:57:12.280 --> 00:57:15.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: With him, it's always sunny, never rainy.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Nabanggit na ng Senate President

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yung PISA results and sana many, many more and much more good news to come. Four percent

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: of GDP sa 2026

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00:57:30.280 --> 00:57:33.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: budget, of course, whole of government iyan,

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00:57:33.280 --> 00:57:37.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: including our Senate President who was Chairman of the Finance Committee noon.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And 30 to 40% increase in the students' reading proficiency

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00:57:42.280 --> 00:57:44.760
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: for remediation program.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I'm sure if I approached you earlier

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: for a list of good news,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: napakarami.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And unfortunately sa hearings,

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00:57:55.540 --> 00:57:57.240
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: we really talk about problems

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00:57:57.240 --> 00:58:01.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: rather than the good news.

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00:58:01.860 --> 00:58:04.780
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And our children deserve that naman.

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00:58:05.000 --> 00:58:06.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So sa first slide,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: it's a problem,

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00:58:07.440 --> 00:58:10.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but I don't think it's something

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00:58:10.280 --> 00:58:11.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: we'll debate about.

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00:58:11.480 --> 00:58:12.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Sa first slide,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I just want to show that

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: from the 4% with the TESDA,

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00:58:17.100 --> 00:58:19.600
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: CHED, and SUC's budget

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00:58:19.600 --> 00:58:21.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: with DepEd at 3.3%,

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00:58:21.800 --> 00:58:23.760
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: then with CHED, TESDA,

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00:58:23.940 --> 00:58:25.700
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and SUC at 4%.

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00:58:25.700 --> 00:58:31.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Mas mabilis yung slide

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00:58:31.400 --> 00:58:32.520
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: pag Senate President.

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00:58:32.780 --> 00:58:35.560
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Pag minority, medyo natra-traffic

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00:58:35.560 --> 00:58:36.500
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ata yung slide.

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00:58:39.840 --> 00:58:41.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But the slide will just show

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00:58:41.900 --> 00:58:44.620
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: the NEP and the GAB.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Unfortunately, from 961 billion

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00:58:48.560 --> 00:58:50.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: in the GAA of 2026,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: we now have 916B in the NEP

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00:58:53.920 --> 00:58:57.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and 910 in the GAB.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I think that's why our chairman,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: J.B. Ercito, stepped out.

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00:59:00.740 --> 00:59:02.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: He knew I was going to ask him,

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00:59:02.540 --> 00:59:04.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: where do we find the 50 billion?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: At least,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: because nakakaya naman

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: kung ang ibibigay natin kay SECSANI,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 961 lang.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Kung 961 na last year,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: dapat at least 962 or 963

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ang ibibigay natin.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Wala pa yung slide?

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00:59:21.200 --> 00:59:21.960
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Sa office ko pa?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: May problem sa booth.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Sige, okay lang.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: The second one, SECSANI,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and dear chairman,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: nabahala lang ako,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: kasi if you look at the DepEd EMISD

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: graph on the enrollment,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: we went from

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 22.6 million

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: noong 2019

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: to 22.7 in 2020

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00:59:47.420 --> 00:59:48.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: to

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: just as the pandemic was easing,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: in 2021 to 2022,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 24 million students.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 2022,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 22,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 24 million.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But in 2023, it started going down drastically.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 23.2 million na lang nag-enroll.

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01:00:06.120 --> 01:00:10.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: In 2024 to 2025, 22.5 million na lang nag-enroll.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Hindi po minority ang nagsira ng equipment natin.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, yun yung first slide.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I think this is obvious to all of us.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And siguro, Seksani, what we can do to help is look for the 51 billion.

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01:00:27.260 --> 01:00:28.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But you have to help us.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Where is it most needed?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, sa next slide.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: In 2024, the enrollment was 22.5.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: This year, 25 to 26, 2022.1.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, parang pababa ng pababa yung enrollment.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And maybe at my turn later on, I'll show you the slide of the national average.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But sa barn, 8%.

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01:00:58.400 --> 01:00:59.300
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Ang drop-out.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: You know, if you look at the stunting rate,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: that lumalampas ng 30%, halos umabot ng 40% sa barn.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Tapos, you look at the drop-out rate,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: it's a recipe of disaster in the next 5-10 years in barn.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, I do know that there's a limitation, not limited,

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01:01:24.060 --> 01:01:26.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: limitation on what we can do given the autonomy.

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01:01:27.440 --> 01:01:28.320
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But I do know that there's...

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: They're always looking for partners, no?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Last slide.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: No, not the drop-out.

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01:01:35.640 --> 01:01:37.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Sa school-based feeding.

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01:01:39.460 --> 01:01:45.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Sa school-based feeding, from 25 billion in 2026,

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01:01:46.560 --> 01:01:49.720
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: it's, sa gab natin, it's 11.43.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I won't talk about that because the chairman, Senator Baum,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: said he will discuss it thoroughly.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, the point I want to make, Mr. Senator,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Secretary, and I believe your father was one of those who,

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01:02:03.120 --> 01:02:04.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: like my father,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: pounded it into our heads, di ba, na

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01:02:08.400 --> 01:02:11.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: if we keep doing the same thing and expecting different results,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: it won't happen, di ba?

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01:02:14.000 --> 01:02:16.040
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: In fact, Einstein calls that stupidity.

asr-000704
01:02:16.440 --> 01:02:19.360
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But what our parents pounded into us is that

asr-000705
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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: sometimes you have to have a radical change.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And during President Pinoy's time and Senator Angara,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Ed Angara,

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01:02:28.320 --> 01:02:31.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: was that radical change because it was called for in the world, okay?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Having said that, after the pandemic,

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01:02:33.940 --> 01:02:36.760
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: naiwan talaga tayo sa spending, pati sa classrooms.

asr-000711
01:02:37.380 --> 01:02:40.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, we have to make a radical decision.

asr-000712
01:02:41.320 --> 01:02:44.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Do we fully fund K-12?

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01:02:44.560 --> 01:02:48.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And if we do that, we might have to add not 50 billion,

asr-000714
01:02:48.540 --> 01:02:50.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but maybe another 500 billion.

asr-000715
01:02:50.980 --> 01:02:52.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And I don't know where you get that.

asr-000716
01:02:52.580 --> 01:02:55.440
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Or do we take the hard decision of taking out muna one year,

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01:02:55.600 --> 01:02:57.440
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: K-11 or K-10 tayo,

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01:02:57.800 --> 01:02:58.180
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and focus...

asr-000719
01:02:58.320 --> 01:03:00.240
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Focusing where it's needed to be focused.

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01:03:00.660 --> 01:03:05.300
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Let me just state that thought, no?

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01:03:05.780 --> 01:03:08.680
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Having said that, may I add to the recommendation

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01:03:08.680 --> 01:03:11.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: of the three modes of classrooms.

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01:03:12.020 --> 01:03:14.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Mr. Chairman, you said, di ba yung...

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01:03:14.280 --> 01:03:15.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: LGU-based.

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01:03:15.280 --> 01:03:16.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: LGU-based.

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01:03:17.800 --> 01:03:18.320
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: DPWH.

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01:03:18.820 --> 01:03:19.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: DPWH.

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01:03:19.740 --> 01:03:20.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And PPP.

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01:03:21.640 --> 01:03:24.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: In my consultations with LGUs,

asr-000730
01:03:24.160 --> 01:03:28.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: new schools are easier than school-based.

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01:03:28.320 --> 01:03:28.780
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: The buildings.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Because sa school buildings ngayon,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: gigiba ka pa nung iba,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or between DPWH and DepEd and the local funds,

asr-000735
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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but if they find a half a hectare or a hectare or even smaller

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and design a new school going up,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: may I ask if...

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: may I propose later on na

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: you consider like a lump sum,

asr-000740
01:03:53.220 --> 01:03:55.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: like a package, a new school package,

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01:03:55.340 --> 01:03:57.360
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: whether it's 100 million, 500 million,

asr-000742
01:03:57.360 --> 01:04:03.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: that you offer LGUs where it is very crowded and there are two or three shifting, no?

asr-000743
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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So meaning, we'll say, for 200 million, you have to have at least ganito karaming classroom for new school.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Sila na bahala lahat. They'll look for the land, they'll clear it, they'll put it up, etc.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: That might be just really much faster.

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01:04:19.340 --> 01:04:25.220
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And if you look at the population growth in Central Luzon, Metro Manila, and Calabar Zone,

asr-000747
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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I mean, everyone's here, new schools are definitely needed.

asr-000748
01:04:29.760 --> 01:04:34.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: My last point is really to address the threat, and I do know everyone's doing this.

asr-000749
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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So like sa stunting, but going back, if yung feeding project, kalahati yung tinanggal,

asr-000750
01:04:41.800 --> 01:04:43.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: how do we address that stunting?

asr-000751
01:04:44.320 --> 01:04:49.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Disabilities, you know, unintended consequences.

asr-000752
01:04:49.540 --> 01:04:55.200
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: When Mayor Lani became Mayor ng Taguig, her intention was to cut the lines in the health center.

asr-000753
01:04:55.220 --> 01:04:59.000
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Kasi dinoblay yung budget ng gamot, ganun pa rin yung lines.

asr-000754
01:04:59.160 --> 01:05:01.500
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Dinoblay na naman yung budget, ganun pa rin yung lines.

asr-000755
01:05:02.500 --> 01:05:09.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So when she started delivering the maintenance medicine, high blood,

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01:05:10.060 --> 01:05:14.780
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and iba kahit sa chronic like sa hika, in house to house, diniliver, nabawasan yung lines.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So naiwan sa lines mga bata.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But when they started fixing up the clinics and doing the eye and ear check up in the schools,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: hindi lang nabawasan.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Hindi lang nabawasan yung lines sa health center.

asr-000761
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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Many, many teachers and parents discovered that their children weren't slow learners.

asr-000762
01:05:35.220 --> 01:05:37.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Especially those in grade 1, grade 2.

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01:05:37.300 --> 01:05:41.820
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: It's that they had poor eyesight or problems with hearing.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So I do know it's a good suggestion, but where do you get the money?

asr-000765
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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But just like APECO, which was a, I'll end with that.

asr-000766
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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: There are sometimes one thing that changes everything.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Di ba?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Aurora is beautiful, but when APECO came, it changed the economics.

asr-000769
01:05:59.980 --> 01:06:00.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Di ba?

asr-000770
01:06:00.780 --> 01:06:04.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Tagig, binabaha, et cetera, it was really prayer, dedication to God.

asr-000771
01:06:04.920 --> 01:06:09.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: When BGC came, nag-iba.

asr-000772
01:06:09.600 --> 01:06:09.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Di ba?

asr-000773
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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: When call centers came to the Philippines, suddenly hindi lang OFWs.

asr-000774
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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So there has to be this one thing that can be done in 2027.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And I'll remind Senator Angara something.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Something that had an impact on me, Secretary Angara.

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01:06:28.760 --> 01:06:34.660
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: When he was a new senator, binitbit niya ako sa dinner ata yun with the British Embassy.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Because nga of the, yung mag-amang Senator Angara,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: have a lot of background and projects and work with the United Kingdom.

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01:06:43.680 --> 01:06:46.660
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And there was a military expert there, if you remember.

asr-000781
01:06:47.280 --> 01:06:48.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And he was telling us, di ba?

asr-000782
01:06:49.200 --> 01:06:54.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: When they were saying that may decline na yung empire of the United Kingdom,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and they had to scale down the military,

asr-000784
01:06:58.740 --> 01:07:02.560
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: the first thinking was really, how do you not do it?

asr-000785
01:07:02.700 --> 01:07:02.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Di ba?

asr-000786
01:07:02.860 --> 01:07:06.520
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: How do you maintain your bases in Singapore and the other colonies?

asr-000787
01:07:06.980 --> 01:07:08.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: How do you have more money?

asr-000788
01:07:08.180 --> 01:07:09.100
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: How do you have your economy?

asr-000789
01:07:09.780 --> 01:07:13.200
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But as time and technology changed,

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01:07:13.340 --> 01:07:17.100
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: they said, no, it's not about bigger, it's also about smarter.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Di ba?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Mas mission-oriented.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And he told us a couple of things like,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: like halimbawa, the next war.

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01:07:24.200 --> 01:07:24.560
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: This was,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 2011 siguro, or 2010 ka na-elect ka, di ba?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Yeah, 2013.

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01:07:29.340 --> 01:07:30.920
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So 2013, 2014 ito.

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01:07:32.080 --> 01:07:36.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And they were telling us na the next war,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and this was 12 years ago, no?

asr-000801
01:07:38.540 --> 01:07:40.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: We will be a lot cyber.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So they converted many of their units to, you know,

asr-000803
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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: having so much equipment, so much people, so much bases.

asr-000804
01:07:49.260 --> 01:07:53.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So sabi nila na, if you look at our military now,

asr-000805
01:07:53.160 --> 01:07:54.780
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: they can argue that it was as good,

asr-000806
01:07:54.780 --> 01:07:56.660
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: as when the height of the empire,

asr-000807
01:07:56.800 --> 01:07:59.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but it's much more leaner.

asr-000808
01:07:59.360 --> 01:08:03.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So let me leave that challenge to all of us, to all of us, no?

asr-000809
01:08:04.120 --> 01:08:06.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Hopefully, we can increase your budget by 50, 60 billion.

asr-000810
01:08:07.040 --> 01:08:09.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But even given that limitation,

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01:08:10.300 --> 01:08:14.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: how do we improve drastically our education system,

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01:08:14.600 --> 01:08:15.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: given the limited funds?

asr-000813
01:08:15.860 --> 01:08:18.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So what are those best ideas?

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01:08:18.160 --> 01:08:19.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And I hope it will come out here in the Senate,

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01:08:20.380 --> 01:08:21.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: especially led by our chairman,

asr-000816
01:08:22.080 --> 01:08:24.620
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: who's dedicated so much time and energy on this.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Secretary.

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01:08:26.380 --> 01:08:27.980
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, Minority Floor Leader Alan.

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01:08:29.100 --> 01:08:32.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Secretary Angara, we'll give you time to do your presentation.

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01:08:32.960 --> 01:08:35.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I know it's brief, no? It's not that long.

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01:08:35.800 --> 01:08:39.380
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Because I'm sure the senators will have their questions, no?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, just in my notes,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: feeding program, classrooms, computerization,

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01:08:46.440 --> 01:08:49.220
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: school safety, teenage pregnancy, dropout rate,

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01:08:49.700 --> 01:08:52.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: K-12 concerns, RL program, and SPED.

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01:08:52.440 --> 01:08:54.660
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: A lot of things we will tackle.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, please give your presentation.

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01:08:57.660 --> 01:08:58.780
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I'll begin the questions.

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01:08:58.900 --> 01:08:59.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We'll do the rounds.

asr-000830
01:09:00.280 --> 01:09:02.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I'll do it impeachment style.

asr-000831
01:09:02.680 --> 01:09:04.920
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I'll do five minutes per senator

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01:09:04.920 --> 01:09:06.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: so we can do more rounds.

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01:09:07.280 --> 01:09:08.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, Secretary, you have the floor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Maraming salamat, Mr. Chair,

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01:09:12.600 --> 01:09:14.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: our Chair for Education, Senator Bam.

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01:09:15.140 --> 01:09:16.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Of course, I'd like to greet our senators

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01:09:16.620 --> 01:09:21.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: led by our very dynamic and brilliant Senate President,

asr-000838
01:09:21.480 --> 01:09:22.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Senator Wynne Gatchalian,

asr-000839
01:09:22.900 --> 01:09:24.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: also a huge champion for education.

asr-000840
01:09:24.780 --> 01:09:26.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Senator Kiko Pangilinan,

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01:09:26.780 --> 01:09:28.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Senator Erwin Tulfo,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of course, our Minority Leader,

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01:09:30.780 --> 01:09:32.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Senator Allan,

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01:09:32.780 --> 01:09:34.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and our Chair of Finance,

asr-000845
01:09:34.780 --> 01:09:35.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Senator JV,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and our former Chair, Senator Pia,

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01:09:37.780 --> 01:09:39.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and kung meron man online.

asr-000848
01:09:39.780 --> 01:09:40.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Magandang umaga po.

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01:09:40.780 --> 01:09:44.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I'll try to abbreviate yung ating remarks.

asr-000850
01:09:44.780 --> 01:09:45.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We just have 20 slides,

asr-000851
01:09:45.780 --> 01:09:47.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but we'll try to go through them very fast

asr-000852
01:09:47.780 --> 01:09:49.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: para makapunta na tayo dun sa mga tanong

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01:09:49.780 --> 01:09:51.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ng mga ating magigiting na senador.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But at the outset, Mr. Chair,

asr-000855
01:09:53.780 --> 01:09:54.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: pasalamatan lang natin,

asr-000856
01:09:54.620 --> 01:09:56.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: kailangan namin ang ating Senado

asr-000857
01:09:56.620 --> 01:09:57.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and of course our President

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01:09:57.620 --> 01:10:00.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for the huge support for this year.

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01:10:00.620 --> 01:10:03.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And it's really a very historic

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01:10:03.620 --> 01:10:05.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or watershed budget in a sense.

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01:10:05.620 --> 01:10:08.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And I know it's a tough act to follow.

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01:10:08.620 --> 01:10:11.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So I don't envy your position going forward

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01:10:11.620 --> 01:10:15.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in trying to balance all the competing interests.

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01:10:15.620 --> 01:10:18.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So maraming salamat for this opportunity,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Mr. Chair, Mr. President.

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01:10:19.620 --> 01:10:21.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So with your permission,

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01:10:21.620 --> 01:10:23.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: just a brief five-minute audio-visual presentation

asr-000868
01:10:23.620 --> 01:10:25.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: which can breeze through the,

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01:10:25.620 --> 01:10:27.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: kasi sa daming projects,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: this will start it off.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: With your permission, Mr. Chair.

asr-000872
01:10:34.620 --> 01:10:36.620
Presentation video: Sa nakalipas na dalawang taon,

asr-000873
01:10:36.620 --> 01:10:38.620
Presentation video: may mga pagbabagong nagsimula

asr-000874
01:10:38.620 --> 01:10:41.620
Presentation video: ng maramdaman sa mga paaralan.

asr-000875
01:10:43.620 --> 01:10:44.620
Presentation video: Sa early age niya,

asr-000876
01:10:44.620 --> 01:10:46.620
Presentation video: kahit napakahaba nung name niya,

asr-000877
01:10:46.620 --> 01:10:48.620
Presentation video: alam niya na po paano magsulat.

asr-000878
01:10:48.620 --> 01:10:50.620
Presentation video: Ilala niya na rin po lahat ng letters

asr-000879
01:10:50.620 --> 01:10:52.620
Presentation video: at lahat po ng sound.

asr-000880
01:10:52.620 --> 01:10:55.620
Presentation video: Wala po sa pinakamalapit na public school

asr-000881
01:10:55.620 --> 01:10:56.620
Presentation video: yung track na gusto ko.

asr-000882
01:10:56.620 --> 01:10:57.620
Presentation video: And yung voucher naman po,

asr-000883
01:10:57.620 --> 01:11:00.620
Presentation video: nakakalesan po siya ng financial burden

asr-000884
01:11:00.620 --> 01:11:01.620
Presentation video: ng family ko.

asr-000885
01:11:02.620 --> 01:11:08.620
Presentation video: Ang kumot niya may anim na laso.

asr-000886
01:11:08.620 --> 01:11:12.620
Presentation video: Noon po hindi po po marunong magbasa,

asr-000887
01:11:12.620 --> 01:11:13.620
Presentation video: nahihiya po ako.

asr-000888
01:11:13.620 --> 01:11:15.620
Presentation video: Tapos yung marunong magbasa,

asr-000889
01:11:15.620 --> 01:11:17.620
Presentation video: hindi na po maghihiya.

asr-000890
01:11:17.620 --> 01:11:19.620
Presentation video: Tapos masaya na po ako.

asr-000891
01:11:20.620 --> 01:11:22.620
Presentation video: Dahil po sa bago classroom ako,

asr-000892
01:11:22.620 --> 01:11:24.620
Presentation video: mas enjoy po ako mag-aral

asr-000893
01:11:24.620 --> 01:11:27.620
Presentation video: ng mabuti para magiging doktor paglaki.

asr-000894
01:11:32.620 --> 01:11:34.620
Presentation video: Kung ngayon na may internet na ang school,

asr-000895
01:11:34.620 --> 01:11:36.620
Presentation video: mas natututunan nila yung lessons nila na mabilis.

asr-000896
01:11:36.620 --> 01:11:38.620
Presentation video: At sa mga visual learners namin,

asr-000897
01:11:38.620 --> 01:11:40.620
Presentation video: nakikita nila using internet

asr-000898
01:11:40.620 --> 01:11:42.620
Presentation video: kung paano yung mga lessons na-apply sa totoong buhay.

asr-000899
01:11:42.620 --> 01:11:45.620
Presentation video: Isa lang naman ang kagustuhan po ng bawat guru.

asr-000900
01:11:45.620 --> 01:11:48.620
Presentation video: Yan ay maiangat ang mga kabataan.

asr-000901
01:11:48.620 --> 01:11:50.620
Presentation video: Naniniwala po kami na ang mga batang Pilipino

asr-000902
01:11:50.620 --> 01:11:52.620
Presentation video: ay talagang tunay na

asr-000903
01:11:52.620 --> 01:11:54.620
Presentation video: matatalino.

asr-000904
01:12:02.620 --> 01:12:05.620
Presentation video: Napaka-fulfilling po sa feeling na

asr-000905
01:12:05.620 --> 01:12:09.620
Presentation video: grabe, nakaka-contribute po ako sa international level na assessment

asr-000906
01:12:09.620 --> 01:12:12.620
Presentation video: to prove na meron talaga quality education sa Pilipinas

asr-000907
01:12:12.620 --> 01:12:17.620
Presentation video: and also merong improvement when it comes to teaching, learning,

asr-000908
01:12:17.620 --> 01:12:20.620
Presentation video: and also applying those learning.

asr-000909
01:12:20.620 --> 01:12:22.620
Presentation video: Kapag mas matibay ang simula,

asr-000910
01:12:22.620 --> 01:12:25.620
Presentation video: mas maraming pagkakataon ang nagbubukas.

asr-000911
01:12:25.620 --> 01:12:28.620
Presentation video: Mas maganda kasi po yung new curriculum.

asr-000912
01:12:28.620 --> 01:12:30.620
Presentation video: Lalo natin naman po pag itating namin sa graduate school,

asr-000913
01:12:30.620 --> 01:12:32.620
Presentation video: may tinatawag na doorway option.

asr-000914
01:12:32.620 --> 01:12:36.620
Presentation video: Na pwede kaming kumuha ng isang elective subject kung gusto namin po.

asr-000915
01:12:36.620 --> 01:12:39.620
Presentation video: Maganda siya para sa akin kasi nakakatulong po ako sa pamilya ko

asr-000916
01:12:39.620 --> 01:12:41.620
Presentation video: and I'm currently now a makeup artist po.

asr-000917
01:12:41.620 --> 01:12:45.620
Presentation video: Pero walang batang umaabot doon ng mag-isa.

asr-000918
01:12:45.620 --> 01:12:49.620
Presentation video: Kailangan niya ng gurong may sapat na oras at suporta.

asr-000919
01:12:50.620 --> 01:12:53.620
Presentation video: Kasi full load, daming gawain.

asr-000920
01:12:53.620 --> 01:12:56.620
Presentation video: Misal na pero kailangan ko pa rin tapusin.

asr-000921
01:12:56.620 --> 01:12:58.620
Presentation video: Pero ngayon naging mas magaan,

asr-000922
01:12:58.620 --> 01:13:02.620
Presentation video: mas nakapokus na ako sa aking tungkulin bilang guro sa mga bata.

asr-000923
01:13:02.620 --> 01:13:06.620
Presentation video: Sa wakas po, mapapagaan po nito ang aming trabaho

asr-000924
01:13:06.620 --> 01:13:10.620
Presentation video: at makakapag-focus po kami sa pagtuturo po namin.

asr-000925
01:13:12.620 --> 01:13:14.620
Presentation video: Siyempre, nandyan yung number one band paper.

asr-000926
01:13:14.620 --> 01:13:16.620
Presentation video: Ink for printer namin.

asr-000927
01:13:16.620 --> 01:13:18.620
Presentation video: Kahit pa isa-isang bilihan o.

asr-000928
01:13:18.620 --> 01:13:22.620
Presentation video: Pag binilang mo at pinagsama-sama, marami din siya at malaki talaga.

asr-000929
01:13:22.620 --> 01:13:25.620
Presentation video: We are grateful na nanagdagan yung teaching allowance namin

asr-000930
01:13:25.620 --> 01:13:28.620
Presentation video: kasi malaking tulong para sa gayon

asr-000931
01:13:28.620 --> 01:13:32.620
Presentation video: mas maturuan at maibigay namin yung pangangailangan ng mga bata.

asr-000932
01:13:32.620 --> 01:13:36.620
Presentation video: At hindi lang trabaho ang kailangang gumaan.

asr-000933
01:13:36.620 --> 01:13:40.620
Presentation video: Kailangan ding magaroon ng pagkakataong umunlad ang guro.

asr-000934
01:13:40.620 --> 01:13:44.620
Presentation video: Ngayon ay nakikita na rin namin ang aming landas

asr-000935
01:13:44.620 --> 01:13:46.620
Presentation video: para sa aming growth or pagunlad.

asr-000936
01:13:46.620 --> 01:13:49.620
Presentation video: Along-along na sa aming paghanda.

asr-000937
01:13:49.620 --> 01:13:53.620
Presentation video: There are times na nakakalimutan rin namin yung sarili naming well-being,

asr-000938
01:13:53.620 --> 01:13:54.620
Presentation video: sarili naming health.

asr-000939
01:13:54.620 --> 01:13:56.620
Presentation video: With this medical allowance,

asr-000940
01:13:56.620 --> 01:14:03.620
Presentation video: nagkaroon kami ng pakiramdam na the government is also looking at our physical well-being.

asr-000941
01:14:03.620 --> 01:14:09.620
Presentation video: At sa paralan, ang pag-aalaga ay hindi nagtatapos sa pagtuturo.

asr-000942
01:14:09.620 --> 01:14:15.620
Presentation video: Sa hirap talaga ng buhay ngayon, talagang masasabi ko napakalaking tulong

asr-000943
01:14:15.620 --> 01:14:18.620
Presentation video: para sa ating mga magulang ng feeding program na iyon.

asr-000944
01:14:18.620 --> 01:14:23.620
Presentation video: Minsan, may mga bagay na hindi mo kayang sabihin sa parents and friends mo

asr-000945
01:14:23.620 --> 01:14:29.620
Presentation video: at nakakagaan po ng loob kapag may taong nakikinig at may concerns sa iyo.

asr-000946
01:14:29.620 --> 01:14:37.620
Presentation video: Bilang magulang, kampante kami dahil hindi lang natututukan ang kanilang pag-aaral,

asr-000947
01:14:37.620 --> 01:14:39.620
Presentation video: kundi ang kanilang kaligtasan.

asr-000948
01:14:39.620 --> 01:14:43.620
Presentation video: Kahit may sakuna, kami ng mga guro at mga bata ay alam na po,

asr-000949
01:14:43.620 --> 01:14:46.620
Presentation video: yung mga paghahanda at dapat gawin.

asr-000950
01:14:46.620 --> 01:14:49.620
Presentation video: Sa katunayan, may mga safety measures na po kami.

asr-000951
01:14:49.620 --> 01:14:56.620
Presentation video: At para magawa ito, dapat maihatid ang mga pangangailangan ng bawat paaralan.

asr-000952
01:14:56.620 --> 01:14:59.620
Presentation video: Ang maganda yung epekto, mabilis at saka maayos.

asr-000953
01:15:00.000 --> 01:15:02.520
Presentation video: yung dating ng mga learning materials sa school.

asr-000954
01:15:03.400 --> 01:15:06.800
Presentation video: Kasi nagiging masaya yung mga estudyante, yung mga teachers.

asr-000955
01:15:09.740 --> 01:15:12.200
Presentation video: Ang daming tumutulong sa ating paaralan,

asr-000956
01:15:12.300 --> 01:15:14.500
Presentation video: yung ating mga stakeholders na laging nandyan

asr-000957
01:15:14.500 --> 01:15:16.740
Presentation video: para tumulong sa mga needs ng school.

asr-000958
01:15:16.900 --> 01:15:21.160
Presentation video: Pero mas napapadali ang pagtulong kapag sentralisado

asr-000959
01:15:21.160 --> 01:15:24.560
Presentation video: at malalaman na mismo kung anong pangangailangan ng paaralan.

asr-000960
01:15:24.960 --> 01:15:27.980
Presentation video: Mas panatagpo kami ngayon dahil ramdam namin

asr-000961
01:15:27.980 --> 01:15:31.300
Presentation video: na ang bawat piso ay nagagamit ng tama

asr-000962
01:15:31.300 --> 01:15:34.600
Presentation video: at napupunta talaga sa edukasyon ng mga bata.

asr-000963
01:15:35.400 --> 01:15:40.120
Presentation video: May mga nasimulan na at mas marami pa tayong gagawin.

asr-000964
01:15:40.760 --> 01:15:45.400
Presentation video: Edukasyon pa rin ang siyang pangunahin nagtataguyod ng kakayahan.

asr-000965
01:15:45.400 --> 01:15:50.400
Presentation video: Kung kaya ito ang nangunguna sa listahan ng administrasyong ito.

asr-000966
01:15:51.300 --> 01:15:54.080
Presentation video: Kaya malinaw ang susunod na hapbang,

asr-000967
01:15:55.180 --> 01:15:56.600
Presentation video: ituloy ang nasimulan

asr-000968
01:15:56.600 --> 01:15:59.660
Presentation video: at palawakin ang naaabot.

asr-000969
01:16:11.120 --> 01:16:14.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you. Maraming salamat, Mr. Chairman, Mr. President,

asr-000970
01:16:14.460 --> 01:16:15.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Distinguished Senators.

asr-000971
01:16:16.080 --> 01:16:19.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And karamihan ho nung programang na ipakita dun sa video

asr-000972
01:16:19.440 --> 01:16:22.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ay nabigyan support na po ng ating mahal na Senado.

asr-000973
01:16:23.480 --> 01:16:26.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And both the President, Senate President,

asr-000974
01:16:26.600 --> 01:16:30.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and the Vice Chair of the Subcommittee have been chairs of EDCOM

asr-000975
01:16:30.060 --> 01:16:31.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or are chairs of EDCOM.

asr-000976
01:16:32.020 --> 01:16:34.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And we'd like to acknowledge the work of EDCOM.

asr-000977
01:16:34.380 --> 01:16:37.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Dr. Yee is there behind you preparing some very difficult questions.

asr-000978
01:16:38.700 --> 01:16:43.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But nonetheless, we'd like to acknowledge the gains made

asr-000979
01:16:43.920 --> 01:16:48.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and not many people know how much reform has been passed

asr-000980
01:16:48.540 --> 01:16:49.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in such a short amount of time.

asr-000981
01:16:49.880 --> 01:16:50.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And we're very thankful.

asr-000982
01:16:51.080 --> 01:16:52.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Papasalamat ko kami sa Senate.

asr-000983
01:16:52.300 --> 01:16:55.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next slide, please, would show the budget utilization rate.

asr-000984
01:16:56.320 --> 01:16:56.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, of the...

asr-000985
01:16:56.520 --> 01:16:56.580
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, of the...

asr-000986
01:16:56.600 --> 01:17:00.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, of the allotment for 2026, 1.01 trillion,

asr-000987
01:17:00.220 --> 01:17:00.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we have a 4...

asr-000988
01:17:00.800 --> 01:17:07.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: As of September 15, we have a 54.36% obligation rate

asr-000989
01:17:07.040 --> 01:17:12.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and a 91.2% disbursement rate over obligation.

asr-000990
01:17:12.760 --> 01:17:15.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Mr. Chair, next slide, please.

asr-000991
01:17:16.460 --> 01:17:22.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: This is the 2027 proposed budget based on the General Appropriations Bill

asr-000992
01:17:22.360 --> 01:17:26.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or GAAP, 967.2 billion, broken down with the...

asr-000993
01:17:26.520 --> 01:17:28.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: with the respective attached agencies,

asr-000994
01:17:28.140 --> 01:17:29.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the National Book Development Board,

asr-000995
01:17:29.940 --> 01:17:32.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the National Council for Children's Television,

asr-000996
01:17:32.200 --> 01:17:33.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: National Museum of the Philippines,

asr-000997
01:17:34.300 --> 01:17:36.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the Philippine High School for the Arts,

asr-000998
01:17:36.500 --> 01:17:37.840
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the Teacher Education Council,

asr-000999
01:17:38.240 --> 01:17:39.840
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and the National Academy for Sports,

asr-001000
01:17:40.220 --> 01:17:44.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: totaling the 969.79 billion,

asr-001001
01:17:44.400 --> 01:17:48.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: which is 6.17 billion down from the National Expenditure Program.

asr-001002
01:17:49.200 --> 01:17:50.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Mr. Chair, next slide, please.

asr-001003
01:17:52.480 --> 01:17:55.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yan, this was just a summary of the...

asr-001004
01:17:55.240 --> 01:17:55.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of the...

asr-001005
01:17:55.480 --> 01:17:56.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of the...

asr-001006
01:17:56.980 --> 01:18:01.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of the DepEd proper and the attached agencies broken down

asr-001007
01:18:01.200 --> 01:18:07.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for including the NEP, the GAAP, the GAA,

asr-001008
01:18:07.500 --> 01:18:10.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and the 2027 NEP and GAAP figures, Your Honor.

asr-001009
01:18:10.840 --> 01:18:14.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, you will see on the rightmost columns,

asr-001010
01:18:14.520 --> 01:18:17.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the red figures represent that it is difficult to follow up

asr-001011
01:18:17.880 --> 01:18:21.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the 2026 year, 2026 budget because it was so, so generous.

asr-001012
01:18:22.160 --> 01:18:25.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, many of the figures are in red, indicating a decrease, Mr. Chair.

asr-001013
01:18:25.680 --> 01:18:26.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next slide.

asr-001014
01:18:26.440 --> 01:18:26.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next slide, please.

asr-001015
01:18:26.980 --> 01:18:34.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: This slide shows the comparison between the 2026 GAAP and General Appropriations Act

asr-001016
01:18:34.160 --> 01:18:37.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: versus the 2027 General Appropriations Bill.

asr-001017
01:18:37.940 --> 01:18:44.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Again, the rightmost side shows the decreases in parentheses in red, Mr. Chair.

asr-001018
01:18:45.020 --> 01:18:45.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next slide, please.

asr-001019
01:18:47.360 --> 01:18:51.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, this slide would show the General Appropriations Bill highlights,

asr-001020
01:18:52.240 --> 01:18:55.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and they're divided into four quadrants, so to speak.

asr-001021
01:18:55.480 --> 01:18:56.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, ando dun po yung personnel

asr-001022
01:18:56.440 --> 01:18:57.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: improvement.

asr-001025
01:18:57.700 --> 01:19:03.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The expanded career progression is also a reform that has been championed

asr-001026
01:19:03.780 --> 01:19:07.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: by His Honor and the Senate President and this body.

asr-001027
01:19:08.380 --> 01:19:12.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, it's getting an unprecedented level of funding at 12.09,

asr-001028
01:19:12.920 --> 01:19:16.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and we'll be able to promote 135,000 personnel.

asr-001029
01:19:17.020 --> 01:19:20.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The capacity building continues, and the RL tutors,

asr-001030
01:19:20.240 --> 01:19:23.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: this is something long awaited by our people in the field.

asr-001031
01:19:24.360 --> 01:19:26.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next is the education and system improvement,

asr-001032
01:19:26.440 --> 01:19:46.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So there's 6.4 billion for textbooks and instructional materials, plus these a loan for learning upgrade support, 9.4 billion, and then our special education programs for inclusive education including SNED, IPED, madrasa, multi-grade would total 2.78 billion.

asr-001033
01:19:46.960 --> 01:20:07.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And the third area is improving the learning environment. So for 3,800 classrooms, that would total 13.4 billion. Repairing 11,000 classrooms, 7.3 billion. ICT solutions and capacity building, 2.6 billion. That was cut. 3.1 billion was cut from that.

asr-001034
01:20:07.420 --> 01:20:13.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: One point, additional security guards for 500 billion was just an addition made by the house.

asr-001035
01:20:14.020 --> 01:20:16.580
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Then in the area of learner support and well-being,

asr-001036
01:20:16.960 --> 01:20:25.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Mr. Chair, nabanggit ninyong nutritious meals for kindergarten down from this year, as you mentioned, to 11.4 billion.

asr-001037
01:20:25.140 --> 01:20:45.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And then yung voucher grantees naman, 2.47, 40 billion rather. I think ito din nagdagan ng 1.9 billion ng house in line with the bill you have sponsored on the K-6 expansion ng vouchers po, Your Honor.

asr-001038
01:20:45.780 --> 01:20:46.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Tapos yung sa...

asr-001039
01:20:46.960 --> 01:20:59.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: bagong hire na school counselor associates and SDO counselors pursuant to the law, the mental health in basic education, which the Senate President sponsored and his honor also championed, 801 million.

asr-001040
01:21:00.140 --> 01:21:00.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next slide, please.

asr-001041
01:21:03.880 --> 01:21:04.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next slide, please.

asr-001042
01:21:05.020 --> 01:21:16.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Itong school-based feeding program natin, diyan pinapakita yung impact evaluation ng ating school feeding program, which you really helped dramatically raise.

asr-001043
01:21:16.960 --> 01:21:20.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor, this body helped raise the funding for.

asr-001044
01:21:21.000 --> 01:21:26.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, itong kita, before feeding for school year 2024-25, makikita ho sa kaliwa.

asr-001045
01:21:28.140 --> 01:21:36.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Pagka nung tinimbang ho yung ating mga bata, 1.73 million ang severely wasted and wasted.

asr-001046
01:21:37.000 --> 01:21:41.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Then yung sa kanan niya, after feeding, naging 680,000 na lang.

asr-001047
01:21:41.860 --> 01:21:45.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, mahigit sa isang milyong bata ang natanggal dun sa...

asr-001048
01:21:46.960 --> 01:21:48.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: wasted or severely wasted, Your Honor.

asr-001049
01:21:49.280 --> 01:21:52.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Bukod doon, syempre yung well-documented din yung benefits

asr-001050
01:21:52.160 --> 01:21:57.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in terms of learning gains and in terms of attendance, Your Honor.

asr-001051
01:21:57.980 --> 01:22:02.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So then in the same, the one on the right also shows the benefits

asr-001052
01:22:02.460 --> 01:22:08.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: from the feeding before and after for the next school year, Your Honor.

asr-001053
01:22:08.440 --> 01:22:16.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So yung effect po ng reform ninyo is increasing the beneficiaries

asr-001054
01:22:16.500 --> 01:22:24.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of the feeding program by 1.2 million, 3.4 to 4.64, Your Honor.

asr-001055
01:22:25.080 --> 01:22:27.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And of course, we'd like to acknowledge also the reforms

asr-001056
01:22:27.500 --> 01:22:31.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: under the Sagip-Saka law authored by Senator Kiko Pangilinan.

asr-001057
01:22:31.260 --> 01:22:34.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We're trying to move towards increased local procurement.

asr-001058
01:22:34.180 --> 01:22:39.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And Senator Kiko has been helping us with pointing out

asr-001059
01:22:39.320 --> 01:22:42.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: who are the cooperatives in various areas that they work with

asr-001060
01:22:42.280 --> 01:22:45.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in his capacity as chair of the Committee on Agriculture.

asr-001061
01:22:45.860 --> 01:22:46.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So nagpapasalamat.

asr-001062
01:22:46.500 --> 01:22:48.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kamatu kami doon sa tulong.

asr-001063
01:22:48.480 --> 01:22:50.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And we're really trying to procure locally also,

asr-001064
01:22:51.080 --> 01:22:54.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: not only to reduce the carbon footprint,

asr-001065
01:22:54.500 --> 01:23:01.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but also to keep our farmers and cooperatives alive and thriving, Your Honor.

asr-001066
01:23:01.980 --> 01:23:02.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next slide, please.

asr-001067
01:23:03.660 --> 01:23:07.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So ito pong, we were asked by the committee, Mr. Chair, Mr. President,

asr-001068
01:23:07.120 --> 01:23:11.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to prepare some scenarios for ito pong yung various scenarios

asr-001069
01:23:11.900 --> 01:23:15.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: because we were given a GAB-level budget of 11.4 billion.

asr-001070
01:23:15.500 --> 01:23:19.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: This covers, as the chair mentioned, 25 pesos per meal

asr-001071
01:23:19.460 --> 01:23:23.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for 3.7 million learners for 120 days.

asr-001072
01:23:23.460 --> 01:23:27.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So this includes universal kindergarten and then pursuant to our feeding law,

asr-001073
01:23:27.540 --> 01:23:30.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: severely wasted and wasted for grades 1 to 6.

asr-001074
01:23:32.100 --> 01:23:33.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And adolescent mothers pala.

asr-001075
01:23:33.520 --> 01:23:40.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: This is also a reform pushed by EDCOM to cover those who are expectant mothers.

asr-001076
01:23:40.940 --> 01:23:44.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So itong, there are four options here, Your Honor.

asr-001077
01:23:44.580 --> 01:23:45.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor.

asr-001078
01:23:45.500 --> 01:23:48.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: If you choose 180 days at 25 pesos per meal,

asr-001079
01:23:48.880 --> 01:23:50.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: if you go for 120 to 180,

asr-001080
01:23:50.800 --> 01:23:54.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: that will require the following amounts.

asr-001081
01:23:54.980 --> 01:24:00.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: For universal kinder, 3.7, additional 9.5, and so on and so forth.

asr-001082
01:24:00.500 --> 01:24:09.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Of course, the most ambitious here would be to move to 30 pesos at 200 days,

asr-001083
01:24:09.260 --> 01:24:10.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: which is the full school year.

asr-001084
01:24:11.460 --> 01:24:14.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That would require an additional 46.6 billion.

asr-001085
01:24:14.460 --> 01:24:15.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So that's there.

asr-001086
01:24:15.500 --> 01:24:20.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's quite a costly investment.

asr-001087
01:24:20.620 --> 01:24:27.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But I saw former Economic Planning Secretary Habito talking about it on a show the other day

asr-001088
01:24:27.420 --> 01:24:31.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: that this is one of the biggest investments we can make as a country.

asr-001089
01:24:31.580 --> 01:24:34.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Although maaring hindi natin makita kaagad yung resulta,

asr-001090
01:24:34.840 --> 01:24:39.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: definitely yun ay nagawa ng mga progressive mga bansa.

asr-001091
01:24:39.780 --> 01:24:43.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So again, thank you to this body for the support on that

asr-001092
01:24:43.360 --> 01:24:45.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and for any support that may be forthcoming.

asr-001093
01:24:45.660 --> 01:24:46.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next slide, please.

asr-001094
01:24:47.780 --> 01:24:51.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The Chair also mentioned school safety and security.

asr-001095
01:24:51.060 --> 01:25:01.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So nag-issue ho tayo ng panibagong DepEd Order No. 006 Guidelines on Ensuring a Safe and Motivating Learning Environment.

asr-001096
01:25:01.480 --> 01:25:05.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So bukod dun sa tighter security measures sa ating mga eskwelahan,

asr-001097
01:25:05.580 --> 01:25:11.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: more CCTV cameras, more metal detectors, improved fencing, more security guards,

asr-001098
01:25:12.380 --> 01:25:15.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: nandun din po yung mental health and safety.

asr-001099
01:25:15.500 --> 01:25:18.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Support, psychological support sa ating mga bata.

asr-001100
01:25:19.120 --> 01:25:24.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Learner support in the form of sports, scouting, school clubs.

asr-001101
01:25:26.160 --> 01:25:28.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Meron tayong national and regional telesafe hotline.

asr-001102
01:25:29.080 --> 01:25:32.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Nag-hire na po tayo ng 5,400 school counselor associates.

asr-001103
01:25:32.960 --> 01:25:39.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Again, pursuant to the law passed by this body, the Mental Health in Basic Education Law.

asr-001104
01:25:39.580 --> 01:25:44.840
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So kami nagpapasalamat dun dahil well-documented din ang EDCOG 2 yung kakulangan.

asr-001105
01:25:45.500 --> 01:25:47.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ito po yung sistema natin ng mga guidance counselors.

asr-001106
01:25:48.120 --> 01:25:52.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And this has proven to be a good workaround, institutional.

asr-001107
01:25:52.860 --> 01:25:55.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Otherwise, dead-end hood talaga tayo dito.

asr-001108
01:25:55.540 --> 01:26:00.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But now, we gave an oath to hundreds of school counselor associates yesterday.

asr-001109
01:26:01.080 --> 01:26:03.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And they're very young. They're in their 20s, fresh graduates.

asr-001110
01:26:03.920 --> 01:26:06.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And they look very excited to help our learners.

asr-001111
01:26:06.320 --> 01:26:07.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you to this body for that.

asr-001112
01:26:08.540 --> 01:26:09.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next slide, please.

asr-001113
01:26:10.840 --> 01:26:13.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ito po yung updates on incidents of school violence.

asr-001114
01:26:13.000 --> 01:26:14.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Of course, nabanggit din yung tatlong insidente.

asr-001115
01:26:15.500 --> 01:26:18.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Sa Tacloban, sa Sambuanga, sa South Cotabato.

asr-001116
01:26:19.440 --> 01:26:22.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Well, our injured learners have all been discharged.

asr-001117
01:26:23.320 --> 01:26:30.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And really, lost in the news sometimes are the heroic efforts of some of our students

asr-001118
01:26:30.180 --> 01:26:33.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: that prevented further loss of life, Your Honor.

asr-001119
01:26:33.880 --> 01:26:35.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So binigyan natin ang parangal.

asr-001120
01:26:35.280 --> 01:26:39.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Binigyan din ang Boy Scouts of the Philippines ng parangal yung two learners natin

asr-001121
01:26:39.860 --> 01:26:43.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: sa Tacloban at saka sa South Cotabato.

asr-001122
01:26:43.600 --> 01:26:50.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, again, this incident also highlighted the need for greater psychological first aid,

asr-001123
01:26:51.060 --> 01:26:53.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: mental health awareness.

asr-001124
01:26:53.380 --> 01:26:58.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, going forward, ang gusto po natin is mas marami tayong matrain

asr-001125
01:26:58.120 --> 01:27:05.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ng mga teachers natin or educators sa larangan po ng mental health and psychological first aid.

asr-001126
01:27:05.640 --> 01:27:13.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And we're thankful to the DSWD, DOH for helping us, assisting us, and many in the private sector also.

asr-001127
01:27:13.600 --> 01:27:14.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, for assisting us here.

asr-001128
01:27:15.560 --> 01:27:16.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next slide, please.

asr-001129
01:27:17.820 --> 01:27:20.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Nabanggit ni Chair yung infrastructure budget.

asr-001130
01:27:20.160 --> 01:27:21.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Again, unprecedented ho ito.

asr-001131
01:27:22.240 --> 01:27:26.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ang total infrastructure budget is 89.5 billion.

asr-001132
01:27:26.960 --> 01:27:30.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: New construction, 65.9 billion.

asr-001133
01:27:30.740 --> 01:27:32.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Repair, 7.7 billion.

asr-001134
01:27:32.880 --> 01:27:35.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And others, yung others po, yun yung nasa kanan ho.

asr-001135
01:27:36.320 --> 01:27:42.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Nakalista doon school furniture, quick response, completion, mid-rise building, gabal doon.

asr-001136
01:27:42.460 --> 01:27:43.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Library hub.

asr-001137
01:27:43.600 --> 01:27:50.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Detailed engineering leasing, health facilities, inclusive learning centers, alternative learning systems, CLCs.

asr-001138
01:27:51.460 --> 01:27:53.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, yun po ang breakdown nun.

asr-001139
01:27:54.540 --> 01:27:59.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And the next slide will show the implementation of such.

asr-001140
01:28:00.420 --> 01:28:03.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: As mentioned by the Chair, broken down ho ito.

asr-001141
01:28:03.460 --> 01:28:07.580
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, 6,000 doon sa target classrooms natin ay under DPWH.

asr-001142
01:28:07.580 --> 01:28:13.580
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And andi dito po si Yuse Clara to detail the program.

asr-001143
01:28:13.600 --> 01:28:14.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, ito po yung progress of this budget.

asr-001144
01:28:15.580 --> 01:28:22.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Then the LGU-led implementation is 10,671 classrooms representing 37 billion.

asr-001145
01:28:23.420 --> 01:28:31.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ito po ay covered by 437 MOAs or memoranda of agreement, Your Honor.

asr-001146
01:28:32.020 --> 01:28:36.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Tapos meron tayong learning continuity spaces, yung dating temporary learning space.

asr-001147
01:28:36.580 --> 01:28:40.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Meron tayong last mile schools, 515 classrooms for 3 billion.

asr-001148
01:28:40.460 --> 01:28:43.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Deped acquired schools, 140 classrooms.

asr-001149
01:28:43.600 --> 01:28:46.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Totaling 18,950.

asr-001150
01:28:46.180 --> 01:28:50.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ito po yung total nung new construction, Your Honor.

asr-001151
01:28:50.820 --> 01:28:53.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And ang na-obligate po natin dito is around 60%.

asr-001152
01:28:53.420 --> 01:28:55.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And with a disbursement of 37.

asr-001153
01:28:57.980 --> 01:29:02.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The DPWH-led implementation, as mentioned, covers 6,000 classrooms.

asr-001154
01:29:02.760 --> 01:29:08.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We've transferred 3.75 billion as the first transfer, 2,500 classrooms.

asr-001155
01:29:08.500 --> 01:29:10.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Sa LGU-s po.

asr-001156
01:29:12.580 --> 01:29:13.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yeah.

asr-001157
01:29:13.600 --> 01:29:20.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We've covered 81 provinces, 127 cities, and 229 municipalities, Your Honor.

asr-001158
01:29:20.920 --> 01:29:23.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And they're in various stages of procurement.

asr-001159
01:29:25.680 --> 01:29:26.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next slide, please.

asr-001160
01:29:28.560 --> 01:29:36.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, ito po yung just detailing the coverage of the generous funding given by this body.

asr-001161
01:29:36.280 --> 01:29:43.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, 100% of provinces, 100% of cities, and 84% of municipalities are covered by the infrastructure.

asr-001162
01:29:43.600 --> 01:29:52.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, as to the budget that you have very generously provided us, Your Honor, I am told it's now 91%, sorry.

asr-001163
01:29:52.280 --> 01:29:55.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But naging kahapon 84 lang.

asr-001164
01:29:55.660 --> 01:29:56.560
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Anyway, it's now...

asr-001165
01:29:56.560 --> 01:29:57.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ninety-one percent ang?

asr-001166
01:29:57.620 --> 01:29:59.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ang coverage of municipalities, Your Honor.

asr-001167
01:29:59.120 --> 01:29:59.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Okay.

asr-001168
01:29:59.620 --> 01:30:00.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes.

asr-001169
01:30:00.000 --> 01:30:06.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, it's really what you have done, Your Honor, is really cover practically the whole country, Your Honor.

asr-001170
01:30:06.900 --> 01:30:13.780
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sorry, can I be clear lang? 91% of municipalities have a new or have classroom construction already?

asr-001171
01:30:13.780 --> 01:30:26.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Have partaken of either a new classroom or a repaired classroom or a Gabaldon building or a alternative learning center or an inclusive learning center.

asr-001172
01:30:26.200 --> 01:30:29.560
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, yung budget na binigay niyo po sa amin, yan po ang na-cover niya.

asr-001173
01:30:29.560 --> 01:30:34.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, it's spread all throughout the country. It's not concentrated in one place. That's what it means.

asr-001174
01:30:34.180 --> 01:30:34.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-001175
01:30:35.560 --> 01:30:38.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Just to clarify, can we go a previous slide, Secretary?

asr-001176
01:30:38.840 --> 01:30:59.240
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, since the total here is already 65.4 billion, ibig po ba sabihin yan na meron ng MOA or nakalista na sa DPWH yung lahat ng pupondohan nating classroom based on the 2026 budget?

asr-001177
01:30:59.560 --> 01:31:01.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: May naiwan pang konti.

asr-001178
01:31:02.060 --> 01:31:03.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: May naiwan pang konti.

asr-001179
01:31:04.700 --> 01:31:07.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But the total here is already the allocation.

asr-001180
01:31:07.920 --> 01:31:09.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: About 4 billion will still be accounted for.

asr-001181
01:31:09.880 --> 01:31:16.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because ang nangyayari ngayon, minsan nagkakaroon ng aberya dun sa local government, humihingi sila ng adjustment.

asr-001182
01:31:17.140 --> 01:31:19.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, we're preparing a reserve for...

asr-001183
01:31:19.500 --> 01:31:20.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: It's like a buffer.

asr-001184
01:31:20.380 --> 01:31:22.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Like a buffer for all of those.

asr-001185
01:31:22.220 --> 01:31:29.420
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But more or less, for 2026, na-identify na natin anong municipality, anong klase.

asr-001186
01:31:29.560 --> 01:31:32.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Anong facility, anong klase in classroom.

asr-001187
01:31:32.300 --> 01:31:34.880
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kung 1, 2, 3, 1 story, 2 story.

asr-001188
01:31:35.000 --> 01:31:36.080
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: That's already identified.

asr-001189
01:31:36.420 --> 01:31:36.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-001190
01:31:37.320 --> 01:31:37.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

asr-001191
01:31:37.720 --> 01:31:42.360
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, we will end the year knowing specifically where these classrooms will be built.

asr-001192
01:31:42.520 --> 01:31:43.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-001193
01:31:43.020 --> 01:31:46.300
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And they are in process of being procured and built.

asr-001194
01:31:46.400 --> 01:31:46.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-001195
01:31:47.060 --> 01:31:47.280
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

asr-001196
01:31:47.280 --> 01:31:52.000
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And timeline-wise, and I'll ask you si Clara later, no?

asr-001197
01:31:52.120 --> 01:31:58.280
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But for the LGU-led and the DepEd-led, our expectation is that these classrooms will be built by...

asr-001198
01:31:59.340 --> 01:31:59.460
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: What?

asr-001199
01:31:59.560 --> 01:32:01.060
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Month next year, Secretary?

asr-001200
01:32:01.740 --> 01:32:05.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Hindi natin masabi, Your Honor, because they're different types.

asr-001201
01:32:05.740 --> 01:32:07.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, I think of the...

asr-001202
01:32:07.680 --> 01:32:12.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung mga requiring demolition, you're expecting at least a 2 to 3 year horizon for those.

asr-001203
01:32:12.540 --> 01:32:14.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But yung mga simple...

asr-001204
01:32:14.620 --> 01:32:20.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Like yung learning continuity space, yun yung to respond to typhoons, et cetera.

asr-001205
01:32:20.340 --> 01:32:21.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Nakatayo na yun.

asr-001206
01:32:21.360 --> 01:32:23.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Those were put up in maybe 1 to 2 months.

asr-001207
01:32:24.120 --> 01:32:28.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But the more permanent structures, you're talking maybe 1 to 2 years minimum, Your Honor.

asr-001208
01:32:28.620 --> 01:32:28.780
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

asr-001209
01:32:28.780 --> 01:32:35.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, hopefully, since nagsimula na naman ito, before the end of 2027, most of these will be built.

asr-001210
01:32:36.920 --> 01:32:37.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Most, yes, Your Honor.

asr-001211
01:32:37.720 --> 01:32:41.460
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I'm putting you on the spot, Secretary, para may commitment ka to everyone.

asr-001212
01:32:42.180 --> 01:32:42.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-001213
01:32:42.840 --> 01:32:44.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I'm given an assurance by...

asr-001214
01:32:44.680 --> 01:32:46.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: By Yusek Cabral?

asr-001215
01:32:46.420 --> 01:32:46.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes.

asr-001216
01:32:46.440 --> 01:32:49.460
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Or which Yusek ang nag-assure po sa inyo dyan?

asr-001217
01:32:49.540 --> 01:32:50.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yusek Cabral.

asr-001218
01:32:50.300 --> 01:32:52.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But Yusek Ron is also involved.

asr-001219
01:32:52.840 --> 01:32:53.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Maraming yung involved.

asr-001220
01:32:53.620 --> 01:32:54.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yusek as a KP.

asr-001221
01:32:54.660 --> 01:32:56.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: A lot of people working.

asr-001222
01:32:56.120 --> 01:32:57.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yusek Pete is also involved.

asr-001223
01:32:57.340 --> 01:32:57.660
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

asr-001224
01:32:57.720 --> 01:32:58.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We'll go into this in two more.

asr-001225
01:32:58.780 --> 01:32:59.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We'll go into detail during my portion.

asr-001226
01:32:59.980 --> 01:33:05.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But para lang maklaro, kasi honestly, we highlighted this in the 2026 budget.

asr-001227
01:33:06.500 --> 01:33:09.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: People are wondering nasa na ito, no?

asr-001228
01:33:09.300 --> 01:33:11.240
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, most of these have been...

asr-001229
01:33:11.240 --> 01:33:12.400
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: All of these have been identified.

asr-001230
01:33:12.900 --> 01:33:13.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is that fair to say?

asr-001231
01:33:14.520 --> 01:33:15.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think 90...

asr-001232
01:33:15.820 --> 01:33:18.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I would say 97, 98% are identified.

asr-001233
01:33:19.220 --> 01:33:19.560
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Opo, opo, opo.

asr-001234
01:33:19.560 --> 01:33:28.060
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And therefore, it can create expectation already from our children and from their parents na pag sinabing naka-identify na, may matatayo nga.

asr-001235
01:33:28.780 --> 01:33:30.400
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pinoproseso yung mga mua.

asr-001236
01:33:30.660 --> 01:33:33.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pero ang tanong na lang, kailan ito physically mabubuo?

asr-001237
01:33:34.040 --> 01:33:35.280
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is that correct, Secretary Sani?

asr-001238
01:33:35.400 --> 01:33:36.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Tama po kayo, Mr. Chair.

asr-001239
01:33:37.220 --> 01:33:40.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Now, as you know, EDCOM is building a tracker for this.

asr-001240
01:33:40.820 --> 01:33:47.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I hope DEPED can continue supporting that tracker para even yung completion ng mga classroom na ito,

asr-001241
01:33:48.180 --> 01:33:50.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: maging transparent rin sa ating mga kababayan.

asr-001242
01:33:50.340 --> 01:33:53.880
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Because some of these will be done in 170 days, 200 days.

asr-001243
01:33:54.180 --> 01:33:56.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Some of these will take more than 300 days.

asr-001244
01:33:56.180 --> 01:33:58.700
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, kung malinaw na at maging malinaw,

asr-001245
01:33:58.780 --> 01:34:01.360
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at least klaro sa taong bayan, klaro sa amin,

asr-001246
01:34:01.960 --> 01:34:04.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sa napunta itong 68 billion pesos.

asr-001247
01:34:05.000 --> 01:34:07.940
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Now, for the benefit of everyone listening also,

asr-001248
01:34:08.080 --> 01:34:09.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the budget is good for two years, correct?

asr-001249
01:34:10.440 --> 01:34:15.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, the budget that we allocated for 2026 is still live in 2027.

asr-001250
01:34:16.320 --> 01:34:18.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And we would like, maybe by plenary,

asr-001251
01:34:19.260 --> 01:34:23.520
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sana you could give us an assurance of what percentage of this will be completed by next year.

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01:34:25.860 --> 01:34:28.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I'm sure, medyo huli na patapos na po.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Hindi na po ito makakompleto this year.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I think that's safe to say.

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01:34:32.560 --> 01:34:34.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, by next year, ano yung schedule of completion?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And we're hoping, of course, that the majority, if not the greater majority of these classrooms will be finished by 2027.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We'll come up with an estimate, Your Honor.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay. Thank you for that.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Please continue.

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01:34:47.760 --> 01:34:48.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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01:34:48.920 --> 01:34:50.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next slide, please.

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01:34:52.220 --> 01:34:54.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, of course, ito po yung additional portion.

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01:34:54.800 --> 01:34:56.040
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ito na yung wish list portion.

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01:34:56.040 --> 01:34:57.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Opo, opo, medyo malaki-laki po siya.

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01:34:57.640 --> 01:34:58.320
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Buti lang po.

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01:34:58.780 --> 01:35:01.020
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sen. Gatchalian, Pangilinan, and Tulfo are here.

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01:35:01.520 --> 01:35:03.300
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sen. Hercito, to be fair,

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01:35:03.840 --> 01:35:06.060
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Secretary, kapag kami-kami nag-uusap,

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01:35:06.720 --> 01:35:11.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ang una naming pinag-uusapan is how to bring this budget back to 4%.

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01:35:11.340 --> 01:35:15.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: It's our shared goal na mabalik natin ito to 4%.

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01:35:15.340 --> 01:35:18.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Of course, we know maraming competing interests po dito.

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01:35:18.800 --> 01:35:21.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But we will do our best na mataas po natin ito.

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01:35:21.700 --> 01:35:22.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Go ahead, po.

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01:35:22.280 --> 01:35:23.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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01:35:23.220 --> 01:35:26.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Magandang layunin po yung 4% po talaga kasi yun talaga yung benchmark.

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01:35:26.420 --> 01:35:27.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And it's a minimum.

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01:35:27.660 --> 01:35:28.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's 4% to 6%.

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01:35:28.700 --> 01:35:30.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's the recommendation of UNESCO, actually.

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01:35:31.360 --> 01:35:33.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, medyo suntok sa buwan, ho.

asr-001281
01:35:33.500 --> 01:35:38.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But ito po nga, 147.9 billion, including our attached agencies.

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01:35:38.520 --> 01:35:41.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, for learning recovery, the ARAL has not received any allocation.

asr-001283
01:35:41.960 --> 01:35:46.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, we're asking for 15.6 billion, 1.9 billion.

asr-001284
01:35:46.320 --> 01:35:49.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 1.09 billion is the honoraria for teaching overload.

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01:35:49.460 --> 01:35:50.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kasi hindi po makaka...

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01:35:50.760 --> 01:35:52.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: If the ARAL tutor is a teacher,

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01:35:52.860 --> 01:35:56.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: they will not be entitled to the additional compensation

asr-001288
01:35:56.660 --> 01:35:58.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: unless it's an overload pay,

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01:35:58.700 --> 01:36:04.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: they have to go do it over on top of the 6R required by the Magna Carta Law for teachers, Your Honor.

asr-001290
01:36:05.280 --> 01:36:08.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, there is training for DepEd tutors of 1.75 billion.

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01:36:08.980 --> 01:36:14.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: External tutors compensation, yung mga hindi naman DepEd teachers, 928 million.

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01:36:15.100 --> 01:36:19.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ARAL resources, kasi nagpiprint po tayo ng resources, 4.6 billion.

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01:36:19.900 --> 01:36:22.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Summer program, 1.2 billion.

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01:36:23.060 --> 01:36:25.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Learning recovery and remediation consultation, 6 billion.

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01:36:25.800 --> 01:36:28.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ito po yung mas malaking bagay pag pinakain po.

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01:36:28.540 --> 01:36:32.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Mayroon natin at binigyan natin ng food allowance, yung mga teachers natin.

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01:36:32.860 --> 01:36:36.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And just a small amount or 94 million for program management, Your Honor.

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01:36:37.040 --> 01:36:40.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And then we have the Bayang Bumabasa Initiative, led by EDCOM, 50 million.

asr-001299
01:36:41.160 --> 01:36:46.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And for personal improvement, we have 52.1 billion with the teachers, the PDOs.

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01:36:46.880 --> 01:36:52.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And all of this is the vision of our president na talagang yung mga teachers makapag-concentrate sa pagtuturo.

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01:36:52.420 --> 01:36:58.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kaya lahat ng school sana, mayroon tayong project development officer, mayroon tayong admin officer to sit.

asr-001302
01:36:58.540 --> 01:37:02.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung mga non-teaching-related tasks, sila na po ang gagawa.

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01:37:03.400 --> 01:37:07.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Then we have benefits and personnel support, yung overtime pay,

asr-001304
01:37:07.600 --> 01:37:12.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: terminal leave benefits, laptops for teachers and staff, teacher training.

asr-001305
01:37:13.500 --> 01:37:17.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And for improving the learning environment, we have infrastructure for classrooms,

asr-001306
01:37:17.980 --> 01:37:21.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: classroom repairs, last-mile school buildings, pursuant to the law you passed,

asr-001307
01:37:22.440 --> 01:37:26.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 50 Gabaldon restorations, pursuant to the Gabaldon law,

asr-001308
01:37:26.440 --> 01:37:32.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: disaster preparedness, that I think we're really looking at that,

asr-001309
01:37:32.760 --> 01:37:37.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: seeing how many disasters have hit us in the past few years.

asr-001310
01:37:38.760 --> 01:37:43.840
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Textbooks and instructional materials, ito po yung nirecommend ho ng EDCOM na

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01:37:43.840 --> 01:37:52.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: bawat bata merong workbook, merong textbook, bukod sa textbook, may workbook siya na pwede niyang sulatan

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01:37:52.000 --> 01:37:56.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: at pwede niyang iuwi at hindi na po ipapasa-pasa sana.

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01:37:56.440 --> 01:37:58.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ibang batch.

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01:38:00.200 --> 01:38:04.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And of course, we're asking for additional for security guards, for metal detectors,

asr-001315
01:38:05.000 --> 01:38:09.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for perimeter fences, Your Honor, which were not really included in the budget previously.

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01:38:10.160 --> 01:38:10.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Next slide, please.

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01:38:12.180 --> 01:38:15.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ito po yung second page, learner support and well-being.

asr-001318
01:38:15.240 --> 01:38:21.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Sa feeding, there is an additional request for 16 billion pursuant to what you mentioned,

asr-001319
01:38:21.440 --> 01:38:25.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to have greater coverage ng Key Stage 1.

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01:38:26.440 --> 01:38:32.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Then for the vouchers, there's an additional request for 3.5 billion.

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01:38:32.000 --> 01:38:41.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But in fairness to the House, they granted us the 1.9 billion pursuant to the bill that you have passed, Your Honor, Mr. Chair.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So various programs, learner support programs for sports, for the Palarong Pambansa,

asr-001323
01:38:48.240 --> 01:38:53.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for mental health and guidance counseling, totaling 13 billion.

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01:38:53.780 --> 01:38:56.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Inclusive education, which EDCOM 2 has been forging.

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01:38:56.240 --> 01:39:03.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Inclusive of special needs program, madrasa education, indigenous people's education, Mr. Chair.

asr-001328
01:39:03.740 --> 01:39:04.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And then governance and innovation.

asr-001329
01:39:06.280 --> 01:39:15.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: This is the PQF, the Philippine Qualifications Framework, which USEC-ALDAB has been leading and really advancing,

asr-001330
01:39:16.280 --> 01:39:21.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: especially in terms of ASEAN and syncing with the world qualifications.

asr-001331
01:39:21.360 --> 01:39:22.580
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We're playing catch-up here.

asr-001332
01:39:22.580 --> 01:39:25.580
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And of course, the AI, you mentioned, it was mentioned by...

asr-001333
01:39:26.240 --> 01:39:26.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Senator Allen.

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01:39:27.180 --> 01:39:34.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We have an e-care, the AI center, the education center for AI research, which is unfunded right now.

asr-001335
01:39:34.260 --> 01:39:37.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So we're asking for funds for that, among others.

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01:39:37.620 --> 01:39:38.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And then next slide, please.

asr-001337
01:39:39.060 --> 01:39:42.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: For our attached agencies also, meron din silang mga request.

asr-001338
01:39:42.360 --> 01:39:52.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So the NBDB or the Book Development Board is requesting an additional 186.5 million for readership promotion, policy development, book fairs, research and advocacy.

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01:39:52.980 --> 01:39:56.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And of course, we recall the Philippines was the featured country.

asr-001340
01:39:56.360 --> 01:40:00.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The Frankfurt Book Fair, which really gave a higher profile to our publishers.

asr-001341
01:40:00.640 --> 01:40:04.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And I think really, binuhayan talaga yung book industry natin.

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01:40:05.200 --> 01:40:12.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So I think many of our book authors, animators, book publishers are really very excited about the future prospects.

asr-001343
01:40:12.640 --> 01:40:21.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And sana ma-sustain natin ito, riding on the momentum generated by Chair Cherise during the...

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01:40:21.100 --> 01:40:25.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And of course, supported by our senators, Senator Loren, Frankfurt Book Fair.

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01:40:26.220 --> 01:40:36.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The NCCT or the National Council for Children's Television, andito ko si Sir Luis, asking for 61.8 million for child-friendly, educational, and values-oriented TV content.

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01:40:36.860 --> 01:40:43.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So ito po, siguro mahalaga ko ito, given the need to inculcate values going forward.

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01:40:44.340 --> 01:40:55.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: National Museum of the Philippines, Director Barnes is here, and they're asking for an additional 255 million for digital transformation, public access, museum engagement, and component museums nationwide.

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01:40:55.200 --> 01:40:56.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Of course, dumadamin.

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01:40:56.220 --> 01:41:01.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Meron po yung National Museum branches natin, so they'll need additional funding for that, Mr. Chair.

asr-001350
01:41:02.040 --> 01:41:04.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Our Philippine High School for the Arts, dito po si Sir Greg.

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01:41:05.520 --> 01:41:10.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: For Campus Rehab, I visited it. It's such a beautiful structure, Mr. Chair, if you have a chance, sa Los Baños.

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01:41:11.200 --> 01:41:25.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's a National Artist Lindy Locsin structures, but many are in disrepair, in a state of disrepair, kasi siguro they are 40, 50 years old, but really beautiful structures na huge potential na kung ma...

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01:41:26.220 --> 01:41:38.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ma-repair po natin, and we can really inject, and of course, really produce many of our very talented artists in dance, painting, sculpture, etc., Mr. Chair.

asr-001354
01:41:38.820 --> 01:41:43.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So they're asking for 161.5 million for rehab of the campus, largely.

asr-001355
01:41:43.280 --> 01:41:55.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And we have our National Academy of Sports, which is supported by many of our senators under RA 11470, asking for an additional 580 million.

asr-001356
01:41:56.220 --> 01:42:00.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So they're asking for an additional 498 million for salaries, teacher education, and many other things.

asr-001357
01:42:00.260 --> 01:42:02.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, I hope you get a chance to visit sa Tarlac.

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01:42:02.320 --> 01:42:10.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Alam po ni... nabisita na po ni Senate President yan many times, and we're thankful for the support, and hoping it can be supported going forward.

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01:42:10.160 --> 01:42:14.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Riding on the successes of our athletes in recent competitions.

asr-001360
01:42:15.560 --> 01:42:22.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And finally, the Teacher Education Council, under... also created by the law of the Senate President, RA 11713.

asr-001361
01:42:23.180 --> 01:42:25.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So they're asking for an additional 498 million for salaries.

asr-001362
01:42:26.220 --> 01:42:30.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: education, and graduate scholarship, and regional hubs, which are mandates of the law.

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01:42:30.720 --> 01:42:33.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor, Ili Jenny Hoxon is here with us.

asr-001364
01:42:34.820 --> 01:42:36.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, yun na po ang ating presentation.

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01:42:36.540 --> 01:42:41.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Salamat po sa ating mga mag-eating senator, Mr. President, Mr. Chair, sa inyong suporta.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: At alam namin, hindi madali ang inyong trabaho.

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01:42:44.940 --> 01:42:50.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Pero umaasa ho kami at humihingi ng tulong sa inyo para sa 2027.

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01:42:51.460 --> 01:42:51.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Maraming salamat.

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01:42:52.080 --> 01:42:54.000
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, Secretary Angara.

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01:42:54.100 --> 01:42:54.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Maraming salamat.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And thank you for your presentation.

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01:42:58.880 --> 01:43:05.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, I will ask my questions, then we will have Senator Gatchalian, and then Senator Tulfo, then Senator Pangilinan.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sige, let's begin.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, maybe we can use your slides, Secretary Angara.

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01:43:12.420 --> 01:43:14.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Could we go to the...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, my first three areas are on the classroom, school safety, and the feeding program.

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01:43:19.960 --> 01:43:23.600
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But you've clarified many things, so ano lang po ito, follow-up na lang ito, no?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, the board...

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01:43:24.840 --> 01:43:28.040
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Booth, can we go to the slides on...

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01:43:28.040 --> 01:43:29.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Maybe we can start with the classrooms.

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01:43:31.540 --> 01:43:33.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, unang-una, Secretary.

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01:43:33.340 --> 01:43:39.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: In the video, may naka-identify na 23,000 classrooms completed.

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01:43:41.440 --> 01:43:44.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: When were these done?

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01:43:45.200 --> 01:43:50.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Or does this include the target of 18,950 from this year?

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01:43:50.580 --> 01:43:50.680
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

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01:43:54.840 --> 01:44:06.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: These are those which were completed as of October of this year, and began as early as 2022, Your Honor.

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01:44:06.700 --> 01:44:08.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, yung cut-off niya is when it was completed.

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01:44:09.080 --> 01:44:11.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, yung funding year niya is several years.

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01:44:11.180 --> 01:44:14.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Could be 2022, could be 2023, could be 2024.

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01:44:14.760 --> 01:44:21.660
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, 23,000 classrooms were built from 2022 to 2025?

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01:44:22.240 --> 01:44:22.840
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's correct.

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01:44:23.480 --> 01:44:23.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Completed.

asr-001393
01:44:23.960 --> 01:44:24.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Completed.

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01:44:24.840 --> 01:44:27.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, maaaring nag-start previously, Your Honor.

asr-001398
01:44:27.540 --> 01:44:31.060
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Maaaring napondohan earlier than 2022?

asr-001399
01:44:31.420 --> 01:44:32.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Maaaring, ho.

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01:44:32.140 --> 01:44:32.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Maaaring.

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01:44:32.560 --> 01:44:32.780
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

asr-001402
01:44:33.020 --> 01:44:35.220
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But, okay.

asr-001403
01:44:35.440 --> 01:44:41.320
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Because if you remember last year, remember in that hearing, Yusec Lara was there.

asr-001404
01:44:41.820 --> 01:44:47.300
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We knew that the completed classrooms of 2025 was less than 200, right?

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01:44:47.380 --> 01:44:47.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes.

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01:44:48.100 --> 01:44:48.260
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Diba?

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01:44:48.520 --> 01:44:49.380
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: For 2025.

asr-001408
01:44:50.560 --> 01:44:54.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, these were done in 2022.

asr-001409
01:44:54.720 --> 01:44:54.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 2022.

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01:44:54.800 --> 01:44:55.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 2022?

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01:44:55.120 --> 01:44:55.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes.

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01:44:55.640 --> 01:44:59.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think there's a long, really a long, I don't know what you call it, gestation or

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01:45:00.000 --> 01:45:09.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Construction period ho. Kasi from validation to bidding to completion, it's really 2 to 3 years for one classroom.

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01:45:09.680 --> 01:45:15.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay. So, potentially, these were classrooms funded in 2020, 2019, 2018, no?

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01:45:15.880 --> 01:45:20.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Well, not really. I recall during the pandemic, wala ho tayong masyadong funding.

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01:45:20.000 --> 01:45:24.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, 2020, 2021, very minimal ang funding ho natin for classrooms.

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01:45:24.440 --> 01:45:28.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But maaaring could be even previous kasi natenga during the pandemic ho.

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01:45:28.280 --> 01:45:30.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, nag-continue na lang ho afterwards.

asr-001427
01:45:30.840 --> 01:45:34.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because we were, we had the longest lockdown.

asr-001428
01:45:34.360 --> 01:45:39.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, we were out of school. We were doing study from home for over 2 years.

asr-001429
01:45:39.020 --> 01:45:40.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And we didn't really build during that time, no?

asr-001430
01:45:40.640 --> 01:45:44.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Wala po. Kasi nire-direct ho sa ayuda ho yung classroom funds that time.

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01:45:44.680 --> 01:45:50.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yusek Ron is here. Are these still the PPP schools? Or would you know, Yusek Ron?

asr-001432
01:45:50.260 --> 01:45:52.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: No, I think the PPP schools, Your Honor, natapos na yung 2022.

asr-001433
01:45:53.440 --> 01:45:57.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think, but a lot of, maybe some. May konti na lang ho.

asr-001434
01:45:58.200 --> 01:45:58.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Okay.

asr-001435
01:45:58.280 --> 01:46:02.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Pero yung last payments for the Aquino PPPs were 2022.

asr-001436
01:46:02.580 --> 01:46:06.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay. So, definitely not the PPP during the Aquino administration.

asr-001437
01:46:07.100 --> 01:46:10.780
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: There was some classroom construction done during the Duterte administration.

asr-001438
01:46:11.060 --> 01:46:13.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: This is possibly, possibly that, right?

asr-001439
01:46:13.780 --> 01:46:15.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung iba ho. Mga maaaring na umpisa.

asr-001440
01:46:15.860 --> 01:46:18.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Pero na-complete na lang ho. It's really hard to track the,

asr-001441
01:46:18.880 --> 01:46:23.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: because there's a different construction timeline for every area ho.

asr-001442
01:46:23.860 --> 01:46:28.260
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay. I'm only asking because we've always started with 165,000 classrooms.

asr-001443
01:46:28.280 --> 01:46:29.940
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: It's always been our number.

asr-001444
01:46:30.740 --> 01:46:39.260
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But with the 23,000 completion, does that mean that we're lower by, we're now at 140,000?

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01:46:39.480 --> 01:46:41.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Around. Thereabouts. 142,000.

asr-001446
01:46:41.360 --> 01:46:43.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Para we can also update our figures, no?

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01:46:43.960 --> 01:46:44.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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01:46:44.940 --> 01:46:48.420
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: O, sige. So, anyway, si Carol naman is here. I'm sure he's behind me, no?

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01:46:48.660 --> 01:46:50.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Napifil ko yung presence. Nandiyan ba siya?

asr-001450
01:46:50.380 --> 01:46:51.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Napifil ko yung presence niya.

asr-001451
01:46:52.500 --> 01:46:57.420
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Maybe by the plenary secretary, we can drill down para even in our statements,

asr-001452
01:46:57.420 --> 01:46:58.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: in our,

asr-001453
01:46:58.200 --> 01:46:59.380
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: in our speeches,

asr-001454
01:46:59.900 --> 01:47:03.000
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we can clarify what the gap is at this point, no?

asr-001455
01:47:04.480 --> 01:47:07.380
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, Yusek C., would you want to add anything to the discussion?

asr-001456
01:47:07.480 --> 01:47:10.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: He's mentioning some classrooms even took five years, Your Honor.

asr-001457
01:47:10.260 --> 01:47:13.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Baka dati kasi nga pandemic, natenga yun ng pandemic.

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01:47:13.320 --> 01:47:17.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Basta huwag nating ulitin yun, Secretary, na five years to yung pondong ito.

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01:47:17.180 --> 01:47:19.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Dapat one year, gawa na talaga siya.

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01:47:19.340 --> 01:47:21.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay. So, let me go back to the classrooms.

asr-001461
01:47:23.100 --> 01:47:25.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: May we see by the plenary,

asr-001462
01:47:25.900 --> 01:47:27.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the list,

asr-001463
01:47:27.540 --> 01:47:35.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the plan for the 65 billion pesos from the DPWH and from the LGU-led and DEPED-led.

asr-001464
01:47:36.620 --> 01:47:40.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We would like to see by the plenary, the list of the classrooms.

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01:47:40.920 --> 01:47:41.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes.

asr-001466
01:47:41.480 --> 01:47:43.480
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, we can also publish it, no?

asr-001467
01:47:43.500 --> 01:47:49.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And at least the, not just the mayors, but even the parents and the children,

asr-001468
01:47:50.200 --> 01:47:53.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: alam nila, meron ang expectation of where these classrooms will be built.

asr-001469
01:47:54.220 --> 01:47:57.320
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yusek Lara, could you give us an update on the DPWH-led classrooms?

asr-001470
01:47:57.540 --> 01:48:02.320
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: Good morning, Mr. Chair. Good morning, Secretary, and the Honorable Senators.

asr-001471
01:48:02.780 --> 01:48:07.500
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: For the 6,000 classrooms for DPWH in the 2026 fund,

asr-001472
01:48:08.040 --> 01:48:11.860
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: we've advertised 7 billion, around 2,000 classrooms.

asr-001473
01:48:12.540 --> 01:48:16.860
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: And then we're at post-qualification, finishing post-qualification,

asr-001474
01:48:17.160 --> 01:48:22.420
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: and short of award or awarded for 1.87 billion, which is 533 classrooms.

asr-001475
01:48:23.080 --> 01:48:26.200
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: I'll just say here already,

asr-001479
01:48:27.420 --> 01:48:29.560
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: We've been encountering quite a few failure of biddings.

asr-001480
01:48:29.680 --> 01:48:35.120
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: They've been concerned with the costing of classrooms with fuel price increases.

asr-001481
01:48:35.440 --> 01:48:41.140
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: So, they were a bit market-sounding, gave us some feedback that it was quite low,

asr-001482
01:48:41.220 --> 01:48:45.160
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: but we're repackaging it to be more attractive to prospective bidders.

asr-001483
01:48:45.260 --> 01:48:53.900
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: We always just repackage it in order to minimize, extend spending on mobilization.

asr-001484
01:48:53.900 --> 01:48:57.020
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: So, we cluster it in a better location.

asr-001485
01:48:57.020 --> 01:48:58.180
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: More strategic locations.

asr-001486
01:48:58.360 --> 01:49:03.020
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: But yes, we've been encountering, Senator, quite a few failure of biddings.

asr-001487
01:49:03.040 --> 01:49:07.060
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is it correct, the MOA that you signed was worth about 20 billion pesos, right?

asr-001488
01:49:07.200 --> 01:49:07.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Tama, di ba?

asr-001489
01:49:07.680 --> 01:49:07.920
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes.

asr-001490
01:49:08.100 --> 01:49:08.920
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Around 20 billion.

asr-001491
01:49:09.080 --> 01:49:09.920
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 6,000 classrooms.

asr-001492
01:49:10.040 --> 01:49:10.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay, so...

asr-001493
01:49:10.820 --> 01:49:11.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 1.4 billion, yes, Your Honor.

asr-001494
01:49:11.700 --> 01:49:11.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Sorry?

asr-001495
01:49:12.080 --> 01:49:12.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 21.4 billion.

asr-001496
01:49:12.880 --> 01:49:13.660
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 21.4.

asr-001497
01:49:13.720 --> 01:49:15.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, of the 21.4, Yusec Lara,

asr-001498
01:49:17.780 --> 01:49:21.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ilan doon yung meron ng bidder at meron ng gagawa?

asr-001499
01:49:21.360 --> 01:49:24.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: At ilan doon yung di pa kayo nakakapaghanap ng bidder at gagawa?

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01:49:24.720 --> 01:49:26.620
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: 1.87 billion.

asr-001501
01:49:26.620 --> 01:49:31.780
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: We have bidders, prospective bidders, well, already submitted bids.

asr-001502
01:49:32.560 --> 01:49:35.260
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: And some are already NTP or short of award.

asr-001503
01:49:35.420 --> 01:49:39.240
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: And then 7B, 2,000 classrooms were advertised.

asr-001504
01:49:41.000 --> 01:49:47.760
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: We've had attendees in our pre-bid conference, but still no assurance on if they will submit.

asr-001505
01:49:47.960 --> 01:49:49.020
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: But these are ongoing.

asr-001506
01:49:49.440 --> 01:49:52.700
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay, but that's 1.8, is that correct?

asr-001507
01:49:52.720 --> 01:49:53.300
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: 1.8.

asr-001508
01:49:53.360 --> 01:49:55.260
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 1.8 out of 21.4.

asr-001509
01:49:55.260 --> 01:49:56.260
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: Yes, only that...

asr-001510
01:49:56.620 --> 01:49:58.900
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: Amount is successful in our...

asr-001511
01:49:58.900 --> 01:49:59.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

asr-001512
01:50:04.120 --> 01:50:05.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: That's very low.

asr-001513
01:50:05.400 --> 01:50:06.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: That's a low...

asr-001514
01:50:06.160 --> 01:50:09.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: That's a very low amount, ang baba niyan, no?

asr-001515
01:50:09.860 --> 01:50:15.400
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, kasi my understanding with the LGU-led is the MOA's are already there.

asr-001516
01:50:16.040 --> 01:50:17.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, pinaproseso na po yan.

asr-001517
01:50:17.740 --> 01:50:19.060
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is that correct, Secretary Sani?

asr-001518
01:50:19.460 --> 01:50:25.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, yung natirang 40 plus billion na yan, meron ng identified yan ng mga LGUs?

asr-001519
01:50:25.360 --> 01:50:26.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-001520
01:50:26.040 --> 01:50:26.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Correct po, no?

asr-001521
01:50:26.620 --> 01:50:27.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Tama naman, no?

asr-001522
01:50:27.280 --> 01:50:27.580
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Tama po.

asr-001523
01:50:28.900 --> 01:50:31.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And some of them, these are in different stages.

asr-001524
01:50:31.340 --> 01:50:36.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: May mga ilan, advanced na, meaning nag-groundbreaking na, kasi may nag-groundbreaking na yun akong napuntahan.

asr-001525
01:50:37.080 --> 01:50:42.940
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: May mga iba, nagba-back and forth pa dun sa final designs, no?

asr-001526
01:50:42.940 --> 01:50:43.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-001527
01:50:43.580 --> 01:50:44.000
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is that correct?

asr-001528
01:50:44.720 --> 01:50:46.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, that's correct, Your Honor.

asr-001529
01:50:46.160 --> 01:50:47.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: In fact, there's some under construction already.

asr-001530
01:50:47.860 --> 01:50:50.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I've seen it in Region 8.

asr-001531
01:50:50.260 --> 01:50:50.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

asr-001532
01:50:50.740 --> 01:50:56.600
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Has there been any feedback with regard to failing bid?

asr-001533
01:50:56.620 --> 01:51:00.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Or difficulty in completion of the schools?

asr-001534
01:51:01.640 --> 01:51:02.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi ako, wala akong naririnig.

asr-001535
01:51:02.920 --> 01:51:07.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Wala pa, pero kasi ina-anticipate nung ibang LGU and they ask for a cost adjustment, Your Honor.

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01:51:07.900 --> 01:51:08.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Okay.

asr-001537
01:51:08.440 --> 01:51:15.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, we have a 10% ban na pagpasok dun, ginagrant na namin automatically because we acknowledge that, as mentioned by you, si Clara,

asr-001538
01:51:15.980 --> 01:51:18.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: meron na iba na talaga yung presyo ng mga kagamitan.

asr-001539
01:51:18.380 --> 01:51:22.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, in fact, in the last hearing that we had, I was surprised that your price was still that low

asr-001540
01:51:22.820 --> 01:51:25.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: considering nag-Iran war na, nagtaas na yung presyo ng mga bansang.

asr-001541
01:51:26.620 --> 01:51:27.260
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Bagay-bagay.

asr-001542
01:51:27.320 --> 01:51:29.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, you've adjusted, but there are still no takers.

asr-001543
01:51:30.000 --> 01:51:30.820
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: We've adjusted.

asr-001544
01:51:31.280 --> 01:51:38.460
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: Actually, Senator, the 7 billion, we have prospective bidders, but still around 2 to 3 weeks of remaining procurement time.

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01:51:38.460 --> 01:51:48.540
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: So, 7B, some of these were already advertised again or advertised a second time, and we've already come up with prospective bidders.

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01:51:48.680 --> 01:51:48.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

asr-001547
01:51:50.140 --> 01:51:54.960
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: If by the, and I don't know, is there a DBM representative here?

asr-001548
01:51:56.100 --> 01:51:56.460
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes.

asr-001549
01:51:56.620 --> 01:51:57.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, ayan si ma'am pala.

asr-001550
01:51:57.820 --> 01:51:58.660
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ms. Labastilla.

asr-001551
01:51:59.800 --> 01:52:05.860
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Nag-moa na ho sila, pero kung hindi ito ma-fulfill, pwede pa bang ibalik yan sa DepEd?

asr-001552
01:52:06.420 --> 01:52:07.000
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pwede pa ba po?

asr-001553
01:52:07.200 --> 01:52:08.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pwede po ba yun?

asr-001554
01:52:08.640 --> 01:52:11.960
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kunyari, hindi nila matapos by the end of the year, you si Clara.

asr-001555
01:52:12.120 --> 01:52:16.500
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Anyway, ikaw naman nagsabi, 1.7 out of 21.4 lang palang nabibid nila.

asr-001556
01:52:17.020 --> 01:52:18.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pwede pa bang ibalik yun sa DepEd?

asr-001557
01:52:19.060 --> 01:52:20.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pandagdag dun sa LGU-LED?

asr-001558
01:52:21.140 --> 01:52:21.860
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is that possible?

asr-001559
01:52:22.820 --> 01:52:24.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi alam ko na transfer na to, di ba?

asr-001560
01:52:24.740 --> 01:52:25.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Malipat na siya.

asr-001561
01:52:25.640 --> 01:52:26.240
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is that correct, no?

asr-001562
01:52:26.620 --> 01:52:28.780
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ah, no, it's with DBM pa rin?

asr-001563
01:52:29.300 --> 01:52:32.740
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: The funds transferred is only 7 billion.

asr-001564
01:52:33.140 --> 01:52:34.760
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: We haven't transferred 13 billion.

asr-001565
01:52:34.760 --> 01:52:42.280
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay, can I ask Director Vivian, pwede pa po ba yung, kasi remember we had a hearing,

asr-001566
01:52:42.380 --> 01:52:48.060
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ang sabi natin at the end of the year, chicheck natin anong kabayo yung pinaka mabilis at efficient.

asr-001567
01:52:48.600 --> 01:52:49.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: PPP ba ito?

asr-001568
01:52:50.380 --> 01:52:51.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: DPWH led ba ito?

asr-001569
01:52:51.680 --> 01:52:53.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Or DepEd and LGU led ba ito?

asr-001570
01:52:53.900 --> 01:52:54.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Di ba?

asr-001571
01:52:54.600 --> 01:52:55.420
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And we're already there.

asr-001572
01:52:55.540 --> 01:52:56.600
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Nandito na tayo sa end of the year.

asr-001573
01:52:56.600 --> 01:52:58.600
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Nakikita natin anong gumagalaw, anong di gumagalaw.

asr-001574
01:52:59.920 --> 01:53:05.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is it still possible to allocate it in a different way, Director Vivian?

asr-001575
01:53:05.880 --> 01:53:07.560
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Magandang umaga po, Mr. Chair.

asr-001576
01:53:07.720 --> 01:53:11.220
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Yes po, since hindi pa naman natatransfer din yung cash.

asr-001577
01:53:11.540 --> 01:53:11.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sige.

asr-001578
01:53:12.200 --> 01:53:14.280
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Our plenary is end of November.

asr-001579
01:53:14.540 --> 01:53:17.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: If I'm not mistaken, November 24 or 25.

asr-001580
01:53:19.120 --> 01:53:20.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: End of the year na yun.

asr-001581
01:53:20.460 --> 01:53:21.460
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Di ba, end of the year na yun.

asr-001582
01:53:21.600 --> 01:53:22.680
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Baka maganda yun si Clara.

asr-001583
01:53:22.780 --> 01:53:24.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kung wala pa rin talagang bidder,

asr-001584
01:53:24.800 --> 01:53:33.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: can we please consider that Seksani with Sek Vins and with Secretary Kim of DBM,

asr-001585
01:53:34.500 --> 01:53:39.860
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: can we still talk, can we consider that if that's another month from now, Yusek Lara?

asr-001586
01:53:40.340 --> 01:53:43.700
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi kung di talaga yan gumagalaw, doon na tayo kung saan gagalaw.

asr-001587
01:53:43.800 --> 01:53:46.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We will accede to what the committee wants.

asr-001588
01:53:46.580 --> 01:53:48.600
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: No, it's actually an executive already.

asr-001589
01:53:48.840 --> 01:53:51.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: It's not our call anymore, SP, di ba?

asr-001590
01:53:51.540 --> 01:53:54.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Hindi natin call ito kasi na-allocate na po natin ito.

asr-001591
01:53:54.800 --> 01:53:57.220
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: It's really an executive decision at this point.

asr-001592
01:53:57.380 --> 01:54:02.360
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But I hope we can have another update by the plenary, Secretary Sani.

asr-001593
01:54:02.460 --> 01:54:05.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We'll probably ask Secretary Vins also during the plenary for DPWH.

asr-001594
01:54:06.700 --> 01:54:08.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pero considering October na,

asr-001595
01:54:11.420 --> 01:54:13.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: my simple math is 5%.

asr-001596
01:54:13.620 --> 01:54:16.680
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Parang 5% pa lang yung napapabid out ninyo.

asr-001597
01:54:17.800 --> 01:54:20.360
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 8%? Okay, 8% pa lang napapabid out ninyo.

asr-001598
01:54:20.360 --> 01:54:21.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 92% pa yan.

asr-001599
01:54:22.380 --> 01:54:24.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Doon natin siya ilagay sa kabayong.

asr-001600
01:54:24.800 --> 01:54:27.320
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Huwag na dun sa kabayong hindi gumagalaw, di ba?

asr-001601
01:54:27.380 --> 01:54:28.400
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: That's my take, no?

asr-001602
01:54:28.460 --> 01:54:29.980
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And I hope you can discuss that.

asr-001603
01:54:30.160 --> 01:54:33.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Just a qualification on what we've said, Mr. Chair, with your permission.

asr-001604
01:54:33.960 --> 01:54:37.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I was told by our Yusek for Finance that yung transfer na 7B,

asr-001605
01:54:37.840 --> 01:54:40.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: hindi na po pwedeng ibalik sa amin yung funds na yun.

asr-001606
01:54:40.600 --> 01:54:41.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Okay, so we're talking about the balance.

asr-001607
01:54:41.720 --> 01:54:42.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung 13 na lang siguro.

asr-001608
01:54:42.840 --> 01:54:45.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Pero yung 7, kasi nasa treasury na ho daw yun.

asr-001609
01:54:46.020 --> 01:54:51.020
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 13 billion, ilang libo yun?

asr-001610
01:54:51.020 --> 01:54:52.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ilang libo yung classroom pa yun?

asr-001611
01:54:53.300 --> 01:54:54.600
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Napakarami pa siguro nun, no?

asr-001612
01:54:54.800 --> 01:54:56.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Several thousand.

asr-001613
01:54:56.800 --> 01:54:57.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Several thousand.

asr-001614
01:54:57.560 --> 01:54:58.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Mga 4,000.

asr-001615
01:54:58.320 --> 01:54:59.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: That's 4,000.

asr-001616
01:54:59.720 --> 01:54:59.780
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah.

asr-001617
01:55:00.340 --> 01:55:01.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So please consider that.

asr-001618
01:55:01.240 --> 01:55:05.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kung hindi talaga kaya, doon tayo sa gumagalaw, no?

asr-001619
01:55:06.240 --> 01:55:06.460
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay?

asr-001620
01:55:06.880 --> 01:55:08.060
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Please consider that.

asr-001621
01:55:09.880 --> 01:55:15.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Secretary Sani, so 8950, so the commitment of DPWH,

asr-001622
01:55:15.940 --> 01:55:20.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the commitment of DPWH is 13,950 classrooms.

asr-001623
01:55:21.560 --> 01:55:22.060
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Correct, no?

asr-001624
01:55:22.060 --> 01:55:23.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi 8950 ito.

asr-001625
01:55:23.920 --> 01:55:24.780
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We'll leave.

asr-001626
01:55:24.800 --> 01:55:29.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We'll leave the 6,000 to DPWH, so 3950 is the commitment.

asr-001627
01:55:29.620 --> 01:55:33.040
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ang tanong na lang kung magagawa ba ito by 2027 or 2028?

asr-001628
01:55:33.320 --> 01:55:33.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's correct, Your Honor.

asr-001629
01:55:34.020 --> 01:55:38.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay, and correct to say that 97% of this, nasimulan na?

asr-001630
01:55:40.720 --> 01:55:42.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: In various stages, Your Honor.

asr-001631
01:55:42.160 --> 01:55:42.360
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes.

asr-001632
01:55:42.540 --> 01:55:42.920
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Nasimulan?

asr-001633
01:55:43.140 --> 01:55:43.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Basta nasimulan?

asr-001634
01:55:43.820 --> 01:55:44.400
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Na-identify?

asr-001635
01:55:44.720 --> 01:55:45.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, yes, Your Honor.

asr-001636
01:55:45.500 --> 01:55:47.000
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay, so we've identified them.

asr-001637
01:55:47.100 --> 01:55:49.020
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We're in the process of finalizing the MOAs.

asr-001638
01:55:49.920 --> 01:55:51.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yung iba nag-groundbreaking na.

asr-001639
01:55:51.160 --> 01:55:55.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yung iba nag-go back and forth pa.

asr-001640
01:55:55.640 --> 01:55:55.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Apo.

asr-001641
01:55:56.280 --> 01:55:56.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Correct, no?

asr-001642
01:55:56.880 --> 01:55:57.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Correct, ko.

asr-001643
01:55:57.440 --> 01:55:57.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay, sige.

asr-001644
01:55:58.020 --> 01:56:02.020
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So can we please, because by the way, pagdating ng plenary, I'm the one defending you.

asr-001645
01:56:02.180 --> 01:56:02.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-001646
01:56:02.660 --> 01:56:04.260
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So tatanungin rin ako nito eh, di ba?

asr-001647
01:56:04.380 --> 01:56:08.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So I hope we can have an update by November.

asr-001648
01:56:08.600 --> 01:56:08.880
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Of course.

asr-001649
01:56:09.120 --> 01:56:10.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I think we're November 24, ba?

asr-001650
01:56:11.720 --> 01:56:14.380
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: November 24, ang plenary ng DepEd.

asr-001651
01:56:14.380 --> 01:56:20.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And to also support your chairman to defend this, please help us.

asr-001652
01:56:20.580 --> 01:56:21.300
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Please continue.

asr-001653
01:56:21.560 --> 01:56:25.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I know that in the last few months, you've been really fast-tracking all of the MOAs, no?

asr-001654
01:56:25.720 --> 01:56:30.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sana tuloy-tuloy po ito para pagdating ng November 24, kapag kaharap na natin yung buong Senado,

asr-001655
01:56:31.120 --> 01:56:32.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we can really defend this budget, no?

asr-001656
01:56:32.780 --> 01:56:33.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Mr. Chair.

asr-001657
01:56:33.460 --> 01:56:33.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We will do that.

asr-001658
01:56:34.400 --> 01:56:39.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So for 2027, we have 30 billion allocated for the classrooms, no?

asr-001659
01:56:40.900 --> 01:56:46.020
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And I take it that this will move faster than 2026.

asr-001660
01:56:46.260 --> 01:56:47.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is that correct, Secretary Sani?

asr-001661
01:56:47.580 --> 01:56:50.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Well, I think we still have time to do.

asr-001662
01:56:50.580 --> 01:56:51.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Early procurement.

asr-001663
01:56:51.340 --> 01:56:55.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So if we have certainty as to the number, if we know it's not going to go down anymore,

asr-001664
01:56:55.620 --> 01:56:57.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we can commence early procurement.

asr-001665
01:56:57.380 --> 01:57:02.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But we did that in 2025, Your Honor, and the number changed at the BICAM.

asr-001666
01:57:02.320 --> 01:57:05.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So nasira ho yung early procurement activities namin.

asr-001667
01:57:06.140 --> 01:57:10.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because hinati yung inalat for classrooms.

asr-001668
01:57:10.740 --> 01:57:14.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So the early procurement was for not, but that would have saved several months.

asr-001669
01:57:15.300 --> 01:57:17.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And that was construction time.

asr-001670
01:57:17.600 --> 01:57:19.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So by January, ma-award na sana yun.

asr-001671
01:57:19.400 --> 01:57:20.020
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, okay.

asr-001672
01:57:20.580 --> 01:57:24.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yung list of classrooms natin, I'm assuming naka-priority ito, di ba, by area.

asr-001673
01:57:25.120 --> 01:57:28.680
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So may mga hindi tayo na hahagit, di ba?

asr-001674
01:57:28.800 --> 01:57:32.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So meaning, kunyari, kung ang priority ng isang lugar, 50 classrooms,

asr-001675
01:57:32.920 --> 01:57:35.700
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but they probably submit a list of 70 classrooms or even more.

asr-001676
01:57:35.720 --> 01:57:36.360
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Meron hung gano'n.

asr-001677
01:57:36.540 --> 01:57:36.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Di ba?

asr-001678
01:57:37.040 --> 01:57:40.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So meaning, yung identification nitong next batch should be easier already

asr-001679
01:57:40.840 --> 01:57:42.520
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: because we already have all the data.

asr-001680
01:57:42.760 --> 01:57:43.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, and we have the validation.

asr-001681
01:57:44.700 --> 01:57:47.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The validation is in a more advanced stage also, Your Honor.

asr-001682
01:57:47.380 --> 01:57:47.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes.

asr-001683
01:57:48.020 --> 01:57:49.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We don't revalidate every year naman, di ba?

asr-001684
01:57:49.900 --> 01:57:52.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: The validation that we did for this year is good for next year.

asr-001685
01:57:52.300 --> 01:57:53.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: It should be, Your Honor.

asr-001686
01:57:53.280 --> 01:57:53.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: It should be, right?

asr-001687
01:57:54.560 --> 01:57:59.500
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So the identification of these 30 billion should be faster also.

asr-001688
01:57:59.700 --> 01:58:00.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-001689
01:58:00.480 --> 01:58:00.700
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

asr-001690
01:58:01.600 --> 01:58:07.000
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: There's a suggestion among the senators which we can take offline also.

asr-001691
01:58:07.660 --> 01:58:12.660
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: If we need to identify, considering we already have all the data

asr-001692
01:58:12.660 --> 01:58:16.400
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and all the submissions and as being former chairman of finance,

asr-001693
01:58:16.400 --> 01:58:18.880
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: you know that we also have all these folders, no?

asr-001694
01:58:18.900 --> 01:58:19.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Senator JV, may isang...

asr-001695
01:58:19.900 --> 01:58:21.860
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Opsiya na yan, worth of folders at this point.

asr-001696
01:58:23.580 --> 01:58:26.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Would it be better, and maybe I can ask DBM also,

asr-001697
01:58:27.020 --> 01:58:31.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: would it be better to identify the areas

asr-001698
01:58:31.160 --> 01:58:36.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: or would you suggest we still give it to DepEd to have that leeway?

asr-001699
01:58:37.200 --> 01:58:41.460
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I understand kasi this year, ang laki ng allocation and it was a big jump,

asr-001700
01:58:42.120 --> 01:58:46.000
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: so it was almost impossible to identify it by December of 2025.

asr-001701
01:58:46.000 --> 01:58:49.860
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But for 2027, the data is there already.

asr-001702
01:58:49.900 --> 01:58:51.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We can already identify.

asr-001703
01:58:52.460 --> 01:58:55.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Would it make sense to identify the 30 billion?

asr-001704
01:58:55.800 --> 01:58:56.700
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I-specific na siya?

asr-001705
01:58:56.840 --> 01:58:59.520
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Or would you suggest to just keep it broad?

asr-001706
01:58:59.840 --> 01:59:03.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Maybe not down to the school level, Your Honor, because in the past, that was done.

asr-001707
01:59:03.380 --> 01:59:08.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But because of issues on the ground, whether legal questions or ownership issues,

asr-001708
01:59:09.080 --> 01:59:10.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: may mga schools na hindi natuloy.

asr-001709
01:59:10.860 --> 01:59:15.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So then that money could no longer be transferred or used for other projects.

asr-001710
01:59:15.280 --> 01:59:16.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So just to...

asr-001711
01:59:16.860 --> 01:59:19.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That would make our life easier than we just follow.

asr-001712
01:59:19.380 --> 01:59:19.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But of course...

asr-001713
01:59:20.060 --> 01:59:22.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: There is a cost to that and that is the inflexibility, Your Honor.

asr-001714
01:59:22.620 --> 01:59:25.420
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah, so you're suggesting we just continue the process?

asr-001715
01:59:25.420 --> 01:59:31.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Or provide what area should be prioritized, last mile schools or those with double and triple shifts, as you mentioned.

asr-001716
01:59:32.180 --> 01:59:36.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Those with the highest congestion.

asr-001717
01:59:36.500 --> 01:59:38.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So we can include that in the...

asr-001718
01:59:38.260 --> 01:59:42.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Maybe a general qualification that allows for a certain degree of flexibility, Your Honor, would make sense.

asr-001719
01:59:43.740 --> 01:59:45.000
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Director Vivian, do you agree?

asr-001720
01:59:46.760 --> 01:59:49.500
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Mr. Chair, yes, we respectfully agree.

asr-001721
01:59:49.900 --> 01:59:51.540
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: With Secretary Angara.

asr-001722
01:59:51.720 --> 01:59:52.280
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay, thank you.

asr-001723
01:59:52.760 --> 01:59:53.300
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay, sige.

asr-001724
01:59:53.400 --> 01:59:54.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Let's leave the classrooms for now.

asr-001725
01:59:54.980 --> 01:59:56.260
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Let's go to the feeding program.

asr-001726
01:59:56.900 --> 01:59:57.460
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So ito naman...

asr-001727
01:59:57.460 --> 01:59:58.460
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Um...

asr-001728
02:00:00.000 --> 02:00:05.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: This is a LEDOC, as Secretary Sani knows and the Senate President knows, this is a LEDOC measure.

asr-001729
02:00:07.220 --> 02:00:17.500
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And the feeding program is probably one of our biggest contributions to decrease our learning gap.

asr-001730
02:00:17.960 --> 02:00:21.380
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kung mapondohan po natin ito at ma-implement natin na maayos,

asr-001731
02:00:23.520 --> 02:00:27.380
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: many of our issues in our schools should be solved.

asr-001732
02:00:27.380 --> 02:00:33.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Or this will help in a big way yung mga problema po ng mga bata pag-ating sa pagtuto.

asr-001733
02:00:34.460 --> 02:00:41.860
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So may I ask, Secretary, or baka si Yusek Cabral might want to be the one to answer,

asr-001734
02:00:42.600 --> 02:00:47.320
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the huge jump in the budget, sir, kayo yun diba? Kayo yun sa feeding program, right?

asr-001735
02:00:47.480 --> 02:00:48.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ah, si Asik Roger po.

asr-001736
02:00:48.740 --> 02:00:50.080
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ah, si Asik Roger pala yun.

asr-001737
02:00:51.260 --> 02:00:53.360
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sorry, medyo magkalupalay kasi na konti.

asr-001738
02:00:53.720 --> 02:00:54.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sorry, Yusek Cabral.

asr-001739
02:00:55.760 --> 02:00:57.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Asik Roger, you may ano?

asr-001740
02:00:57.200 --> 02:01:00.920
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pwede kayong sumingit dito kung gusto nyo kay Yusek Ron, if you wish to answer.

asr-001741
02:01:01.420 --> 02:01:04.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: May I know, what were the biggest challenges?

asr-001742
02:01:04.420 --> 02:01:09.960
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi ang laki po ng jump ng pondo in 2026 sa feeding program.

asr-001743
02:01:10.500 --> 02:01:16.040
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Were you able to properly absorb it, distribute the nutritious food?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Para lang guided po kami.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi ako, personally, sasabihin ko right now, intention ko talaga to really push for the increase.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Especially that we have the...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the Expanded National Nutrition Program or yung Librim Pagkain para sa Batang Pilipino Act in the works.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: In fact, it's almost done.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Nasa BICAM stage na po ito.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, could you help us, Asik Roger?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yung naging malaking talon sa pondo ngayong taon,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: were you able to successfully implement the feeding program as stated in the GAA?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi sa GAA po, Universal K, Universal Grade 1 at 23 pesos.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 25 pesos.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Were we able to implement that this year?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I see that we have gains eh, diba?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, I'm sure there's a level of implementation we were able to do.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But, could you help us, Asik Roger?

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Yes po. Good morning po, Mr. Chair.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Allocated na po siya.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Tapos, ang kaibahan po ngayon is that nasa division office na po yung pera.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: So, kung mayroon tayong 220 na kabayo, lahat na po ito tumatakbo ngayon.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: So, lahat na po ng division ay nag-iimplementa po.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Ng feeding program.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Pero, different po yung phasing nila.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Kasi may naon ang nag-procure.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Mayroong nahuli ng konti.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Pero, lahat na po sila tumatakbo.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Yung difference po ngayon, Mr. Chair,

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: kasi mayroon, may ringgan mo kami ng 1 billion for the central kitchen.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: So, ito po ay for ano na po?

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: For downloading na po yung pondo.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Kasi na-approve na po yung design no, yung central kitchen.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: So, more than 200 central kitchen po ang i-build natin ngayon.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: That will increase our provision of ano po?

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Of hot meals.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: So, lahat na po ay nag-iimplementa ng universal kinder, saka universal grade 1.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: And then, including po yung mga pregnant mothers, pregnant learners,

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: saka yung young mothers also na nasa high school.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, for the record, Asik Roger, lahat ng skulahan ng DepEd

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: nag-iimplement ng universal kinder at grade 1 ngayon.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Yes, po.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And you did that from which months of this year?

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Nag-start po yung...

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Yung feeding po na by August or September.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Okay.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Nag-start po yung...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, tama. It took some time to do the procurement.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: It took some time kasi ang laki nga nung talo natin, di ba?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pero as of today, we are successfully implementing this program.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: For the record.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, po.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay, congratulations.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Now, kung idadagdag po natin yung grade 2 at grade 3,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kasi yun po yung pinakalaman ng reforma,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: K to grade 3 yung magkakaroon ng pagkain,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kakayanin ba?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ng DepEd at ng systems po ninyo

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na hanggang grade 3 ay napupondohan po

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at nabibigyan ng pagkain araw-araw?

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Kaya po, pero mayroon lang po kaming request.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Sige po.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Kaya po, kailangan lang po namin ng tao

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: na mag-iimplement sa baba.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Kasi po, ayaw na naming ipasa sa teacher yung

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: pagmamanage ng feeding

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: dahil nag-i-increase na po yung capability natin

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: na magbigay ng hot meal

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: because we are building kitchens.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: So, kailangan po natin ng mga...

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: additional manpower sa schools

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: para po ma-manage ng maayos po yung feeding program.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We can...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Anyway, madalas naman tayo nag-uhusap, Asik Roger.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We can talk offline

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and maybe for the plenary,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we can have better numbers also.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Now, hindi naman lahat mag-centralize kitchen, di ba?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Tama ba ito na the larger percentage

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: will still have the nutritious food product

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but for some areas that the LGU can handle it,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: you will do the hot meals?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, po.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ano yung ratio niyan?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ratio of areas or schools doing hot meals

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and ratio of areas doing the nutritious food product?

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Previously po, last year,

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: nasa 83% po yung purely nutritious food packs po.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Pero ngayon po, dahil marami ng kitchens,

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: bumaba na po yan substantially yung

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: nag-implement ng purely nutritious food packs.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Pero po, ang marami ngayon, Mr.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Chair, yung combination.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: So, mayroon pong, marami pong school

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: na nag-implement ng

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: two days

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: nutritious food packs

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: and

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: three days na hot meals.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: So, depende po sa strategy ng

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: school, binigyan po natin sila ng

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: leeway to strategize

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: how to implement yung combination po.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And whether hot meal siya or nutritious

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: food product siya, parehas pa rin yung presyo, no?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, po.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: The budget for last year was 25%.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Now, we want to increase it to 35 pesos.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Sa gap po, is 25 pa rin.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ah, okay.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, major, major computation po ito, no?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, please help us with the computation.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And in the same way na

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the Senate President was Chairman of Finance at that time,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: supported and pushed the increase in the classroom budget

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and the school feeding budget,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we're hoping that we can do the same for the school

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: feeding budget this year.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And paniniwala po namin,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ito yung isa sa pinakamalaking reforma

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na pwede natin gawin.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And if we're able to implement it well,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I expect that in three to six years,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: our learning

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: gap problems

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: can be mitigated.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Do you agree, Secretary Sonny?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 100 percent, Your Honor.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you. Sige.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: For my first round, although mahaba na itong first round ko,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: on school safety, very quick lang.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Alam ho natin,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na hindi lang naman kagamitan

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ang nagdudulot ng school safety.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: In fact, if you look at the School Safety Act,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and Secretary Sani was kind enough to be here

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: when we sponsored it

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: here in the Senate,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ang laking bagay talaga dyan,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yung training ng mga teachers, parents,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and student leaders, diba?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, are we already implementing that?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: The training for the parents

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and the teachers

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and the student leaders

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: so they can identify yung mga parents,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yung mga possible problems.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Later on, we have our friends here from Stairway,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: they can help us also,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but we'll tackle that later on.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But currently, Secretary Sani, ginagawa na ba yan?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: In fact, kaagapay,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we're being ably assisted by Stairway.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We're very thankful because

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: originally, yung intention ng kaagapay

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: sa academic performance, nakatungon

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: huyon, nakatingin huyon.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Pero because of recent events,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we realized it's the perfect vehicle

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to do the

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: palakasin yung

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: pag-uusap, yung ugnayan

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: with the families

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and the guardians, etc., Your Honor,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: para ma-realize that many of them

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: really are unaware of

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: what's happening on social media.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And to be honest, kami rin,

asr-001911
02:08:10.160 --> 02:08:13.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we were caught up back yung nihilistic violent groups.

asr-001912
02:08:13.600 --> 02:08:15.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It was our first time to hear about them

asr-001913
02:08:15.160 --> 02:08:16.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: a few months ago

asr-001914
02:08:16.340 --> 02:08:18.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in lieu of the

asr-001915
02:08:18.380 --> 02:08:20.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: takloban, the first shooting, Your Honor.

asr-001916
02:08:20.820 --> 02:08:23.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We didn't realize how wide they were,

asr-001917
02:08:23.220 --> 02:08:24.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: how organized they were,

asr-001918
02:08:24.400 --> 02:08:25.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor.

asr-001919
02:08:25.380 --> 02:08:26.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah, and they're a real threat, no?

asr-001920
02:08:26.820 --> 02:08:27.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: It's a real threat,

asr-001921
02:08:27.740 --> 02:08:28.600
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: not just in the Philippines,

asr-001922
02:08:28.780 --> 02:08:29.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but across the world.

asr-001923
02:08:29.640 --> 02:08:30.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Opo, kaya nakikita natin,

asr-001924
02:08:30.820 --> 02:08:32.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: may copycat events in Thailand,

asr-001925
02:08:32.380 --> 02:08:33.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in Turkey, in the last few months, Your Honor.

asr-001926
02:08:34.060 --> 02:08:35.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, Secretary, so,

asr-001927
02:08:35.380 --> 02:08:36.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we're implementing these

asr-001928
02:08:36.620 --> 02:08:39.700
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: programs, interventions for the

asr-001929
02:08:39.700 --> 02:08:41.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: parents, teachers, the student leaders,

asr-001930
02:08:41.660 --> 02:08:42.260
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and the students.

asr-001931
02:08:42.760 --> 02:08:44.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But we also need the equipment, no?

asr-001932
02:08:45.560 --> 02:08:46.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So what I would like to see

asr-001933
02:08:46.840 --> 02:08:47.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: for the plenary

asr-001934
02:08:47.760 --> 02:08:48.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: is

asr-001935
02:08:48.800 --> 02:08:50.880
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: itong percentage na to

asr-001936
02:08:50.880 --> 02:08:53.360
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: over, or yung denominator natin,

asr-001937
02:08:53.360 --> 02:08:54.360
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yung mga school,

asr-001938
02:08:54.360 --> 02:08:55.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: schools na kailangan.

asr-001939
02:08:55.740 --> 02:08:56.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Because, you know,

asr-001940
02:08:56.680 --> 02:08:57.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we visit a lot of schools.

asr-001941
02:08:57.980 --> 02:08:58.700
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: There are some schools

asr-001942
02:08:58.700 --> 02:09:02.300
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: in, outside of the city center

asr-001943
02:09:02.300 --> 02:09:04.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na maybe 200 students.

asr-001944
02:09:04.880 --> 02:09:05.880
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Maybe in those areas,

asr-001945
02:09:06.260 --> 02:09:08.220
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the need for a CCTV is not as much.

asr-001946
02:09:08.720 --> 02:09:10.320
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I saw that you already allowed

asr-001947
02:09:10.320 --> 02:09:12.260
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the TANODs to support the schools, no?

asr-001948
02:09:12.300 --> 02:09:14.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: There was a, I saw it in a press release,

asr-001949
02:09:14.200 --> 02:09:14.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I think.

asr-001950
02:09:14.740 --> 02:09:15.960
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So that's a great idea.

asr-001951
02:09:16.240 --> 02:09:16.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you.

asr-001952
02:09:16.620 --> 02:09:17.500
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So baka in those areas,

asr-001953
02:09:17.500 --> 02:09:19.380
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: di naman kailangan ng security guard.

asr-001954
02:09:21.680 --> 02:09:23.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Maybe you can tell us,

asr-001955
02:09:23.340 --> 02:09:24.240
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kunyari, kung itong,

asr-001956
02:09:24.360 --> 02:09:25.500
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: as of October 11,

asr-001957
02:09:25.700 --> 02:09:26.860
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 47%,

asr-001958
02:09:26.860 --> 02:09:29.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ano ba na talaga yung target natin?

asr-001959
02:09:29.480 --> 02:09:31.220
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I'm sure it's not 100%, di ba?

asr-001960
02:09:31.340 --> 02:09:33.880
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Maybe 47% is already close to the,

asr-001961
02:09:34.520 --> 02:09:35.360
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: close to our target.

asr-001962
02:09:35.600 --> 02:09:36.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So if you could...

asr-001963
02:09:36.060 --> 02:09:36.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We'll do the prioritization

asr-001964
02:09:36.680 --> 02:09:37.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: based on some risk assessment,

asr-001965
02:09:38.080 --> 02:09:38.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: your honor.

asr-001966
02:09:38.440 --> 02:09:38.680
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, yes.

asr-001967
02:09:38.800 --> 02:09:40.360
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, for example,

asr-001968
02:09:40.740 --> 02:09:42.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the last two schools I visited,

asr-001969
02:09:42.780 --> 02:09:45.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yung sa Rizal, no?

asr-001970
02:09:45.680 --> 02:09:45.940
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Oo ba?

asr-001971
02:09:46.080 --> 02:09:47.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, yung sa Rizal,

asr-001972
02:09:47.600 --> 02:09:48.300
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sa Montalban,

asr-001973
02:09:48.400 --> 02:09:49.940
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: had 12,000 students.

asr-001974
02:09:50.840 --> 02:09:51.400
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I mean,

asr-001975
02:09:51.400 --> 02:09:53.400
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ang, ang, ang,

asr-001976
02:09:53.400 --> 02:09:55.480
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ang rami-raming estudyante

asr-001977
02:09:55.480 --> 02:09:56.940
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: in such a small land area,

asr-001978
02:09:57.060 --> 02:09:58.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: although four stories naman sila.

asr-001979
02:09:59.500 --> 02:10:00.600
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Rami-raming estudyante,

asr-001980
02:10:01.100 --> 02:10:01.500
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: definitely,

asr-001981
02:10:01.740 --> 02:10:02.320
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: klaro sa akin,

asr-001982
02:10:02.560 --> 02:10:04.280
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yun, kailangan ng CCTV.

asr-001983
02:10:04.600 --> 02:10:05.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And I think they already have, no?

asr-001984
02:10:05.900 --> 02:10:06.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But,

asr-001985
02:10:06.240 --> 02:10:08.700
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we would want to fund

asr-001986
02:10:08.700 --> 02:10:09.920
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: more equipment

asr-001987
02:10:09.920 --> 02:10:11.000
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: for schools like that.

asr-001988
02:10:11.580 --> 02:10:12.680
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: The last school I went to

asr-001989
02:10:12.680 --> 02:10:13.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: was in Northern Samar.

asr-001990
02:10:14.520 --> 02:10:14.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yun naman,

asr-001991
02:10:14.960 --> 02:10:16.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: parang 160 yung mga estudyante,

asr-001992
02:10:17.280 --> 02:10:18.880
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: although we are building

asr-001993
02:10:18.880 --> 02:10:22.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: new classrooms in the area.

asr-001994
02:10:22.840 --> 02:10:23.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Actually,

asr-001995
02:10:23.520 --> 02:10:24.880
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: their concern is not congestion.

asr-001996
02:10:25.080 --> 02:10:26.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Para silang guide eh.

asr-001997
02:10:26.500 --> 02:10:28.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Masyadong malalayo na yung mga

asr-001998
02:10:28.140 --> 02:10:29.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: senior high school, no?

asr-001999
02:10:29.600 --> 02:10:29.940
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So,

asr-002000
02:10:29.940 --> 02:10:31.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: in that school,

asr-002001
02:10:31.980 --> 02:10:33.680
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: maybe it's not a priority.

asr-002002
02:10:33.980 --> 02:10:35.280
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: It's definitely not a priority.

asr-002003
02:10:35.460 --> 02:10:36.940
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, if you can guide us,

asr-002004
02:10:36.940 --> 02:10:38.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and tell us,

asr-002005
02:10:38.900 --> 02:10:40.700
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yung, yung schools that need

asr-002006
02:10:40.700 --> 02:10:41.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: CCTV,

asr-002007
02:10:41.820 --> 02:10:43.080
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: metal detectors,

asr-002008
02:10:43.600 --> 02:10:44.460
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: perimeter fence,

asr-002009
02:10:44.860 --> 02:10:46.920
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and even security guards,

asr-002010
02:10:47.860 --> 02:10:49.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: how far are we from that target?

asr-002011
02:10:49.580 --> 02:10:49.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, your honor.

asr-002012
02:10:49.800 --> 02:10:51.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Para we can also

asr-002013
02:10:51.340 --> 02:10:52.280
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: see

asr-002014
02:10:52.280 --> 02:10:53.420
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: what funding intervention

asr-002015
02:10:53.420 --> 02:10:54.240
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we can do.

asr-002016
02:10:54.440 --> 02:10:55.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: If you can help us with that.

asr-002017
02:10:55.940 --> 02:10:56.550
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Certainly.

asr-002018
02:10:56.550 --> 02:10:57.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Certainly.

asr-002019
02:10:57.200 --> 02:10:57.450
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you.

asr-002020
02:10:57.450 --> 02:10:57.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So,

asr-002021
02:10:57.580 --> 02:10:59.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I'm going to do a second round later

asr-002022
02:10:59.540 --> 02:11:00.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: for other things.

asr-002023
02:11:00.720 --> 02:11:02.680
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But, in the meantime,

asr-002024
02:11:02.680 --> 02:11:03.700
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: our friends here

asr-002025
02:11:03.700 --> 02:11:04.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: have been very kind to wait.

asr-002026
02:11:04.760 --> 02:11:07.030
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you for waiting.

asr-002027
02:11:07.040 --> 02:11:08.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay,

asr-002028
02:11:08.800 --> 02:11:10.910
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Senator Pangilinan,

asr-002029
02:11:10.920 --> 02:11:11.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: our

asr-002030
02:11:11.200 --> 02:11:12.300
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Senate President

asr-002031
02:11:12.300 --> 02:11:13.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: also has a lot of questions.

asr-002041
02:11:13.100 --> 02:11:14.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kaya,

asr-002042
02:11:14.100 --> 02:11:15.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pinaubayan na niya

asr-002043
02:11:15.100 --> 02:11:16.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kay Senator Pangilinan.

asr-002044
02:11:16.100 --> 02:11:17.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But,

asr-002045
02:11:17.100 --> 02:11:18.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Senator Kiko,

asr-002046
02:11:18.100 --> 02:11:19.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: you have the floor, please.

asr-002047
02:11:19.100 --> 02:11:20.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Thank you.

asr-002048
02:11:20.100 --> 02:11:21.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Magandang hapon,

asr-002049
02:11:21.100 --> 02:11:22.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Secretary Sonny.

asr-002052
02:11:24.100 --> 02:11:25.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And to the rest

asr-002053
02:11:25.100 --> 02:11:26.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: of the

asr-002054
02:11:26.100 --> 02:11:27.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: DepEd

asr-002055
02:11:27.100 --> 02:11:28.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: leadership.

asr-002056
02:11:28.100 --> 02:11:29.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Just going back

asr-002057
02:11:29.100 --> 02:11:30.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: to the point

asr-002058
02:11:30.100 --> 02:11:31.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: earlier

asr-002059
02:11:31.100 --> 02:11:32.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: raised by

asr-002060
02:11:32.100 --> 02:11:33.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: our chairperson,

asr-002061
02:11:33.100 --> 02:11:34.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Senator Bam,

asr-002062
02:11:34.100 --> 02:11:35.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: on the matter

asr-002063
02:11:35.100 --> 02:11:36.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: of the

asr-002064
02:11:36.100 --> 02:11:37.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: school feeding program

asr-002065
02:11:37.100 --> 02:11:38.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: which

asr-002066
02:11:38.100 --> 02:11:39.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: we allocated

asr-002067
02:11:39.100 --> 02:11:40.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: to

asr-002068
02:11:40.100 --> 02:11:41.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: the

asr-002069
02:11:41.100 --> 02:11:57.180
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Twenty-five, no? Twenty-five billion last year. And there was mention of about how many? Two hundred kitchens feeding, where is?

asr-002070
02:11:57.820 --> 02:12:01.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's a 220 division offices are now the implementing units, Your Honor.

asr-002071
02:12:01.960 --> 02:12:10.920
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Yes, and there was a, sorry, I was in the lounge, one billion to set up these two hundred.

asr-002072
02:12:11.140 --> 02:12:18.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The central kitchens, Your Honor. Hopefully each SDO or school division office will have a central kitchen.

asr-002073
02:12:19.440 --> 02:12:29.840
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And requiring additional funding for personnel to operate it so that you don't overburden your teachers. Is that right?

asr-002074
02:12:29.840 --> 02:12:31.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's correct, Your Honor.

asr-002075
02:12:31.960 --> 02:12:34.460
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Who was the USIC who was answering it?

asr-002076
02:12:34.860 --> 02:12:36.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ASIC, Roger Mazapal.

asr-002077
02:12:36.280 --> 02:12:47.380
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: ASIC, okay. Now, of the 25 billion that was allocated, how much has been obligated and how much has been disbursed?

asr-002078
02:12:51.440 --> 02:12:56.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: May I request permission for the USIC Finance to answer, Your Honor?

asr-002079
02:12:56.660 --> 02:13:01.660
DepEd Undersecretary for Finance Edson Byron K. Sy: For the school-based feeding program, we have already obligated 29.39%.

asr-002080
02:13:01.960 --> 02:13:13.440
DepEd Undersecretary for Finance Edson Byron K. Sy: As of September 15, 2026, the obligation, please take note na lang po, Your Honors, that the school-based feeding program starts school year.

asr-002081
02:13:13.560 --> 02:13:20.000
DepEd Undersecretary for Finance Edson Byron K. Sy: And as mentioned by ASIC, Roger, earlier, August po tayo nakapagsimula. Hence, that's the obligation rate. Thank you, Pa.

asr-002082
02:13:21.380 --> 02:13:25.640
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Of the obligation rate, how much has been disbursed and how much do you expect?

asr-002084
02:13:27.640 --> 02:13:31.640
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Because, so, 29% of

asr-002085
02:13:31.960 --> 02:13:33.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: 25 billion would be what?

asr-002086
02:13:33.960 --> 02:13:35.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: 7 billion?

asr-002087
02:13:35.960 --> 02:13:41.960
DepEd Undersecretary for Finance Edson Byron K. Sy: The disbursement rate is at 46.81%.

asr-002088
02:13:41.960 --> 02:13:47.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Okay. So, you obligated 25%.

asr-002089
02:13:47.960 --> 02:13:48.960
DepEd Undersecretary for Finance Edson Byron K. Sy: 29.

asr-002090
02:13:48.960 --> 02:13:51.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: 29%. So, that's about 30%.

asr-002091
02:13:51.960 --> 02:13:52.960
DepEd Undersecretary for Finance Edson Byron K. Sy: Yes.

asr-002092
02:13:52.960 --> 02:13:56.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, that's about 7.5 billion, right?

asr-002093
02:13:56.960 --> 02:13:58.960
DepEd Undersecretary for Finance Edson Byron K. Sy: Yes, 7.6.

asr-002094
02:13:58.960 --> 02:14:00.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: 7.6 billion obligated.

asr-002095
02:14:00.960 --> 02:14:01.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And then, disbursed.

asr-002096
02:14:01.960 --> 02:14:04.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And then, 46% of 7.6 billion.

asr-002097
02:14:04.960 --> 02:14:06.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: 3.5 billion.

asr-002098
02:14:06.960 --> 02:14:11.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: 3.5 billion pesos of the 25 billion pesos.

asr-002099
02:14:11.960 --> 02:14:18.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Now, because they reduced it to 11 for this year, no?

asr-002100
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Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, how does that...

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02:14:24.960 --> 02:14:26.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Well, they would justify...

asr-002102
02:14:26.960 --> 02:14:27.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Paramo.

asr-002103
02:14:27.960 --> 02:14:30.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Well, so far, they've only spent 3.5 billion of the 25 billion.

asr-002104
02:14:30.960 --> 02:14:33.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And it's the last quarter already.

asr-002105
02:14:33.960 --> 02:14:36.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But the billing is in the middle of the year, Your Honor.

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02:14:36.960 --> 02:14:37.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Okay.

asr-002107
02:14:37.960 --> 02:14:38.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, it's related to the school year.

asr-002108
02:14:38.960 --> 02:14:40.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Okay. Until next year.

asr-002109
02:14:40.960 --> 02:14:42.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: These funds will cross over to next year, Your Honor.

asr-002110
02:14:42.960 --> 02:14:56.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Yes. Now, at the rate you're going, you are confident that the 25 billion will be fully utilized. Is that right?

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02:14:56.960 --> 02:14:57.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes.

asr-002112
02:15:00.000 --> 02:15:04.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Last year, we had the 90% obligation rate, Your Honor.

asr-002113
02:15:04.100 --> 02:15:07.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, we're quite confident that we'll be able to spend the money, Your Honor.

asr-002114
02:15:08.020 --> 02:15:10.000
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: No, but last year, you had 11 billion.

asr-002115
02:15:10.800 --> 02:15:11.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yeah.

asr-002116
02:15:11.500 --> 02:15:15.720
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, well, the reason why I'm asking that is,

asr-002117
02:15:16.040 --> 02:15:21.760
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: if we reduce it for next year, how many will go hungry?

asr-002118
02:15:22.660 --> 02:15:25.400
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: I mean, you know, I'd like to see the...

asr-002119
02:15:25.400 --> 02:15:26.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Beneficiaries.

asr-002120
02:15:26.040 --> 02:15:28.840
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Well, it's a shorter feeding cycle, Your Honor.

asr-002121
02:15:28.840 --> 02:15:32.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, compared to the full school year, you're down to 120 days.

asr-002122
02:15:33.520 --> 02:15:38.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And the observation there is, very successful ka for 120 days,

asr-002123
02:15:38.520 --> 02:15:40.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but for the remaining days that you don't feed,

asr-002124
02:15:40.960 --> 02:15:44.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: dun bumabalik sa lumang timbang o sa dating timbang yung bata.

asr-002125
02:15:44.260 --> 02:15:46.240
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Okay. I'd like that clarified.

asr-002126
02:15:48.660 --> 02:15:51.440
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, we reduced it to 120.

asr-002127
02:15:53.300 --> 02:15:56.240
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: For this year, it should be, it's 200, right?

asr-002128
02:15:56.240 --> 02:15:58.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's the full school year, 200.

asr-002129
02:15:58.840 --> 02:16:00.200
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, why did we reduce it?

asr-002130
02:16:00.920 --> 02:16:01.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Hindi po.

asr-002131
02:16:01.660 --> 02:16:04.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung proposal namin ho is for 200,

asr-002132
02:16:04.480 --> 02:16:09.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but I think it's just a procedure where really it's the NEP level that's restored.

asr-002133
02:16:10.200 --> 02:16:11.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And any congressional insertions,

asr-002134
02:16:12.500 --> 02:16:16.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: alam po nila ni Sen Win as former chair of finance,

asr-002135
02:16:16.720 --> 02:16:18.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: they just go back to the NEP level,

asr-002136
02:16:18.400 --> 02:16:25.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and there siguro ang hope there or ang expectation is that Congress will make the same insertion,

asr-002137
02:16:25.320 --> 02:16:27.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: which may or may not happen, Your Honor.

asr-002138
02:16:27.100 --> 02:16:27.460
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Which?

asr-002139
02:16:28.840 --> 02:16:35.480
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Which places the burden on us when it should have been in the NEP.

asr-002140
02:16:36.120 --> 02:16:36.360
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Di ba?

asr-002141
02:16:36.520 --> 02:16:39.880
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Parang kaya nga namin ilagay, kasi nga yun ang kailangan eh.

asr-002142
02:16:40.580 --> 02:16:42.340
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Tapos babalik natin sa NEP.

asr-002143
02:16:42.480 --> 02:16:43.620
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Parang ano ba ito?

asr-002144
02:16:43.720 --> 02:16:47.320
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Parang, well, well, you know, they have the reasons.

asr-002145
02:16:47.460 --> 02:16:50.400
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Obviously, fiscal space is tight, et cetera.

asr-002146
02:16:50.600 --> 02:16:56.120
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: But medyo malaking problema yung binaba mo, binalik mo sa 120 days

asr-002147
02:16:56.120 --> 02:16:57.820
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: because based on your data,

asr-002148
02:16:58.840 --> 02:17:04.800
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: parang talagang vacation drop, di ba?

asr-002149
02:17:06.460 --> 02:17:11.020
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Parang lahat mong ginawa mo, pinondohan mo, nawawala dahil kulang.

asr-002150
02:17:12.560 --> 02:17:12.740
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Di ba?

asr-002151
02:17:12.820 --> 02:17:14.500
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And that was already 200 days, no?

asr-002152
02:17:15.300 --> 02:17:18.780
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Your latest data was already at 200 days, right?

asr-002153
02:17:19.740 --> 02:17:20.320
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Is that correct?

asr-002154
02:17:21.180 --> 02:17:22.120
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: O hindi pa?

asr-002155
02:17:22.360 --> 02:17:23.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 180 yata last year, ho.

asr-002156
02:17:23.920 --> 02:17:24.780
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: O yun, 180.

asr-002157
02:17:26.120 --> 02:17:28.140
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, yun nga, miss.

asr-002158
02:17:28.140 --> 02:17:30.160
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Bumaba, tapos umakyat.

asr-002159
02:17:30.480 --> 02:17:30.620
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Di ba?

asr-002160
02:17:30.820 --> 02:17:31.660
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Where is that data?

asr-002161
02:17:31.780 --> 02:17:32.600
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: What slide is that?

asr-002162
02:17:34.060 --> 02:17:34.440
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Ah, here.

asr-002163
02:17:35.300 --> 02:17:44.320
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: 42.53%, bumaba, 75, bumaba sa 33, from 24 to 25.

asr-002164
02:17:44.640 --> 02:17:48.040
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Tapos pagdating ng 25, 26, tumaas na naman, 47.

asr-002165
02:17:48.960 --> 02:17:49.220
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Di ba?

asr-002166
02:17:49.520 --> 02:17:50.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-002167
02:17:51.160 --> 02:17:54.200
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, yung gap na yun, and this is 180 days, correct?

asr-002168
02:17:55.720 --> 02:17:56.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-002169
02:17:56.440 --> 02:17:57.440
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, can you imagine if it's...

asr-002170
02:17:58.140 --> 02:18:00.660
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: We'll go back to 120 days.

asr-002171
02:18:00.880 --> 02:18:04.720
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: It's like, parang ano to?

asr-002172
02:18:04.840 --> 02:18:11.320
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Parang nakita na natin yung gap, nakita na natin bumabagsak pa rin at 180 days,

asr-002173
02:18:11.500 --> 02:18:13.900
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: pero pinipilit natin yung 120, ah.

asr-002174
02:18:14.340 --> 02:18:15.720
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Parang ano ba ito?

asr-002175
02:18:15.860 --> 02:18:22.800
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Are we trying to solve the problem or are we just churning out numbers for the heck of it?

asr-002176
02:18:22.900 --> 02:18:23.000
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Di ba?

asr-002177
02:18:23.000 --> 02:18:27.660
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And for us to be able to put together, what?

asr-002178
02:18:27.660 --> 02:18:28.420
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Remedies.

asr-002179
02:18:28.860 --> 02:18:33.320
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: But anyway, so obviously, we have to go back to 200 days.

asr-002180
02:18:33.640 --> 02:18:35.520
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: I mean, that's the...

asr-002181
02:18:35.520 --> 02:18:37.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kahit 180, I think, is adequate.

asr-002182
02:18:37.300 --> 02:18:40.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kasi, Your Honor, sa umpisa ng school year, tinitimbang yun.

asr-002183
02:18:40.500 --> 02:18:42.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, hindi ka nagpapakain sa day one, eh.

asr-002184
02:18:42.880 --> 02:18:44.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, 180, I think, is more than enough.

asr-002185
02:18:45.260 --> 02:18:45.920
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Okay, okay.

asr-002186
02:18:46.300 --> 02:18:51.660
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Now, on the matter of your...

asr-002187
02:18:51.660 --> 02:18:57.360
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, maybe you can prepare for plenary because I'll raise this again.

asr-002188
02:18:57.660 --> 02:19:03.440
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: What is the impact of the reduction from 25 billion to 11 billion?

asr-002189
02:19:03.620 --> 02:19:04.660
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: How will this...

asr-002190
02:19:04.660 --> 02:19:06.040
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: You don't have to answer it now because...

asr-002191
02:19:06.040 --> 02:19:06.420
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-002192
02:19:07.820 --> 02:19:08.300
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: That.

asr-002193
02:19:08.920 --> 02:19:13.760
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Plus, prepare for plenary, the question of...

asr-002194
02:19:13.760 --> 02:19:17.660
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Well, the Sagipsaka implementation because it turns out...

asr-002195
02:19:21.660 --> 02:19:23.080
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Maliit ang percentage, no?

asr-002196
02:19:23.780 --> 02:19:24.700
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Noong...

asr-002197
02:19:24.700 --> 02:19:27.420
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Where is that?

asr-002198
02:19:27.660 --> 02:19:37.120
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: 0.3% of your purchases for food in the school-based feeding program.

asr-002199
02:19:37.960 --> 02:19:41.040
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: 0.3% lang ang napunta doon sa Sagipsaka.

asr-002200
02:19:41.260 --> 02:19:43.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yeah, 35.2 million, Your Honor.

asr-002201
02:19:43.380 --> 02:19:45.420
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Yes, of your 25 billion.

asr-002202
02:19:46.320 --> 02:19:48.580
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Of course, you know, it's staggered.

asr-002203
02:19:48.680 --> 02:19:51.440
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: But why is it small?

asr-002204
02:19:51.620 --> 02:19:52.660
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: What are the gaps?

asr-002205
02:19:52.920 --> 02:19:54.140
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: What do you intend to do?

asr-002206
02:19:54.140 --> 02:19:57.300
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: How do you intend to bring this forward?

asr-002207
02:19:57.660 --> 02:20:01.540
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And, again, in plenary, you can answer that.

asr-002208
02:20:01.580 --> 02:20:06.220
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: But if you have initial comments or, you know...

asr-002209
02:20:06.220 --> 02:20:10.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: With your permission, I'll ask Asik Roger to explain that.

asr-002210
02:20:10.040 --> 02:20:10.640
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Go ahead, sir.

asr-002211
02:20:11.800 --> 02:20:12.100
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Roger.

asr-002212
02:20:13.940 --> 02:20:14.580
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Yes, sir.

asr-002213
02:20:15.880 --> 02:20:27.420
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Bali po, five provinces and four provinces and one city po ang gumamit po ng modality ng procurement on Sagipsaka.

asr-002214
02:20:27.660 --> 02:20:35.380
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Which is the Cauyan City, Zamboanga del Sur, Sulu Province, General Santo City, and then Sorigao del Sur.

asr-002215
02:20:36.460 --> 02:20:43.840
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Amounting to 35.2 million po yung cost nung ginamit po sa Sagipsaka.

asr-002216
02:20:44.020 --> 02:20:47.540
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Which is very small. Medyo, ano po, mababa po talaga.

asr-002217
02:20:47.700 --> 02:20:47.940
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Yes.

asr-002218
02:20:47.940 --> 02:20:56.420
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Pero po, nagkandak na po kami ng mga orientation po sa ating mga school-based feeding coordinator sa buong bansa.

asr-002219
02:20:57.040 --> 02:20:57.540
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: At...

asr-002220
02:20:57.540 --> 02:21:08.620
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: We are trying to prepare, Mr. Chair, ng manual or guidelines on how to implement SBFP sa true Sagipsaka.

asr-002221
02:21:09.560 --> 02:21:14.460
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Para po, mas dumami po yung mag-implement nito.

asr-002222
02:21:14.460 --> 02:21:23.440
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: And then, ang nakuha po naming information, Mr. Chair, yung mga individual farmers natin, small farmers,

asr-002223
02:21:23.660 --> 02:21:27.460
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: ay medyo nahirapan mag-register po sa

asr-002224
02:21:27.540 --> 02:21:29.540
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: FIDES system.

asr-002225
02:21:30.300 --> 02:21:35.220
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Kaya hindi po sila makasali sa procurement.

asr-002226
02:21:36.160 --> 02:21:41.940
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Kaya mas maganda po na ma-organize po talaga into cooperatives yung ating mga small farmers.

asr-002227
02:21:42.360 --> 02:21:46.640
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Para mayroon po silang scale na sumali sa...

asr-002228
02:21:46.640 --> 02:21:51.140
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Kasi po, pag nag-procure ka po ng feeding, it's the entire year na po.

asr-002229
02:21:51.640 --> 02:21:51.980
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Yes.

asr-002230
02:21:52.120 --> 02:21:56.940
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: Kung hindi po consistent yung ani niya, parang mahirapan po siyang manalo doon sa...

asr-002231
02:21:57.540 --> 02:21:59.020
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: sa procurement.

asr-002232
02:21:59.240 --> 02:22:04.040
DepEd Assistant Secretary Roger B. Masapol: So, kung ano po, kung organized po talaga sila, mas malaki po yung chances po, Mr. Chair.

asr-002233
02:22:04.340 --> 02:22:07.580
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Although, I think, well, maybe you can be flexible, no?

asr-002234
02:22:07.640 --> 02:22:11.260
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Kasi, before they get organized, it will take time.

asr-002235
02:22:11.680 --> 02:22:18.380
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Habang nandiyan yung produkto nila, nandiyan yung ani nila, na pag hindi binili, itatapon.

asr-002236
02:22:18.700 --> 02:22:18.860
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: You know?

asr-002237
02:22:19.200 --> 02:22:22.540
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, baka kailangan merong flexibility para...

asr-002238
02:22:22.540 --> 02:22:26.540
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: As we work towards the ideal, because...

asr-002239
02:22:26.540 --> 02:22:27.300
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: You know?

asr-002240
02:22:27.540 --> 02:22:33.280
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: We've already passed here in the Senate yung Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Co-ops re-establishment, no?

asr-002241
02:22:34.060 --> 02:22:35.400
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, that will take time.

asr-002242
02:22:35.780 --> 02:22:37.280
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, maybe you can put...

asr-002243
02:22:37.280 --> 02:22:45.800
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And if you can submit to us yung sinasabing yung mahirap mag-register sa DA, no?

asr-002244
02:22:45.860 --> 02:22:49.060
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Because that shouldn't be a hurdle, no?

asr-002245
02:22:49.700 --> 02:22:52.240
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Dapat madali mag-register sa DA, no?

asr-002246
02:22:52.600 --> 02:22:56.240
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, if you can give that to us, then we will work on that.

asr-002247
02:22:56.420 --> 02:22:57.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We'll do that, Your Honor.

asr-002248
02:22:57.540 --> 02:23:00.160
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Yes, and yeah, I hope.

asr-002249
02:23:00.820 --> 02:23:07.440
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And I'd like to think, in fairness, the implementation of the Sagipsaka program for your feeding program,

asr-002250
02:23:08.100 --> 02:23:15.840
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: dahil nag-umpisa ang pasokan ng August, doon lang, by and large, di ba, yung pag-iimplementa,

asr-002251
02:23:15.880 --> 02:23:19.200
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: nag-umpisa rin about a couple of months ago, three months ago.

asr-002252
02:23:19.780 --> 02:23:27.260
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And so, you're really still in the initial stages of being able to implement the program and the law.

asr-002253
02:23:27.540 --> 02:23:29.860
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, we'll grant you that.

asr-002254
02:23:29.980 --> 02:23:36.600
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: But we'd like to, during plenary, just submit to us, how do you intend to fully implement this?

asr-002255
02:23:36.900 --> 02:23:38.000
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: What are the challenges?

asr-002256
02:23:38.400 --> 02:23:41.680
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: What do we have to address on the supply side?

asr-002257
02:23:42.780 --> 02:23:44.820
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: The demand side, walang problema eh.

asr-002258
02:23:45.440 --> 02:23:49.300
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Yung supply side, I'm sure you're also going to have a lot of challenges there.

asr-002259
02:23:49.680 --> 02:23:52.360
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And we'd like to address both.

asr-002260
02:23:52.360 --> 02:23:56.600
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: In the end, you're going to have fresh produce.

asr-002261
02:23:57.540 --> 02:24:02.000
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Sariwang pagkain, you'd like to move away from the, what is the term?

asr-002262
02:24:02.900 --> 02:24:06.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: NFP to hot meals, di ba?

asr-002263
02:24:07.640 --> 02:24:12.960
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And I know for a fact that many of your school children look forward to the hot meals.

asr-002264
02:24:14.140 --> 02:24:19.620
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: It's a plus, an incentive for them to go to school.

asr-002265
02:24:19.620 --> 02:24:27.320
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: And therefore, moving towards that direction will not just ensure better quality.

asr-002266
02:24:27.540 --> 02:24:32.820
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: That quality education for our children, it will also help our farmers and our fisher folks.

asr-002267
02:24:32.900 --> 02:24:37.940
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, you're really having one fund, but two beneficiaries.

asr-002268
02:24:39.200 --> 02:24:42.840
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: Which is how government spending should be, di ba?

asr-002269
02:24:42.840 --> 02:24:52.440
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: One expenditure, but several outcomes and several outcomes, yes.

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02:24:53.600 --> 02:24:55.680
Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: So, yun na muna. My time is up.

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Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: I will...

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Senator Francis Kiko Pangilinan: I will work on my second round, sir.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, Sen. Kiko.

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02:25:00.860 --> 02:25:03.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Secretary Angara is asking for a break.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, you can come back soon.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Back to room liquidity break.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, go ahead, go ahead, sir.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sen. Allen has said that he will wait for Secretary Angara to come back.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sen. Tulfo, do you have questions for other members of the DepEd family?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: You may wish to go, or would you want to wait for Secretary Angara?

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Yeah, I want to ask a few questions now, Mr. Chair.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah, go ahead, go ahead.

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02:25:25.440 --> 02:25:27.440
Senator Erwin Tulfo: I know some of the...

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Usecs may be able to answer this question.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: I don't know which one, pero my question is, ano po ba talaga itong aral program?

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: 15.32 billion po ang request po ninyo.

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02:25:40.780 --> 02:25:44.080
Senator Erwin Tulfo: And zero po sa net.

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02:25:44.620 --> 02:25:48.020
Senator Erwin Tulfo: I don't understand, bakit ginawang zero po ito?

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Pero ang gab naman, naawa pa ng konti, nilagay ng 350 million, nagbibigay ng bariya.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Okay, can somebody explain this to us?

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: What is aral program? How important is this?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, is it Usec or Oracion?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Usec Oracion, go ahead, please.

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Good afternoon, po, Mr. Chair and Sen. Tulfo.

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: The aral program po is a remediation program.

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02:26:14.740 --> 02:26:16.940
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: It comes from the aral law.

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02:26:17.880 --> 02:26:22.880
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: We know from international assessments and from national assessments

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: that we have been doing very poorly over the years.

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And so it's very timely that the aral law was passed.

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And so now we have a clear basis for a program that will provide remediation

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: for reading, for mathematics, and for science, po.

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Unfortunately, the law is unfunded.

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02:26:51.380 --> 02:26:54.440
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And we have implemented it.

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02:26:55.780 --> 02:26:57.180
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: We, last year,

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02:26:57.540 --> 02:26:59.600
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: we implemented it for the first time.

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02:26:59.780 --> 02:27:01.480
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: We did aral reading, po.

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02:27:01.980 --> 02:27:04.500
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And then we continued on in summer.

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02:27:05.240 --> 02:27:11.280
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And then this school year, po, we're doing reading or literacy and mathematics.

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02:27:11.280 --> 02:27:17.160
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And then we are also already looking into how to do it in science.

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02:27:17.860 --> 02:27:21.560
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: The gains have been explained through our video, po.

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02:27:21.940 --> 02:27:26.680
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: For example, out of the 6.7 million,

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02:27:26.680 --> 02:27:31.060
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: struggling readers on the first year of implementation

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02:27:31.060 --> 02:27:32.580
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: by the end of the school year,

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02:27:32.740 --> 02:27:35.000
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: that went down to 2.2.

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02:27:35.000 --> 02:27:38.160
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And then the number of learners, naman, po,

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02:27:38.560 --> 02:27:42.200
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: who are able to read at grade level increased.

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02:27:42.540 --> 02:27:45.460
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And aside from our own metrics, po,

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02:27:45.580 --> 02:27:47.720
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: we engaged the youth impact,

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02:27:47.820 --> 02:27:50.080
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: and that was also presented a while ago.

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And so that's it, po.

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: That's its importance.

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02:27:55.220 --> 02:27:56.000
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: It's the mainstream.

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02:27:56.680 --> 02:27:59.900
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: It's the strategy by which we can improve

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02:27:59.900 --> 02:28:02.220
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: the outcomes for our learners,

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: specifically those who are not performing

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02:28:06.060 --> 02:28:09.100
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: at expected levels in the grade level.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: How do you do that, Yusef?

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02:28:10.920 --> 02:28:13.040
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Is it after school hours?

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02:28:13.300 --> 02:28:14.320
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Parang tutoring?

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02:28:15.100 --> 02:28:15.720
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Tama po ba?

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02:28:15.900 --> 02:28:18.080
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: This is a tutorial model, po.

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02:28:18.260 --> 02:28:23.180
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And therefore, a teacher handles from 10 to 15 students,

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02:28:23.440 --> 02:28:24.660
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: preferably 10.

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02:28:25.280 --> 02:28:26.660
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: The schools are left,

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02:28:26.680 --> 02:28:29.500
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: to identify the best modality

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02:28:29.500 --> 02:28:33.680
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: for the conduct of the session.

asr-002338
02:28:34.220 --> 02:28:36.420
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Some do it before class hours.

asr-002339
02:28:36.840 --> 02:28:39.080
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Others do it after class hours.

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02:28:39.660 --> 02:28:43.300
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Others, other schools do it during breaks.

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02:28:43.800 --> 02:28:45.300
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And then there are also schools

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02:28:45.300 --> 02:28:47.680
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: that need to do it on Saturdays,

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02:28:48.500 --> 02:28:50.280
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: two hours on Saturdays, po.

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02:28:50.860 --> 02:28:52.300
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Thank you, Yusef.

asr-002345
02:28:52.300 --> 02:28:56.360
Senator Erwin Tulfo: May we ask for the representative,

asr-002346
02:28:56.680 --> 02:28:58.020
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Department of Budget and Management.

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02:28:58.180 --> 02:28:59.520
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Are you here, Director LaBastilla?

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02:29:00.160 --> 02:29:01.280
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Yes, she's right there, po.

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02:29:01.500 --> 02:29:02.180
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Katabi po niya.

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02:29:02.460 --> 02:29:06.020
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Director, are you familiar with this ARAL Law, ma'am?

asr-002351
02:29:06.800 --> 02:29:08.960
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Kasi parang hindi yata ho ninyo alam

asr-002352
02:29:08.960 --> 02:29:12.000
Senator Erwin Tulfo: at ito'y dito sa NEP ho ninyo, zero?

asr-002353
02:29:13.100 --> 02:29:15.480
Senator Erwin Tulfo: E kita mo naman ho, during the past few years,

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02:29:15.580 --> 02:29:17.740
Senator Erwin Tulfo: yung mga studyante natin parang nasa ropor.

asr-002355
02:29:18.840 --> 02:29:19.920
Senator Erwin Tulfo: E kailangan ho naman,

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02:29:20.060 --> 02:29:22.120
Senator Erwin Tulfo: lalo na po siguro sa mga liblib na lugar,

asr-002357
02:29:22.260 --> 02:29:23.340
Senator Erwin Tulfo: sa mga kanayunan,

asr-002358
02:29:23.340 --> 02:29:25.160
Senator Erwin Tulfo: they need this, ma'am.

asr-002359
02:29:25.360 --> 02:29:26.540
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Eto, dito po sa batas,

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02:29:26.680 --> 02:29:27.820
Senator Erwin Tulfo: batas natin, nakalagay,

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02:29:27.920 --> 02:29:29.880
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Section 21, Appropriations,

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02:29:30.300 --> 02:29:33.280
Senator Erwin Tulfo: the amount necessary for the implementation of this Act

asr-002363
02:29:33.280 --> 02:29:35.860
Senator Erwin Tulfo: shall be charged against those authorized

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02:29:35.860 --> 02:29:38.560
Senator Erwin Tulfo: in the current appropriations of the DepEd.

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02:29:39.000 --> 02:29:40.640
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Thereafter, the amount necessary

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02:29:40.640 --> 02:29:42.240
Senator Erwin Tulfo: for its continuous implementation

asr-002367
02:29:42.240 --> 02:29:43.820
Senator Erwin Tulfo: shall be included

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02:29:43.820 --> 02:29:48.540
Senator Erwin Tulfo: in the Annual General Appropriations Act.

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02:29:48.760 --> 02:29:51.420
Senator Erwin Tulfo: I believe, DBM, you have to review this.

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02:29:51.700 --> 02:29:54.880
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Are you familiar with this, Director LaBastilla?

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02:29:55.040 --> 02:29:55.340
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Why?

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02:29:55.660 --> 02:29:56.600
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Or do you have any,

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02:29:56.680 --> 02:29:57.680
Senator Erwin Tulfo: any answers, ma'am?

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02:29:58.920 --> 02:29:59.820
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Good afternoon.

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02:30:00.000 --> 02:30:02.400
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Mr. Chair, your honor

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02:30:02.400 --> 02:30:03.300
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: yes

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02:30:03.300 --> 02:30:06.200
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: we are knowledgeable

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02:30:06.200 --> 02:30:08.000
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: about the ARAL program

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02:30:08.000 --> 02:30:10.140
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: before it was lodged po

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02:30:10.140 --> 02:30:12.340
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: sa mga textbooks, sa PAP

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02:30:12.340 --> 02:30:14.420
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: ng textbooks and other

asr-002382
02:30:14.420 --> 02:30:15.640
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: learning supplies

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02:30:15.640 --> 02:30:17.980
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: materials, other instructional

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02:30:17.980 --> 02:30:20.100
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: materials, so yung sa

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02:30:20.100 --> 02:30:21.940
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: funding po ng, wala

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02:30:21.940 --> 02:30:23.940
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: line program

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02:30:23.940 --> 02:30:26.120
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: line item po

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02:30:26.120 --> 02:30:27.520
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: yung ARAL program

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02:30:27.520 --> 02:30:30.180
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: pero may pondo po siya under the textbook

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02:30:30.180 --> 02:30:32.160
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: and other instructional materials

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02:30:32.160 --> 02:30:34.780
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: so attribution po siya

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02:30:34.780 --> 02:30:36.160
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: under that PAP

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02:30:36.160 --> 02:30:39.080
Senator Erwin Tulfo: magkano po yun ma'am?

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02:30:39.220 --> 02:30:40.640
Senator Erwin Tulfo: kasi dito parang

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02:30:40.640 --> 02:30:42.400
Senator Erwin Tulfo: sabi zero budget

asr-002396
02:30:42.400 --> 02:30:45.040
Senator Erwin Tulfo: under the NEP, pero so magkano ito yung sinasabi nyo

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02:30:45.040 --> 02:30:46.300
Senator Erwin Tulfo: under sa textbooks po?

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02:30:46.560 --> 02:30:48.700
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: zero po siya kasi wala po siyang

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02:30:48.700 --> 02:30:50.260
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: line item, pero

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02:30:50.260 --> 02:30:52.780
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: sina-subsum po siya under

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02:30:52.780 --> 02:30:53.540
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: textbooks

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02:30:53.540 --> 02:30:56.600
Senator Erwin Tulfo: so under textbooks, so ibig sabihin

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02:30:56.600 --> 02:30:58.300
Senator Erwin Tulfo: kasalanan pa pala ng DepEd

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02:30:58.300 --> 02:31:00.420
Senator Erwin Tulfo: so paano po yung mga

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02:31:00.420 --> 02:31:02.640
Senator Erwin Tulfo: tutor natin, paano sila babayaran

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02:31:02.640 --> 02:31:04.640
Senator Erwin Tulfo: siyempre, additional po yun

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02:31:04.640 --> 02:31:06.400
Senator Erwin Tulfo: kailangan po natin magbayad

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02:31:06.400 --> 02:31:08.500
Senator Erwin Tulfo: wala naman po libre na ho ngayon

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02:31:08.500 --> 02:31:10.120
Senator Erwin Tulfo: how is that?

asr-002410
02:31:10.260 --> 02:31:11.960
Senator Erwin Tulfo: have you factored that in?

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02:31:12.060 --> 02:31:14.500
Senator Erwin Tulfo: kailangan po bigyan po yung mga tutor

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02:31:14.500 --> 02:31:16.520
Senator Erwin Tulfo: natin na pakonsuelo

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02:31:16.520 --> 02:31:19.580
Senator Erwin Tulfo: man lang, na allowance po ma'am?

asr-002414
02:31:19.700 --> 02:31:22.560
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: pwede po siyang makuha sa mga overtime

asr-002415
02:31:22.560 --> 02:31:23.280
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: pay po

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02:31:23.280 --> 02:31:26.520
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: magpapost po sila for overtime pay

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02:31:26.600 --> 02:31:27.040
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: po

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02:31:27.040 --> 02:31:28.500
Senator Erwin Tulfo: alright, well anyway

asr-002419
02:31:28.500 --> 02:31:30.940
Senator Erwin Tulfo: next year po siguro ma'am, kailangan natin

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02:31:30.940 --> 02:31:32.340
Senator Erwin Tulfo: i-consider na rin po ito

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02:31:32.340 --> 02:31:35.060
Senator Erwin Tulfo: when they submit, when DepEd submits

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02:31:35.060 --> 02:31:35.340
Senator Erwin Tulfo: its

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02:31:35.340 --> 02:31:37.920
Senator Erwin Tulfo: budget

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02:31:37.920 --> 02:31:40.440
Senator Erwin Tulfo: sa DBM, I think we have to

asr-002425
02:31:40.440 --> 02:31:42.400
Senator Erwin Tulfo: factor that in, ano po ma'am?

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02:31:42.660 --> 02:31:44.120
Senator Erwin Tulfo: importante po yun, alright

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02:31:44.120 --> 02:31:46.040
Senator Erwin Tulfo: let's go back, Secretary

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02:31:46.040 --> 02:31:48.320
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Angara, thank you sir, quickly lang po

asr-002429
02:31:48.320 --> 02:31:49.660
Senator Erwin Tulfo: computerization program

asr-002430
02:31:49.660 --> 02:31:52.800
Senator Erwin Tulfo: the NEP budget of 5.79 was reduced

asr-002431
02:31:52.800 --> 02:31:54.480
Senator Erwin Tulfo: to 3.16, ito po ba yung

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02:31:54.480 --> 02:31:56.560
Senator Erwin Tulfo: pangarap ninyo na

asr-002433
02:31:56.600 --> 02:31:58.540
Senator Erwin Tulfo: bigyan lahat ng teacher na laptop?

asr-002434
02:31:59.280 --> 02:31:59.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yes, your honor

asr-002435
02:31:59.860 --> 02:32:03.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yun ang gusto sana ng ating mahal na pangulang

asr-002436
02:32:03.100 --> 02:32:03.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: na bigyan lahat

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02:32:03.900 --> 02:32:07.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 800,000 plus yung teachers

asr-002438
02:32:07.120 --> 02:32:08.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: o natin, so

asr-002439
02:32:08.020 --> 02:32:10.840
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but thanks to the budget given by

asr-002440
02:32:10.840 --> 02:32:11.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: you and

asr-002441
02:32:11.760 --> 02:32:14.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: SP Win, Sen. Allan

asr-002442
02:32:14.760 --> 02:32:15.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and of course Chairman Bam

asr-002443
02:32:15.800 --> 02:32:17.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think, ilan?

asr-002444
02:32:17.700 --> 02:32:18.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ilan ang laptops?

asr-002445
02:32:19.920 --> 02:32:22.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we have 280,000 laptops coming

asr-002446
02:32:22.320 --> 02:32:24.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: so we're get, malaking chunk

asr-002447
02:32:24.700 --> 02:32:26.560
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: nung 800,000 mabibigyan

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02:32:26.600 --> 02:32:27.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: natin, and we were hoping

asr-002449
02:32:27.860 --> 02:32:29.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: magpatuloy yun, dahil

asr-002450
02:32:29.640 --> 02:32:32.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung expectation was created also somehow

asr-002451
02:32:32.180 --> 02:32:35.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: dun sa isipan ng ating mga guro

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02:32:35.060 --> 02:32:36.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: na makakatanggap po lahat sila

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: opo, kasi may mga alam mo akong guro

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: sa amin po, sa lamin na lawigan, sa Palawan

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02:32:40.740 --> 02:32:43.160
Senator Erwin Tulfo: nag-loan po sa GSIS

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02:32:43.160 --> 02:32:44.700
Senator Erwin Tulfo: para makabili po ng laptop

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02:32:44.700 --> 02:32:46.600
Senator Erwin Tulfo: it's very ironic, tama po kayo

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: naalala ko po, may sabi po

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: ang pangulo na bigyan po lahat ng teacher

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: but I do understand, siguro

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: we'll do something

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02:32:54.760 --> 02:32:56.520
Senator Erwin Tulfo: about this po, kawawa naman

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: ho, isa pa ho

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: ang katanungan, ito pong

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: learner support

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: program 1.39b

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: from 3.2b under

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: the NEP, supports child

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02:33:08.480 --> 02:33:10.780
Senator Erwin Tulfo: protection, anong included dito

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Secretary?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ito po yung mga programs for

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: mental health, for reproductive health

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: it's just a general rubric

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02:33:22.660 --> 02:33:24.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for a lot of different

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: policies and under different laws or honor

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02:33:26.600 --> 02:33:28.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: anti-bullying, under the

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: mental health and basic

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02:33:30.600 --> 02:33:32.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: education law, so importante

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02:33:32.380 --> 02:33:34.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ho kasi talagang nakikita ho natin, like

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02:33:34.340 --> 02:33:36.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: after Tacloban alone, on the first day

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02:33:36.240 --> 02:33:38.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: there were 400 people who needed

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: psychological first aid, so talagang

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02:33:40.620 --> 02:33:41.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: inundated ho tayo

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we did not have the capacity

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02:33:44.180 --> 02:33:46.560
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: because hindi na-train

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ho yung ibang

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02:33:47.220 --> 02:33:50.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: personnel natin, in addition to that

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02:33:50.480 --> 02:33:52.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung problema na pinoint out ho ng

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02:33:52.400 --> 02:33:54.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: EDCOM and Sen Bam

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: na kulang talaga yung guidance counselor

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02:33:56.600 --> 02:33:57.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: kaya pinasaho yung

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02:33:57.820 --> 02:33:59.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: time ni Senwin yung

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02:33:59.520 --> 02:34:01.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: mental health and basic education na

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: hindi naman kailangan guidance counselor

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02:34:04.100 --> 02:34:06.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: pwedeng guidance counselor

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: associate, pwedeng school counselor

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02:34:07.700 --> 02:34:09.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: pwedeng school counselor associate with the lower

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: education attainment, but with the proper

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: training, your honor.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: I have last two questions sa Secretary

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Ano po ang

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02:34:17.240 --> 02:34:19.900
Senator Erwin Tulfo: ilan po sa ating mga publicong paaralan

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02:34:19.900 --> 02:34:21.860
Senator Erwin Tulfo: ng wala pong kuryente at what is

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02:34:21.860 --> 02:34:23.240
Senator Erwin Tulfo: DEPA doing about this?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: There are

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: There are 614 schools or 1.11%

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02:34:29.940 --> 02:34:32.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of our schools na walang kuryente

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02:34:32.280 --> 02:34:34.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: your honor. I think there is a yearly budget

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02:34:34.260 --> 02:34:36.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for that, but for

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 2026, imbis na nasa DEPA

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02:34:38.100 --> 02:34:39.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: na ho siya, nasa NEA na ho siya, National

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Electrification Administration

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: NEA na po ang

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02:34:43.740 --> 02:34:44.920
Senator Erwin Tulfo: in charge dito?

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02:34:46.260 --> 02:34:48.480
Senator Erwin Tulfo: Lastly po, tatanungan ko, taon-taon

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02:34:48.480 --> 02:34:50.320
Senator Erwin Tulfo: po pinupunduhan natin itong

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02:34:50.320 --> 02:34:52.460
Senator Erwin Tulfo: panahon pa po nung nakarang

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02:34:52.460 --> 02:34:54.440
Senator Erwin Tulfo: administration, yung sinasabing

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: free internet for

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: all at uunahin ito mga pampublikong

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02:34:58.940 --> 02:35:00.480
Senator Erwin Tulfo: paaralan. Ano na po nangyari

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: dito?

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Ano po sabi ng DICT?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 99, ayon sa

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: DICT figure,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we have 99.4 schools have

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02:35:10.160 --> 02:35:11.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: connectivity of some sort, your honor.

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02:35:12.140 --> 02:35:14.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ang walang internet talaga is 277

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02:35:14.640 --> 02:35:16.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: schools. Pero yung quality of internet

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02:35:16.480 --> 02:35:18.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: nagbavary. So merong

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02:35:18.400 --> 02:35:20.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: si principal lang may internet

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: o kaya dun lang sa faculty room,

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02:35:22.400 --> 02:35:24.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: it doesn't necessarily mean na meron silang

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02:35:24.500 --> 02:35:25.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: computer lab na napapakinabangan.

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02:35:26.600 --> 02:35:27.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ang buong skwelahan, your honor.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: May I interject here, Senator Erwin?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Because we had a hearing about this last year.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: The truth is,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ang internet ng mga skwelahan

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ng DepEd ay dahil sa pondo ng DepEd.

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02:35:39.320 --> 02:35:40.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Dahil nakukuha yan sa

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: MOUE nila. Hindi yan dahil

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02:35:42.520 --> 02:35:44.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sa free internet program

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02:35:44.760 --> 02:35:46.040
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ng DICT. In fact,

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02:35:46.260 --> 02:35:48.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the percentage of public schools

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: covered by the DICT program

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: is not even 20%, if I'm not

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: mistaken, no?

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02:35:53.220 --> 02:35:54.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: It's not even 20%, di ba?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: hindi natin masasabi na

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: dahil sa DICT, may

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: internet ang mga skwelahan.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ang mga skwelahan may internet dahil

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: may MOUE tayong pinupondohan at

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02:36:07.120 --> 02:36:09.020
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ginagamit nila yan pang pondo ng

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sarili nilang internet. Is that correct,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Secretary?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Tama po kayo, your honor. But DICT

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: also, some of their free Wi-Fi

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: spots are in or near schools. Yes,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but it's not, it doesn't even hit, I think,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 20% of your schools.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ay, di po. Di po ganun ka lang.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yung karamihan ng mga skwelahan po ninyo,

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02:36:23.860 --> 02:36:26.460
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sariling pondo at sariling,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: bayad po yan. Hindi talaga siya galing

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sa DICT program.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's true, your honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And that's why sabi nga nila, nahirapan

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: sila dun sa monthly, especially

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: with Starlink, things like that. Medyo mabigat daw

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung monthly.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Yun na nga ang problema,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Mr. Secretary, baka you may want to

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: look into it kasi may mga reports po

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02:36:42.780 --> 02:36:45.200
Senator Erwin Tulfo: na pinapasa po

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: sa amin ngayon, dito po sa Blue Ribbon,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: na pinapatignan po, na sinasabi

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: ng DICT na itong

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: skwelahan na ito, may internet, may Starlink,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: et cetera, et cetera,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: e maawa ka po dun sa,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: mga principal, e ginaganong galing yung

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: laptop niya, e. Nagahanap na signal, e.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Kaya kawawa po, tapos sasabihin,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Starlink, e wala naman pala ho.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Minsan, lumalabas po si principal,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: tama po kayo, Mr. Chair. Doon siya

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02:37:08.540 --> 02:37:09.960
Senator Erwin Tulfo: sa parang bus stop, doon sa

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: antayan sa labas ng school, doon may internet.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: So, yun po yung problema.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Panghuli na lamang po, Mr.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Chairman,

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Secretary, doon po sa

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: school security, alam ko hong kulang

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: ho yung ating mga

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: security guard.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Meron po ba kayo, nakikipag-ugnayan na po

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: ba kayo sa LGU na maaring

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02:37:30.760 --> 02:37:32.620
Senator Erwin Tulfo: magpadala po ng barangay

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02:37:32.620 --> 02:37:34.560
Senator Erwin Tulfo: tanod? Kasi doon po sa ilang

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02:37:34.560 --> 02:37:36.520
Senator Erwin Tulfo: barangay sa aming lalawigan,

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02:37:36.780 --> 02:37:38.640
Senator Erwin Tulfo: eh, kusa po nagpapadala

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: ang barangay na mga tanod

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: na magbantay sa gate tuwing

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: pasukan at paglabasa

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: ng mga estudyante para makatulong

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: lang po magtitingin ng mga bag.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Meron na po bang ugnayan kayo sa

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Meron po, your honor,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Mr. Chair, meron tayong

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02:37:54.980 --> 02:37:55.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: pinirmahan na,

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02:37:56.600 --> 02:37:58.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung Wednesday ho, with the DILG

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02:37:58.740 --> 02:38:00.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Sec. Janvic

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02:38:00.420 --> 02:38:03.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Remulia, doon sa role

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02:38:03.040 --> 02:38:05.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: nung magiging role nung barangay tanod

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02:38:05.020 --> 02:38:06.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: sa, especially yung

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: sabtama si Chair na may mga

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02:38:08.940 --> 02:38:10.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: skwelahan talaga na hindi naman kailangan

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02:38:10.520 --> 02:38:12.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ng security guard dahil maliit po yung school

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02:38:12.780 --> 02:38:14.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: population. Maaari nang yung mga tanod

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02:38:14.680 --> 02:38:16.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ang tumutulong po sa, tsaka magkakilala

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02:38:16.780 --> 02:38:17.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: po yung

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02:38:17.260 --> 02:38:20.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: mga estudyante, mga guro. So,

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02:38:20.540 --> 02:38:22.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the incidence of violence is quite low

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02:38:22.460 --> 02:38:24.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and the possibility of violence is quite low.

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02:38:24.900 --> 02:38:26.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, sapat na po yun. So,

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02:38:26.600 --> 02:38:28.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung, yung, tapos meron din

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02:38:28.520 --> 02:38:30.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: hong kaso na yung LGU ang

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02:38:30.380 --> 02:38:32.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: sumasagot sa mga security guards sa Palawan,

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02:38:32.360 --> 02:38:34.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ganun ho, sa mga lungsod,

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02:38:35.780 --> 02:38:36.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Quezon City,

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02:38:36.520 --> 02:38:38.580
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Taguig, sinasagot po, Valenzuela,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: sinasagot na po ng

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02:38:39.740 --> 02:38:41.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: LGU yung mga

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: some of the security guards in the schools,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: your honor.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Thank you, Secretary.

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: Mr. Chair, I will ask

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Senator Erwin Tulfo: again on the second round. Thank you.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, Senator Erwin.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Quickly lang on the

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: aral program,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: merong, merong

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ED Carol na nagbulong sa akin,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Secretary Sani, before I pass

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: on to Senator Allen, kasi na-bring up yung aral

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: program. Maybe I can

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ask you, Sec. Oracion, directly.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: When we've

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: spoken to some of the teachers, yung isang

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: concern po na na-raise nila is that

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: in some classes,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: it's the majority of the students

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: who need to go to the aral program.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, kunyari po, 50 yung

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: estudyante, umabot

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ng 35 to 40,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yung kailangan mag-aral program.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, we were

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: talking to the teacher, kami ni ED Carol,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at na-bring up, why not reverse

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the timings?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: If a majority of the class

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: needs to do the catch-up, can't they

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: do the catch-up during the school hours?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Rather than,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: mag-pre-class aral sila

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: or post-class aral,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but then during the course of the day,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: they're sitting through a class na hindi naman nila

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: naiintindihan na rin.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And, um,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: if majority,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: of the class,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: need the catch-up program,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: then the catch-up program

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: is the main program.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Di ba? Parang,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ganun po yung naisip po namin eh.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: You have any comment on that,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yusek or Ashon?

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Yes, Mr. Chair,

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: that's an option that we're

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: also leaving to the schools.

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: That's very true,

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: and we have such cases,

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: specifically in the,

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: in K-Stage 3,

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: the junior high school levels.

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: So, yes, that's an option.

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DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: It's correct.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, thank you.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I'll yield the floor to

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: our minority floor leader,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Senator Allan.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I will excuse myself also

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: for a bathroom break,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Senator Allan.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Magandang hapon ulit.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Afternoon po,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: minority leader, Senator Allan.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Can I start with this slide?

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02:40:48.140 --> 02:40:49.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I am aware, of course,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: that

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02:40:50.020 --> 02:40:54.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: there are a lot of other reasons

asr-002706
02:40:54.380 --> 02:40:56.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: why the Philippine Science High School,

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02:40:56.600 --> 02:40:58.600
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: students do better,

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02:40:58.600 --> 02:41:01.240
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: they are the best of the best

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02:41:01.240 --> 02:41:02.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: from elementary schools,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: my exam and everything.

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02:41:04.260 --> 02:41:04.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But,

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02:41:05.000 --> 02:41:07.100
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: just for,

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02:41:09.680 --> 02:41:11.520
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: it's very important

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02:41:11.520 --> 02:41:12.920
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: that we imagine

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: five years, ten years,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: fifteen years from now,

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02:41:16.020 --> 02:41:17.560
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: what kind of educational system

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: we will have.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I think,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: one of the most significant

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02:41:21.740 --> 02:41:26.520
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: aspects of being a congressman

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02:41:26.520 --> 02:41:26.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: in the United States,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and a senator,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: is really,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: when you look at the education system now,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: you can tell what kind of Philippines

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: you will have 10, 20 years from now.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, maybe in 98 and 2001,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: when Sec Sonny and I

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: were neophytes in Congress,

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02:41:43.780 --> 02:41:44.660
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yung day-to-day

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02:41:44.660 --> 02:41:45.960
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: at saka yung mga problema,

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02:41:46.640 --> 02:41:47.660
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: including classrooms,

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02:41:47.820 --> 02:41:48.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: then day-to-day problema,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: hunger,

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02:41:50.180 --> 02:41:51.180
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: kawalan ng trabaho,

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02:41:51.580 --> 02:41:52.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: drugs, di ba?

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02:41:53.360 --> 02:41:55.720
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: We really had that problem,

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02:41:55.720 --> 02:41:56.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: hindsight, Sec Sonny, di ba?

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02:41:58.140 --> 02:42:00.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: You didn't know that you'll end up in DepEd.

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02:42:00.860 --> 02:42:01.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But hindsight,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: if we could have put

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: almost everything

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: in education.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, I just want to make that first point today,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: that,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: as we end this administration,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: one last whole year next year,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: we have approximately

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: less than two years, no?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: To throw everything into education,

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02:42:26.580 --> 02:42:27.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and then, of course,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: hope that the momentum is there,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and whoever takes over in the next administration

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: does even a better job, no?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Can you show this slide,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yung the difference between Philippine Science and DepEd?

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02:42:49.580 --> 02:42:51.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Yung what's the difference?

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02:42:56.620 --> 02:43:07.700
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Sorry.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I'm sorry, Sek,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: medyo malayo yung screen sa inyo.

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02:43:10.760 --> 02:43:12.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But, just going through it, no?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, 2.4 billion

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02:43:15.500 --> 02:43:16.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ang budget nila.

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02:43:18.460 --> 02:43:19.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 2025 pa to.

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02:43:19.860 --> 02:43:21.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, 734 billion

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02:43:21.340 --> 02:43:21.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and DepEd.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But, of course,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: they only have 10,000 students,

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02:43:25.860 --> 02:43:29.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: almost 11, you have 21 million students.

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02:43:30.540 --> 02:43:33.220
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But what's significant for me here is three points.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Point number one, we're spending more or less

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 34,690 per student sa DepEd,

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02:43:41.260 --> 02:43:45.320
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but we're spending 224,000 per student

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02:43:45.320 --> 02:43:47.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: sa Philippine Science High School.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So every time someone says now that Philippines

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02:43:51.460 --> 02:43:55.460
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: is number 7, number 8, number 9, Malayo, etc.,

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02:43:56.320 --> 02:43:57.460
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: when you talk about the Philippines,

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02:43:57.620 --> 02:43:58.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: you talk about many things,

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02:43:58.740 --> 02:44:00.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but basically you're talking about the people.

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02:44:01.560 --> 02:44:04.460
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So if we can somehow get the spending

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02:44:04.460 --> 02:44:07.920
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: closer to what we're doing with Philippines High School

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02:44:07.920 --> 02:44:11.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: rather than what we're doing with our public schools now,

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02:44:11.660 --> 02:44:13.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: then we will have a better Philippines.

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02:44:14.160 --> 02:44:15.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Rather than talk politics,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: sinong leader, sinong dapat,

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02:44:18.400 --> 02:44:19.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: paano mababago yung Pilipinas,

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02:44:20.760 --> 02:44:21.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: simple lang.

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02:44:22.460 --> 02:44:25.220
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: How do we spend more,

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02:44:25.340 --> 02:44:25.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but spend smaller?

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02:44:25.860 --> 02:44:26.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Smarter.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Okay.

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02:44:27.240 --> 02:44:28.720
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But the second point I want to make,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Mr. Secretary,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: classroom size,

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02:44:31.660 --> 02:44:34.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 30 is to 1 lang yung science high school,

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02:44:35.540 --> 02:44:37.720
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 70 to 100 ang DepEd.

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02:44:38.220 --> 02:44:39.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So science naman,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yung learning

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02:44:42.700 --> 02:44:47.920
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: dun sa DepEd side.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And the third point I want to make is

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: single shift, 730 to 415.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I always use 7 to 3,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or 8 to 4,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: kasi nung elementary high school ako,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: um,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and the schools near us, sa south kami, BF Paranaque, Alabang area,

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02:45:06.920 --> 02:45:10.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: it was either 7 to 3 or 8 to 4.

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02:45:10.380 --> 02:45:15.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But if you look at DepEd, it's 6 to 12, then 12 to 6.45.

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02:45:15.440 --> 02:45:17.940
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Pero pag whole day, what is it?

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02:45:18.740 --> 02:45:20.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Ganon din, mga 6 hours din.

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02:45:20.140 --> 02:45:24.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 8 to 3, mga ganon. 8 to 2, 8 to 3.

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02:45:24.440 --> 02:45:30.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But sa memo ngayon, it's 5.5 hours lang eh.

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02:45:30.640 --> 02:45:32.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We're trying to prepare for El Nino now, Your Honor.

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02:45:33.020 --> 02:45:37.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So we're providing flexibility, yung hot hours na 10, 11 to 2.

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02:45:38.160 --> 02:45:41.840
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The school is free to reschedule their classes around it, Your Honor.

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02:45:41.920 --> 02:45:46.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I'll go back to that, but the main point of my questions and interpolation is that

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02:45:46.400 --> 02:45:51.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: quality of education, and whether you talk about mental health,

asr-002820
02:45:51.580 --> 02:45:54.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: whether you talk about teenage pregnancy,

asr-002821
02:45:54.440 --> 02:45:57.660
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: whether you talk about school shooting,

asr-002822
02:45:58.320 --> 02:46:02.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: quality time with their teachers is important.

asr-002823
02:46:03.200 --> 02:46:07.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So kung dati tayong 8 hours sa school, ngayon 5.5 hours na lang.

asr-002824
02:46:08.320 --> 02:46:13.220
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Kung dati tayong 40 sa isang classroom, it hasn't been 40 in maybe 20 years,

asr-002825
02:46:13.340 --> 02:46:15.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but I'm talking before that, no?

asr-002826
02:46:16.320 --> 02:46:18.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Ngayon, 50, 60, 70.

asr-002827
02:46:19.060 --> 02:46:21.040
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Kung dati may recess at lunch,

asr-002828
02:46:21.040 --> 02:46:24.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: so studies show that not only should you have,

asr-002829
02:46:24.440 --> 02:46:26.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 30-minute lunch, it should be a sit-down lunch.

asr-002830
02:46:27.480 --> 02:46:30.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So even if we provide the food and it's nutritious,

asr-002831
02:46:30.840 --> 02:46:34.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: if they take it with them and they don't sit down for at least 20 minutes,

asr-002832
02:46:36.460 --> 02:46:41.940
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yung both the nutritional and also the fellowship and the, you know, being with students,

asr-002833
02:46:43.340 --> 02:46:45.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: apektado talaga ito, no?

asr-002834
02:46:45.760 --> 02:46:47.040
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So I'll go back to that.

asr-002835
02:46:47.300 --> 02:46:48.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Quick question.

asr-002836
02:46:48.160 --> 02:46:53.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Some changes when you were still in EDCOM, yung cluster sa kabinete,

asr-002837
02:46:53.600 --> 02:46:54.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: between the TESDA,

asr-002838
02:46:54.440 --> 02:46:57.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: CHED and DepEd, how's that going?

asr-002839
02:46:58.040 --> 02:47:02.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Very good, Your Honor, because the President created an education cluster

asr-002840
02:47:02.240 --> 02:47:06.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: based on the recommendation of EDCOM,

asr-002841
02:47:06.560 --> 02:47:11.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and it's called the Education Workforce Development Group, Your Honor,

asr-002842
02:47:11.480 --> 02:47:14.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: headed by Asec Villafuerte.

asr-002843
02:47:16.960 --> 02:47:19.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It comprises eight agencies, actually.

asr-002844
02:47:19.800 --> 02:47:24.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's an expanded education cluster because it's not only the demand,

asr-002845
02:47:24.440 --> 02:47:28.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the demand side of education, which is the graduates and what careers they will enter,

asr-002846
02:47:28.580 --> 02:47:29.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but also the supply side.

asr-002847
02:47:30.160 --> 02:47:34.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So kasama po namin yung Department of Labor, yung Department of Migrant Workers,

asr-002848
02:47:34.360 --> 02:47:40.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ang DepDev, and some cabinet agencies want to join us, like DOST,

asr-002849
02:47:40.580 --> 02:47:43.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and you mentioned Pisay, Your Honor, and I couldn't agree with you more.

asr-002850
02:47:43.440 --> 02:47:45.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That is definitely the aspiration, Your Honor.

asr-002851
02:47:45.360 --> 02:47:50.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And in fairness, you know, in the time that Senpia and yourself were chairs of the Education Committee,

asr-002852
02:47:50.600 --> 02:47:54.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I've seen so much improvement because yung 34,000 per capita,

asr-002853
02:47:54.440 --> 02:47:58.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: dati parang 30,000 lang yun, or 29,000, 27,000.

asr-002854
02:47:58.760 --> 02:48:05.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So kahit papano, it's incremental, but I think all these things have made a difference, Your Honor.

asr-002855
02:48:05.300 --> 02:48:11.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And really, it's a steep climb, but it has become more manageable now because of all the changes.

asr-002856
02:48:11.860 --> 02:48:16.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We're building on what previous generations and previous leaders built upon.

asr-002857
02:48:16.900 --> 02:48:20.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So yung, definitely I've seen the figures increase.

asr-002858
02:48:20.540 --> 02:48:22.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Like yung MOOE pa lang, nakita ko natin eh.

asr-002859
02:48:24.440 --> 02:48:26.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung formula advocated by EDCOM and ADB.

asr-002860
02:48:27.260 --> 02:48:30.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So talagang mas maraming factors were taken into account na talaga.

asr-002861
02:48:30.440 --> 02:48:33.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So it's no longer so one-sided in favor of Pisay.

asr-002862
02:48:34.060 --> 02:48:37.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think the aspiration is there, although malayo pa.

asr-002863
02:48:38.720 --> 02:48:47.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Many of the things that Pisay has, like the computers, the tutorials, the attention to special needs students,

asr-002864
02:48:47.460 --> 02:48:51.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think we're trying to make our way there, Your Honor.

asr-002865
02:48:52.160 --> 02:48:54.320
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So first, let me say,

asr-002866
02:48:54.440 --> 02:48:55.240
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I agree with you.

asr-002867
02:48:55.760 --> 02:49:00.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: There's so much innovation, so much care, so much effort, so much change.

asr-002868
02:49:00.700 --> 02:49:03.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: As I said at the start of the hearing,

asr-002869
02:49:03.840 --> 02:49:07.220
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: pasensya ka na kung mas maraming reklamo at anong problema.

asr-002870
02:49:07.700 --> 02:49:10.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Just because we're trying to solve it, but that doesn't mean we do not appreciate everything.

asr-002871
02:49:10.860 --> 02:49:11.560
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We understand, Your Honor.

asr-002872
02:49:11.780 --> 02:49:14.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Maybe the main point I wanted to make, that's why I put the Pisay,

asr-002873
02:49:14.540 --> 02:49:20.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: because I am only one of the two senators who oppose the K-12.

asr-002874
02:49:21.420 --> 02:49:23.700
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And I showed this chart then.

asr-002875
02:49:24.440 --> 02:49:27.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But it was much different, and this was the difference.

asr-002876
02:49:28.080 --> 02:49:37.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Then, at that time, pre-K-12, Pisay already had a semi-K-12 schedule.

asr-002877
02:49:38.600 --> 02:49:43.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So ang nadagdag lang sa Pisay, doong first two years noong K-12, was free time.

asr-002878
02:49:44.200 --> 02:49:48.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Because they already had what it was without the additional two years.

asr-002879
02:49:49.300 --> 02:49:54.000
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But when DEPED added another two years, so my point, Mr. Secretary,

asr-002880
02:49:54.440 --> 02:49:58.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: if you take out the two years now, I'm not saying that there won't be a problem,

asr-002881
02:49:59.140 --> 02:50:01.560
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but your per capita and many of your problems,

asr-002882
02:50:01.720 --> 02:50:05.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: so let me put it another way, we're looking for a breakthrough.

asr-002883
02:50:05.020 --> 02:50:13.440
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So definitely, just the discussion on the feeding, the internet, yung kuryenta, yung security,

asr-002884
02:50:13.620 --> 02:50:15.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: they're making a big, big difference.

asr-002885
02:50:16.220 --> 02:50:18.700
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I'm really talking about more of breakthrough.

asr-002886
02:50:19.240 --> 02:50:24.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But the reason I ask about the cluster is kasi yung original,

asr-002887
02:50:24.440 --> 02:50:29.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or MECS or DECS, Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture,

asr-002888
02:50:30.140 --> 02:50:33.180
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: sa cluster ba na yun kasama ang culture at saka sports?

asr-002889
02:50:33.760 --> 02:50:37.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Hindi po namin sila kasama, pero kasama po namin sila sa TEC.

asr-002890
02:50:37.240 --> 02:50:40.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung NCCA is part of the Teacher Education Council.

asr-002891
02:50:40.900 --> 02:50:44.520
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Since you are one of the most influential voices in education,

asr-002892
02:50:45.300 --> 02:50:46.920
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and in the cabinet, I hope.

asr-002893
02:50:47.800 --> 02:50:52.780
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I was looking kasi at Director Barnes, and may binulong ako about art.

asr-002894
02:50:54.440 --> 02:50:59.320
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And my staff brought it up to me, and I said, thank you for reminding me.

asr-002895
02:50:59.620 --> 02:51:01.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And E.D. Carroll, and don't get mad at him.

asr-002896
02:51:02.380 --> 02:51:09.960
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Because when we started to, I say we because we were either congressmen or senators noon,

asr-002897
02:51:10.360 --> 02:51:15.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: when we started to strip down DepEd, we kept on saying, doon na lang muna tayo sa basic.

asr-002898
02:51:16.260 --> 02:51:22.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So nag-umpisa doon sa reading and writing muna, kasi nga wala nang baseball field, wala nang football field,

asr-002899
02:51:22.740 --> 02:51:23.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: pati yung kung saan nag-a...

asr-002900
02:51:24.440 --> 02:51:32.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Monday flag ceremony, yung iba wala nang space, yung dating mga open space na garden,

asr-002901
02:51:32.860 --> 02:51:36.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: tinayuan na yung building, yung dating covert court, building na rin ngayon.

asr-002902
02:51:37.080 --> 02:51:41.620
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Yung iba naman na buildings, meron sa loob na mga additional facilities.

asr-002903
02:51:41.620 --> 02:51:49.360
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And then, after that, ang sinabi, yung PE, strip down na rin natin, and then STEM.

asr-002904
02:51:49.980 --> 02:51:53.720
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Ang importante naman sa lahat is science,

asr-002905
02:51:54.440 --> 02:52:00.320
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: technology, math, language, whether Filipino, English.

asr-002906
02:52:01.000 --> 02:52:05.560
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But then, after 20 years, we realized that hindi pwedeng pa na yung academics,

asr-002907
02:52:05.820 --> 02:52:09.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yung parang, kung baga sa atleta, what about the soul?

asr-002908
02:52:09.580 --> 02:52:14.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So if you look at private school, whether it's music, whether it's debate club,

asr-002909
02:52:15.020 --> 02:52:20.520
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: whether it's taekwondo, motai, whatever it is,

asr-002910
02:52:20.520 --> 02:52:20.760
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba?

asr-002911
02:52:22.120 --> 02:52:23.200
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Martial arts,

asr-002912
02:52:24.440 --> 02:52:27.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: choir, theater,

asr-002913
02:52:28.220 --> 02:52:29.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: that's all part of it, eh.

asr-002914
02:52:30.340 --> 02:52:32.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So on the other hand, when K-12 came,

asr-002915
02:52:33.000 --> 02:52:35.460
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: the promise was, magkakaroon to ng tracks.

asr-002916
02:52:36.520 --> 02:52:38.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: At the promise was,

asr-002917
02:52:38.220 --> 02:52:41.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: employable ka na, di ba?

asr-002918
02:52:41.520 --> 02:52:43.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So TVL, no?

asr-002919
02:52:44.320 --> 02:52:46.520
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So on one hand, binalik natin yung TVL,

asr-002920
02:52:47.220 --> 02:52:50.460
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but on the other hand, I think if we do a...

asr-002921
02:52:51.700 --> 02:52:53.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So let me ask this question now.

asr-002922
02:52:54.440 --> 02:53:00.180
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Did you see the Project Tao of Senator Tessie Oretta Aquino or that was before your time?

asr-002923
02:53:00.180 --> 02:53:01.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Sorry, I don't remember.

asr-002924
02:53:01.480 --> 02:53:04.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I remember Senator Tessie, but not Project Tao.

asr-002925
02:53:04.380 --> 02:53:07.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So during that time, every time magtatanong sa DepEd,

asr-002926
02:53:07.580 --> 02:53:12.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: they had minimal information, but for example, ilan ng teachers, ilan ng school.

asr-002927
02:53:12.880 --> 02:53:16.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So she did, kung baga sa politiko na house-to-house,

asr-002928
02:53:16.540 --> 02:53:21.960
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: she did a school-to-school survey and they called it Project Tao during that time.

asr-002929
02:53:21.960 --> 02:53:24.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Parang tinao-tao nila yung schools.

asr-002930
02:53:24.440 --> 02:53:29.100
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Ngayon, your database, your AI, it's much better,

asr-002931
02:53:29.220 --> 02:53:33.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but if we go down to the district level, would you have that information?

asr-002932
02:53:33.980 --> 02:53:36.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Let's say, which school has a clinic, which one hindi?

asr-002933
02:53:36.740 --> 02:53:38.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor, we have that data now.

asr-002934
02:53:39.320 --> 02:53:42.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's one of our goals when we came into the department in 2024,

asr-002935
02:53:42.340 --> 02:53:44.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to really substantially improve the database

asr-002936
02:53:44.260 --> 02:53:49.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: because much data at the school level is not brought up to the division level.

asr-002937
02:53:49.380 --> 02:53:53.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's not brought up to the central office level.

asr-002938
02:53:53.340 --> 02:53:54.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So may I ask?

asr-002939
02:53:54.440 --> 02:54:02.080
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: May I ask your permission that we start the debate today whether or not we keep K-12 the next five years

asr-002940
02:54:02.080 --> 02:54:04.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or we take out one or two years?

asr-002941
02:54:04.700 --> 02:54:11.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And one way of starting that debate is, can we look at the data, have a checklist?

asr-002942
02:54:11.560 --> 02:54:13.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: A perfect school will have this.

asr-002943
02:54:13.460 --> 02:54:16.500
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: We'll have a clinic, a guidance counselor's office.

asr-002944
02:54:17.160 --> 02:54:22.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: We'll have a courtyard or a covered court.

asr-002945
02:54:22.140 --> 02:54:24.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: We'll have a community.

asr-002946
02:54:24.440 --> 02:54:25.440
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: We'll have a music room, et cetera.

asr-002947
02:54:26.260 --> 02:54:28.600
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Then we do a score of our schools.

asr-002948
02:54:29.080 --> 02:54:32.620
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Bala ka na kung per region, per congressional district and everything.

asr-002949
02:54:32.920 --> 02:54:34.720
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Ang point ko lang, Sek, di ba?

asr-002950
02:54:36.860 --> 02:54:40.720
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: If we were, whether a hostile or friendly takeover of a company,

asr-002951
02:54:41.140 --> 02:54:43.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: you start with an inventory, di ba?

asr-002952
02:54:43.680 --> 02:54:48.200
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So if we're going to have a debate how to improve the education system,

asr-002953
02:54:48.340 --> 02:54:50.780
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: it's not much of a debate yung pinag-uusapan natin ngayon.

asr-002954
02:54:50.780 --> 02:54:53.840
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: More classrooms, better internet,

asr-002955
02:54:54.440 --> 02:54:55.960
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: feeding, lahat yun.

asr-002956
02:54:56.160 --> 02:54:58.960
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: It's a matter of, Sec Sonny, eto yung pera.

asr-002957
02:54:59.320 --> 02:55:00.620
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Where do you put it first, di ba?

asr-002958
02:55:01.020 --> 02:55:04.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: The real debate is, do we have the money for K-12?

asr-002959
02:55:06.060 --> 02:55:08.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And if not, what do we do?

asr-002960
02:55:09.380 --> 02:55:12.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So the reason I asked about the cluster, let me move back to that.

asr-002961
02:55:13.900 --> 02:55:19.460
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Let me lobby that sports and culture and arts be included

asr-002962
02:55:20.460 --> 02:55:24.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: because it's really as much as a part of our education.

asr-002963
02:55:24.440 --> 02:55:30.300
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: As anything else, as math and everything.

asr-002964
02:55:30.440 --> 02:55:35.000
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: In fact, for example, being a team member.

asr-002965
02:55:36.140 --> 02:55:40.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: In school, lalo kung valediktoryang ka, top 10, salutatoryan,

asr-002966
02:55:41.120 --> 02:55:45.360
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ang tinuturo sa'yo to be competitive, of course, to be honest, to do the hard work.

asr-002967
02:55:45.740 --> 02:55:50.080
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But in sports, tinuturo sa'yo to be, kahit na lahat ng points sa'yo,

asr-002968
02:55:50.080 --> 02:55:53.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: kung madupang ka naman at talo naman yung team mo, di ba?

asr-002969
02:55:53.940 --> 02:55:54.200
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Wala.

asr-002970
02:55:54.440 --> 02:55:54.680
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Di ba?

asr-002971
02:55:56.460 --> 02:55:59.560
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Problem solving, arts, di ba?

asr-002972
02:55:59.860 --> 02:56:00.300
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Creativity.

asr-002973
02:56:01.040 --> 02:56:07.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So on that one point lang, may you allow me to also lobby kay Director Barnes.

asr-002974
02:56:07.680 --> 02:56:13.040
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I will tell this to the DFA, but I was in Manila Art in SM Aura, no?

asr-002975
02:56:13.060 --> 02:56:15.500
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And it's the first year that they're partnering with the city of Taguig.

asr-002976
02:56:15.500 --> 02:56:20.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Although they've been gracious enough to allow us to host them for some time now.

asr-002977
02:56:21.420 --> 02:56:24.180
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Taga DFA yung dating nandun at sinabi niya sa akin,

asr-002978
02:56:24.180 --> 02:56:28.760
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Sir, yung dati mong nilagyan ng pondo na soft diplomacy, wala na?

asr-002979
02:56:29.300 --> 02:56:33.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Or, I don't know if it's wala na or hindi, but this was the intention nun.

asr-002980
02:56:34.360 --> 02:56:40.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: We're always looking for an industry or some kind of breakthrough

asr-002981
02:56:40.420 --> 02:56:43.200
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: where Filipinos can make it big abroad.

asr-002982
02:56:44.280 --> 02:56:44.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Di ba?

asr-002983
02:56:44.560 --> 02:56:46.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, and it could be like simple like products.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: For example, yung ginseng ng Koreano, it's all over the world.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, we were hoping at one point in time that,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ah, virgin coconut oil would be our version.

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02:56:56.180 --> 02:56:59.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Now, we're hoping ube will be our version,

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02:56:59.620 --> 02:57:02.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but they might be able to plant that also sa iba, no?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: We do supply the world's nurses, engineers sa Middle East, etc.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But, sa manufacturing, nauna na tayo,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: nakuha na ng China at saka ng Vietnam, di ba?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Electronics, we're still there.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: We're struggling.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Let's see.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Paxilica.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: AI.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But one thing, it's very obvious.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: If you look at the very few artists who made it big in the world,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I don't want to name them now kasi I might forget some of them.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And, you know, the prices, you couldn't imagine, di ba?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: A million dollars for an artwork at yun ay mid-range sa kanya.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Hindi pa yun yung upper range, no?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: The beauty about art is you don't need to manufacture

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: anything here.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: You don't need to import anything from there.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: It's the talent ng artist.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And, if it's a sculpture, well, yung gagamitin niya for the sculpture.

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02:58:04.320 --> 02:58:07.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: If it's a painter, then yung canvas and everything, no?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, for example, of course, I'd hope we'd be the jewelry center of the world.

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02:58:13.880 --> 02:58:15.940
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But even if we're the jewelry center of the world,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: let's say we have gold but we don't have diamonds,

asr-003012
02:58:18.240 --> 02:58:20.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: you still have to import diamonds.

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02:58:21.280 --> 02:58:22.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: You still have to have the artisan.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: You still have the artisan and everything, no?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But for artists, it's really giving them a break abroad, eh.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, I hope the National Museum and I don't know who pa,

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02:58:33.420 --> 02:58:35.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but the DFA can work together.

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02:58:35.780 --> 02:58:38.080
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Ang dami natin aspiring artists.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Breakthrough lang.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And then, really, someone to champion it.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Kasi, like, Sec Sonny yung sabi sa akin nung isang artist,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Sir, yung permit namin palabas para sa show abroad,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: iba pa daw yun, sabi ng costume, sa permit pa uwi.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, these are small things, but it's barriers, eh.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Diba?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And then, pagka sikat na sikat na,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I'll give you an example.

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02:59:00.700 --> 02:59:02.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Let's say, si Ronald Ventura, diba?

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02:59:03.180 --> 02:59:07.040
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Who doesn't want to either know him or appreciate his painting

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02:59:07.040 --> 02:59:08.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or have one of his painting

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02:59:08.800 --> 02:59:11.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or kung meron siyang show abroad, sama na ako.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But what did it take before he got there?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Diba?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, there's so much we can do.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, allow me lang to use half of my five minutes

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: to just lobby in that.

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02:59:21.600 --> 02:59:22.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And you,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: your father, Senator Angara,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: has been a patron not only of the arts,

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02:59:27.560 --> 02:59:29.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but diba, of the historical roots and everything

asr-003041
02:59:29.880 --> 02:59:31.840
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: with Spain, Europe, et cetera.

asr-003042
02:59:32.020 --> 02:59:32.820
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, UK.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, tapong ko lang sa inyo yun,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but together with the DFA,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I think you'll be able to do something good there.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We'll work on it, Mr. Chair.

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02:59:41.240 --> 02:59:42.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And EDCOM, actually, in fairness,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: has already initiated talks with many famous artists

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02:59:46.120 --> 02:59:50.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to spruce up the Deped Arts curriculum.

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02:59:50.080 --> 02:59:52.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The likes of Patis Tesoro, Manny Gariba,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: et cetera.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, I'll link that now with the TVL.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And the senior high school tech pro,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: one of the promises of K-12 was that employable.

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03:00:09.400 --> 03:00:10.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: At magkakaroon ng track.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And then let me link it with TESDA.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: That's why I asked about your cluster.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: When we passed the K-12,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: you were still in the house.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And ang sabi nila,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: hindi mo na kailangan mag-out-of-school youth.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Kasi, at malamang,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: hindi mo na kailangang mag-college unless gusto mo.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Kasi pag-graduate mo, employable ka na.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But if you look at the last 2013, 2014, 12 years,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: palaki ng palaki yung pondo ng TESDA,

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03:00:43.220 --> 03:00:44.180
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: which is good.

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03:00:44.820 --> 03:00:46.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But now they have a three-year course.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So instead of graduating senior high school,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: na-certified ka na ng TESDA.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Because TESDA is working through the schools

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and through the...

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: tracks.

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03:01:01.340 --> 03:01:03.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Parang humiwalay completely.

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03:01:04.080 --> 03:01:05.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And two years ago,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I think, Senator Joel, di ba,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: when you were chairman,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: was asking DepEd,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ang sabi nila nga,

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03:01:12.620 --> 03:01:14.960
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: minimal yung kanilang with TESDA

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03:01:14.960 --> 03:01:17.180
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: at pati yung, what you call this,

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03:01:17.180 --> 03:01:18.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yung mag-accredit and trainers.

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03:01:19.140 --> 03:01:20.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: May trainers pa rin mag-accredit.

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03:01:20.980 --> 03:01:23.200
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So now, DepEd has TechPro?

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03:01:24.380 --> 03:01:24.600
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Correct?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's correct, Mr.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's just a change in nomenclature.

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03:01:28.480 --> 03:01:29.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But it's also,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think the goal is really to change attitudes

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: towards technical and vocational education.

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03:01:35.600 --> 03:01:37.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because there's a cultural bias against it.

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03:01:38.260 --> 03:01:39.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And you mentioned employment.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The biggest number of unemployed

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03:01:41.320 --> 03:01:42.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: are college graduates, actually.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So that's why that should factor into the debate.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Of course, it's not just an education question.

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03:01:48.840 --> 03:01:51.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's an economy and industrial policy question.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I'm happy you brought that up

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03:01:52.660 --> 03:01:55.320
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: because that's, in fact,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: an argument to spend more for...

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03:01:59.120 --> 03:02:01.760
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: K-12 and to spend more for the trucks.

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03:02:01.940 --> 03:02:03.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But one-third of our schools

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03:02:03.740 --> 03:02:07.080
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: don't have equipment for the trucks.

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03:02:07.280 --> 03:02:08.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So growing up,

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03:02:08.500 --> 03:02:10.600
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: at least kami sa South,

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03:02:10.720 --> 03:02:11.940
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: bilib kami sa Don Bosco.

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03:02:12.280 --> 03:02:14.080
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Kasi whether it's automotive

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03:02:14.080 --> 03:02:17.520
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or panahon namin yung nauso yung mga mobile,

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03:02:17.680 --> 03:02:19.920
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yung mga DJs and everything,

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03:02:20.060 --> 03:02:22.220
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: they did assemble their own strobe lights,

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03:02:22.340 --> 03:02:25.460
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: their own mirror balls and everything.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So are your trainers in TechPro,

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03:02:29.120 --> 03:02:30.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: TESDA-certified?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Dati hindi.

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03:02:33.640 --> 03:02:35.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kaya atsaka dati walang

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: previous to EDCOM's intervention

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: na ni Sen. Gatchalian din

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03:02:39.860 --> 03:02:41.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and Sen. Bam.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung graduates ng DEPED dati,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: walang certification.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kasi may gastos yun eh.

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03:02:46.720 --> 03:02:49.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: May 1,500 kukunin para sa certification.

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03:02:49.680 --> 03:02:52.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But I think it was 2023 or 24

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03:02:52.780 --> 03:02:54.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: that the first year we paid for,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the government paid for the certification

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03:02:56.340 --> 03:02:57.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of TVL graduates,

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03:02:57.620 --> 03:02:58.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: now TechPro graduates.

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03:02:59.120 --> 03:03:00.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So they were put on a par

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: with the TESDA graduates.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Dati dehado sila.

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03:03:03.420 --> 03:03:04.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Hindi alam ng industriya

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03:03:04.440 --> 03:03:05.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: kung ano yung qualification,

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03:03:05.360 --> 03:03:06.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: anong tinapos niya,

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03:03:06.280 --> 03:03:07.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: kahit may high school degree siya.

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03:03:08.300 --> 03:03:09.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Walang N-C,

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03:03:09.180 --> 03:03:11.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: walang national certificate ho siya.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ang dami kong tanong dyan,

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03:03:14.480 --> 03:03:15.000
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but to,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I'll work with whoever's in charge na lang,

asr-003142
03:03:17.820 --> 03:03:21.000
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but just to close on that issue, no?

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03:03:21.520 --> 03:03:23.180
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So how many years do you need

asr-003144
03:03:23.180 --> 03:03:25.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: to make sure that all schools,

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03:03:25.760 --> 03:03:27.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: all junior and senior high school,

asr-003146
03:03:28.320 --> 03:03:29.040
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: actually,

asr-003147
03:03:29.040 --> 03:03:31.040
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: really have the trainers

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03:03:31.040 --> 03:03:36.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and equipment for the tracks that they chose?

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03:03:36.140 --> 03:03:37.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And the second question,

asr-003150
03:03:37.360 --> 03:03:39.100
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: bala ka na which one you want to answer first,

asr-003151
03:03:39.380 --> 03:03:42.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: how do they make the choice ngayon?

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03:03:43.600 --> 03:03:44.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Di ba kasi nung umpisa,

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03:03:44.740 --> 03:03:45.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: we were more idealistic.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: A school can offer four or maraming tracks,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba?

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03:03:51.260 --> 03:03:52.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But I think last year or two years ago,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: we streamlined it into tatlo na lang o apat.

asr-003158
03:03:56.520 --> 03:03:58.680
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Then a school can have only one track

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: rather than two.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Then many, right?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's not as rigid as before, Your Honor,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: dati four tracks.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: You had the academic,

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03:04:05.320 --> 03:04:07.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: you had the TVL or the tech voc track,

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03:04:07.520 --> 03:04:08.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: then you had the sports,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and then you had the arts.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Pero yung enrollment in sports and arts

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: is less than 1% of the population,

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03:04:15.060 --> 03:04:16.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: student population elected.

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03:04:16.520 --> 03:04:18.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Again, may cultural bias,

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03:04:18.220 --> 03:04:20.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: belief that this would not be productive careers,

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03:04:20.740 --> 03:04:22.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and for better or for worse,

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03:04:22.240 --> 03:04:23.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or whether true or not.

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03:04:25.120 --> 03:04:26.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kaya, what we've done now is

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03:04:26.620 --> 03:04:28.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: make an academic and a tech voc track,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but there is a lot of cross-enrollment.

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03:04:31.200 --> 03:04:32.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's very rigid.

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03:04:32.400 --> 03:04:33.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Meaning, if you,

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03:04:33.640 --> 03:04:34.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: within the academic track,

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03:04:34.960 --> 03:04:40.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: if you take the strand of accounting and business,

asr-003181
03:04:40.620 --> 03:04:42.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: you cannot go to science and technology.

asr-003182
03:04:43.200 --> 03:04:44.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: You cannot go to engineering.

asr-003183
03:04:44.520 --> 03:04:45.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: You cannot go to humanities.

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03:04:46.320 --> 03:04:48.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Now, we allow a lot of cross-enrollment

asr-003185
03:04:48.640 --> 03:04:50.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: because in the age of AI,

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03:04:50.220 --> 03:04:50.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ganun talaga.

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03:04:50.740 --> 03:04:51.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's the trend we're seeing.

asr-003188
03:04:52.180 --> 03:04:56.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's a lot of interdisciplinary education,

asr-003189
03:04:56.480 --> 03:04:58.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: a lot of cross-fertilization of ideas,

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03:04:58.160 --> 03:04:58.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and,

asr-003191
03:04:58.520 --> 03:04:59.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and disciplines.

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03:05:00.080 --> 03:05:00.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: that's why we moved in that direction.

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03:05:03.280 --> 03:05:03.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Also, to give,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: kasi senior high school,

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03:05:05.600 --> 03:05:06.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: parang junior college na huyan,

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03:05:07.220 --> 03:05:08.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: your honor.

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03:05:08.220 --> 03:05:09.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, also to give,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: give them choice.

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03:05:11.260 --> 03:05:11.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kasi,

asr-003201
03:05:11.860 --> 03:05:13.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I remember si Steve Jobs said,

asr-003202
03:05:13.220 --> 03:05:15.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: one of the best courses he ever took

asr-003203
03:05:15.400 --> 03:05:16.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: was a calligraphy course.

asr-003204
03:05:17.100 --> 03:05:19.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And that enabled him to create everything for Apple.

asr-003205
03:05:19.540 --> 03:05:19.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because,

asr-003206
03:05:20.200 --> 03:05:24.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: it exposed him to a different type of thinking.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I hear you.

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03:05:25.240 --> 03:05:26.720
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I hear your department.

asr-003209
03:05:26.920 --> 03:05:27.680
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I sympathize.

asr-003210
03:05:28.140 --> 03:05:28.500
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: My point,

asr-003211
03:05:28.520 --> 03:05:28.960
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: my point is,

asr-003212
03:05:29.260 --> 03:05:31.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: when we first passed K-12,

asr-003213
03:05:32.040 --> 03:05:32.960
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: the promise was,

asr-003214
03:05:33.480 --> 03:05:36.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: if you had two to three hours na practical arts

asr-003215
03:05:36.140 --> 03:05:39.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: that we had when we were in high school,

asr-003216
03:05:39.780 --> 03:05:42.000
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: magiging at least one hour a day to,

asr-003217
03:05:42.520 --> 03:05:43.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and then you can choose.

asr-003218
03:05:44.040 --> 03:05:45.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, kung medyo mas sa arts ka,

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03:05:45.380 --> 03:05:45.660
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: dun ka,

asr-003220
03:05:45.760 --> 03:05:46.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: mas computer,

asr-003221
03:05:46.760 --> 03:05:47.180
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: dun ka.

asr-003222
03:05:47.720 --> 03:05:48.180
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But yun nga,

asr-003223
03:05:48.340 --> 03:05:49.100
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: the schools,

asr-003224
03:05:49.660 --> 03:05:51.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: so even sa sports ha,

asr-003225
03:05:51.380 --> 03:05:54.720
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I wonder if it's really a cultural preference

asr-003226
03:05:54.720 --> 03:05:55.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or because,

asr-003227
03:05:55.740 --> 03:05:56.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: nag-offer ng sports,

asr-003228
03:05:56.540 --> 03:05:57.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: pero wala namang sporting,

asr-003229
03:05:58.520 --> 03:05:59.840
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: facilities yun.

asr-003230
03:05:59.960 --> 03:06:02.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, maybe that school has a basketball,

asr-003231
03:06:02.300 --> 03:06:02.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: volleyball court,

asr-003232
03:06:02.960 --> 03:06:03.820
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: then offers sports.

asr-003233
03:06:04.660 --> 03:06:04.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But,

asr-003234
03:06:04.880 --> 03:06:06.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but if you have a,

asr-003235
03:06:06.220 --> 03:06:07.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: like a national arts

asr-003236
03:06:07.280 --> 03:06:09.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or the national sports high school

asr-003237
03:06:09.340 --> 03:06:10.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: na ganong kaganda,

asr-003238
03:06:10.720 --> 03:06:11.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We hear you loud and clear,

asr-003239
03:06:12.080 --> 03:06:12.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor.

asr-003240
03:06:12.520 --> 03:06:13.560
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: You make a great point.

asr-003241
03:06:13.720 --> 03:06:13.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And,

asr-003242
03:06:14.260 --> 03:06:14.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: two choice,

asr-003243
03:06:14.820 --> 03:06:16.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: two things we're doing

asr-003244
03:06:16.200 --> 03:06:17.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or we're changing

asr-003245
03:06:17.180 --> 03:06:18.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: is actually in line with your thinking,

asr-003246
03:06:18.880 --> 03:06:19.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor.

asr-003247
03:06:19.500 --> 03:06:20.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The first is,

asr-003248
03:06:20.320 --> 03:06:21.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to make it demand-driven.

asr-003249
03:06:22.040 --> 03:06:22.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kasi yung,

asr-003250
03:06:22.900 --> 03:06:24.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: gusto nga mag-scientist,

asr-003251
03:06:24.320 --> 03:06:25.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: pero wala namang lab.

asr-003252
03:06:25.320 --> 03:06:26.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kasi ang binibigay lagi

asr-003253
03:06:26.340 --> 03:06:27.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: pang home economics

asr-003254
03:06:27.360 --> 03:06:27.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or pang,

asr-003255
03:06:27.900 --> 03:06:29.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: pang gawa ng lumpia.

asr-003256
03:06:29.860 --> 03:06:30.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, wala siyang,

asr-003257
03:06:30.500 --> 03:06:31.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: hindi niya ma-fulfill yung

asr-003258
03:06:31.520 --> 03:06:32.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: kagustuhan niya.

asr-003259
03:06:32.680 --> 03:06:33.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, now we're really consulting

asr-003260
03:06:33.760 --> 03:06:34.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the schools,

asr-003261
03:06:34.820 --> 03:06:35.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the learners.

asr-003262
03:06:35.860 --> 03:06:36.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ano yung,

asr-003263
03:06:36.140 --> 03:06:37.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ano yung gusto matutunan

asr-003264
03:06:37.400 --> 03:06:37.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ng mga bata?

asr-003265
03:06:38.320 --> 03:06:39.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And it's no longer

asr-003266
03:06:39.020 --> 03:06:40.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: one size fits all.

asr-003267
03:06:40.080 --> 03:06:40.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Meaning,

asr-003268
03:06:40.660 --> 03:06:41.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: everyone gets

asr-003269
03:06:41.700 --> 03:06:42.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: three food carts,

asr-003270
03:06:42.920 --> 03:06:43.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: everyone gets,

asr-003271
03:06:43.680 --> 03:06:44.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and so forth.

asr-003272
03:06:44.560 --> 03:06:45.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And the second is,

asr-003273
03:06:45.940 --> 03:06:46.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: dati,

asr-003274
03:06:46.360 --> 03:06:47.580
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ang sports facilities,

asr-003275
03:06:48.220 --> 03:06:49.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: it's only the most popular sport.

asr-003276
03:06:49.820 --> 03:06:50.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: They vote,

asr-003277
03:06:50.360 --> 03:06:51.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: what is the most popular sport?

asr-003278
03:06:51.560 --> 03:06:52.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yun lang ang bibigyan.

asr-003279
03:06:52.820 --> 03:06:53.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, now we're trying to

asr-003280
03:06:53.700 --> 03:06:54.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: move away from that model

asr-003281
03:06:54.820 --> 03:06:55.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and really have,

asr-003282
03:06:55.880 --> 03:06:56.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we totally agree with you,

asr-003283
03:06:57.020 --> 03:06:57.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: arts and sports,

asr-003284
03:06:58.260 --> 03:06:59.560
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: they never should have been

asr-003285
03:06:59.560 --> 03:07:00.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: really taken out

asr-003286
03:07:00.720 --> 03:07:01.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of the schools.

asr-003287
03:07:01.600 --> 03:07:02.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And in fact,

asr-003288
03:07:03.000 --> 03:07:03.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think in the age of AI,

asr-003289
03:07:04.020 --> 03:07:04.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: they have a bigger role

asr-003290
03:07:04.700 --> 03:07:05.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to play.

asr-003291
03:07:05.440 --> 03:07:07.000
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: That's why I'll keep going back

asr-003292
03:07:07.000 --> 03:07:08.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: to the argument na

asr-003293
03:07:08.160 --> 03:07:10.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 40 students per classroom,

asr-003294
03:07:11.300 --> 03:07:12.040
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 8 to 4,

asr-003295
03:07:12.540 --> 03:07:14.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but they have all the facilities.

asr-003296
03:07:14.380 --> 03:07:15.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And when I say all,

asr-003297
03:07:15.460 --> 03:07:15.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: basic,

asr-003298
03:07:16.200 --> 03:07:16.680
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but all,

asr-003299
03:07:16.820 --> 03:07:16.960
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba?

asr-003300
03:07:17.400 --> 03:07:18.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, I'm not saying that

asr-003301
03:07:18.640 --> 03:07:19.680
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: all schools have to have

asr-003302
03:07:19.680 --> 03:07:21.700
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: a football or baseball field

asr-003303
03:07:22.320 --> 03:07:22.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: because,

asr-003304
03:07:22.740 --> 03:07:24.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or a swimming pool.

asr-003305
03:07:24.480 --> 03:07:25.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, having said that,

asr-003306
03:07:25.320 --> 03:07:26.180
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: would it be feasible

asr-003307
03:07:26.180 --> 03:07:27.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: that we start looking

asr-003308
03:07:27.900 --> 03:07:29.200
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: at the tracks

asr-003309
03:07:29.200 --> 03:07:31.780
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: per school

asr-003310
03:07:31.780 --> 03:07:33.620
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: sa district?

asr-003311
03:07:34.880 --> 03:07:36.040
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, I mean,

asr-003312
03:07:36.120 --> 03:07:37.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: in a perfect world,

asr-003313
03:07:37.160 --> 03:07:37.240
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba?

asr-003314
03:07:37.340 --> 03:07:38.840
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: All schools have all tracks

asr-003315
03:07:38.840 --> 03:07:40.560
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and the students can choose.

asr-003316
03:07:40.700 --> 03:07:41.560
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But, obviously,

asr-003317
03:07:41.720 --> 03:07:42.660
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: with so many problems,

asr-003318
03:07:42.740 --> 03:07:43.620
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: you can't offer that.

asr-003319
03:07:44.320 --> 03:07:45.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Pagka isang track lang naman,

asr-003320
03:07:46.860 --> 03:07:48.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: eh, kawawa naman yung mga studyante

asr-003321
03:07:48.280 --> 03:07:49.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: kung ayaw nila.

asr-003322
03:07:50.060 --> 03:07:50.600
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But, meaning,

asr-003323
03:07:50.800 --> 03:07:51.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: for example,

asr-003324
03:07:51.240 --> 03:07:52.920
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: if you have a city with 40 schools,

asr-003325
03:07:53.720 --> 03:07:55.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: these are the four major tracks,

asr-003326
03:07:55.900 --> 03:07:56.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: then you divide it

asr-003327
03:07:56.800 --> 03:07:57.360
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: para may specialization

asr-003328
03:07:57.360 --> 03:07:58.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: talaga.

asr-003329
03:07:58.820 --> 03:08:00.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And, kasi dati,

asr-003330
03:08:00.560 --> 03:08:00.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ano eh,

asr-003331
03:08:00.960 --> 03:08:02.620
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: at least yung elementary school,

asr-003332
03:08:03.420 --> 03:08:04.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: really kung ano pinakamalapit sa'yo.

asr-003333
03:08:05.960 --> 03:08:07.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But, let's say sa high school,

asr-003334
03:08:08.360 --> 03:08:09.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: at least in Taguiga,

asr-003335
03:08:09.720 --> 03:08:12.960
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yes, there's one still closer to you,

asr-003336
03:08:13.440 --> 03:08:14.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but the next one,

asr-003337
03:08:14.460 --> 03:08:15.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: second closest to you,

asr-003338
03:08:15.460 --> 03:08:15.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: is probably

asr-003339
03:08:15.980 --> 03:08:19.180
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: maybe another 10-15 minute ride.

asr-003340
03:08:19.260 --> 03:08:21.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: It's not naman an hour ride.

asr-003341
03:08:21.720 --> 03:08:22.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, like,

asr-003342
03:08:22.480 --> 03:08:24.240
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: if you were into arts

asr-003343
03:08:24.240 --> 03:08:25.240
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and then you want to be

asr-003344
03:08:25.240 --> 03:08:27.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: a fashion designer,

asr-003345
03:08:27.360 --> 03:08:28.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: pwede yung high school mo ngayon,

asr-003346
03:08:29.040 --> 03:08:29.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: which is five minutes away

asr-003347
03:08:29.980 --> 03:08:30.440
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: from your house,

asr-003348
03:08:30.500 --> 03:08:31.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: doesn't offer it.

asr-003349
03:08:32.200 --> 03:08:33.600
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But, the one 20 minutes away

asr-003350
03:08:33.600 --> 03:08:34.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: from your house offers it,

asr-003351
03:08:35.740 --> 03:08:36.700
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: baka you'd do it.

asr-003352
03:08:36.880 --> 03:08:38.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, the point in asking this is,

asr-003353
03:08:38.960 --> 03:08:40.780
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I want the tracks to work.

asr-003354
03:08:41.460 --> 03:08:42.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And, I really believe that

asr-003355
03:08:42.860 --> 03:08:43.360
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: less dropouts,

asr-003356
03:08:44.440 --> 03:08:46.360
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: then more TESDA

asr-003357
03:08:46.360 --> 03:08:47.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: in DepEd

asr-003358
03:08:47.400 --> 03:08:50.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: in schools, di ba?

asr-003359
03:08:50.500 --> 03:08:51.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: They shouldn't really drop out

asr-003360
03:08:51.880 --> 03:08:53.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: then go to TESDA, di ba?

asr-003361
03:08:53.600 --> 03:08:54.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: They should graduate

asr-003362
03:08:54.540 --> 03:08:55.500
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: senior high school,

asr-003363
03:08:55.900 --> 03:08:57.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: then if they don't want to go to college,

asr-003364
03:08:57.140 --> 03:08:57.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and

asr-003365
03:08:57.360 --> 03:08:58.100
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: there's a higher

asr-003366
03:08:58.100 --> 03:09:00.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: TESDA problem.

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03:09:00.340 --> 03:09:01.000
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And, of course,

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03:09:01.080 --> 03:09:01.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: hindi mo ma-perfect.

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03:09:02.600 --> 03:09:03.600
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Sabihin mo nang kung

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03:09:03.600 --> 03:09:05.560
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 5% ngayon yung national average

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03:09:05.560 --> 03:09:07.100
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 4.7 sa dropout.

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03:09:07.520 --> 03:09:08.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: If you can bring it down to half,

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03:09:09.040 --> 03:09:10.500
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di may 2.5%,

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03:09:10.500 --> 03:09:11.500
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ang dami pa rin doon.

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03:09:11.920 --> 03:09:13.780
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But, masyadong malaki yung

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03:09:13.780 --> 03:09:15.220
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 5%, eh, no?

asr-003377
03:09:15.640 --> 03:09:17.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: What do we attribute this to?

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03:09:17.820 --> 03:09:18.520
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Poverty talaga?

asr-003379
03:09:19.260 --> 03:09:19.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Which one, Your Honor?

asr-003380
03:09:20.100 --> 03:09:20.820
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Yung dropout.

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03:09:21.140 --> 03:09:22.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The dropout rate?

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03:09:22.640 --> 03:09:23.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Dropout at saka yung

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03:09:23.740 --> 03:09:25.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: hindi na nag-enroll

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03:09:25.140 --> 03:09:26.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: in droves, no?

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03:09:26.260 --> 03:09:27.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think it increased

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03:09:27.140 --> 03:09:28.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: after COVID.

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03:09:28.180 --> 03:09:29.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung iba, they were slow

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03:09:29.360 --> 03:09:30.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to come back, Your Honor.

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03:09:30.440 --> 03:09:30.840
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And, of course,

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03:09:31.080 --> 03:09:32.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: population is also

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03:09:32.060 --> 03:09:33.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: kind of plateauing.

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03:09:34.200 --> 03:09:36.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We've been mentioned as one

asr-003393
03:09:36.460 --> 03:09:37.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: having the steepest fall

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03:09:37.500 --> 03:09:39.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in terms of our birth rates,

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03:09:39.920 --> 03:09:40.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor.

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03:09:41.960 --> 03:09:42.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Although we're still

asr-003397
03:09:42.780 --> 03:09:43.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: a young population.

asr-003398
03:09:44.320 --> 03:09:45.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Pero, I think

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03:09:45.360 --> 03:09:47.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: those are some of the factors

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03:09:47.060 --> 03:09:50.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: why our enrollment

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03:09:50.160 --> 03:09:51.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: is not as high

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03:09:51.320 --> 03:09:52.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: as it used to be.

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03:09:52.740 --> 03:09:54.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, total dropouts,

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03:09:54.840 --> 03:09:56.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 321,000.

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03:09:56.040 --> 03:09:56.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The top,

asr-003406
03:09:57.140 --> 03:09:58.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the cost is

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03:09:58.240 --> 03:10:00.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: domestic-related,

asr-003408
03:10:00.800 --> 03:10:02.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: financial-related is next,

asr-003409
03:10:02.440 --> 03:10:03.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: geographic environment.

asr-003410
03:10:04.400 --> 03:10:05.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, yun po yung top reasons

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03:10:05.420 --> 03:10:07.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for dropping out,

asr-003412
03:10:07.700 --> 03:10:07.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor.

asr-003413
03:10:08.780 --> 03:10:10.040
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, yung,

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03:10:10.200 --> 03:10:10.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba sa US,

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03:10:11.060 --> 03:10:11.820
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yung true one

asr-003416
03:10:11.820 --> 03:10:14.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: system nila na

asr-003417
03:10:14.380 --> 03:10:16.300
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: kapag nag-enroll na

asr-003418
03:10:16.300 --> 03:10:17.500
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: tapos hindi po mapasok,

asr-003419
03:10:18.000 --> 03:10:19.300
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: they actually have someone

asr-003420
03:10:19.300 --> 03:10:20.360
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: to go to the house

asr-003421
03:10:20.360 --> 03:10:21.720
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and then check

asr-003422
03:10:21.720 --> 03:10:23.100
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: bakit hindi po mapasok.

asr-003423
03:10:23.960 --> 03:10:25.360
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Do we have something like that?

asr-003424
03:10:25.360 --> 03:10:26.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We have similar,

asr-003425
03:10:26.580 --> 03:10:27.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but it's,

asr-003426
03:10:27.140 --> 03:10:28.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: it's not as comprehensive

asr-003427
03:10:28.280 --> 03:10:29.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: perhaps as other jurisdictions,

asr-003428
03:10:29.920 --> 03:10:30.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor,

asr-003429
03:10:30.280 --> 03:10:32.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but we have the ALS teachers.

asr-003430
03:10:32.380 --> 03:10:33.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Their job is really

asr-003431
03:10:33.480 --> 03:10:35.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: they're nomadic in nature.

asr-003432
03:10:35.900 --> 03:10:36.460
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But ALS yung

asr-003433
03:10:36.460 --> 03:10:37.660
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: nag-dropout ka na?

asr-003434
03:10:37.900 --> 03:10:38.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-003435
03:10:38.520 --> 03:10:39.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I meant lang yung...

asr-003436
03:10:39.720 --> 03:10:40.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung to check,

asr-003437
03:10:40.260 --> 03:10:40.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: meron din ho.

asr-003438
03:10:40.780 --> 03:10:41.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Meron din ho.

asr-003439
03:10:42.180 --> 03:10:43.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Within the school,

asr-003440
03:10:43.260 --> 03:10:44.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the advisors are

asr-003441
03:10:44.600 --> 03:10:46.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: obligado ho silang i-check

asr-003442
03:10:46.380 --> 03:10:47.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: pagka nakita nilang

asr-003443
03:10:47.740 --> 03:10:49.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: na marami na yung absent.

asr-003444
03:10:49.800 --> 03:10:50.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: May I recommend,

asr-003445
03:10:50.620 --> 03:10:51.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: baka yun yung sinasabi

asr-003446
03:10:51.480 --> 03:10:52.620
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ni Senator Pia na

asr-003447
03:10:52.620 --> 03:10:54.320
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: what is DepEd,

asr-003448
03:10:54.400 --> 03:10:55.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: what is DILG,

asr-003449
03:10:55.360 --> 03:10:56.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: what is both?

asr-003450
03:10:56.120 --> 03:10:59.300
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: We also have

asr-003451
03:10:59.300 --> 03:11:00.220
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: a dropout problem

asr-003452
03:11:00.220 --> 03:11:00.820
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: in Taguig.

asr-003453
03:11:01.420 --> 03:11:02.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But we don't have

asr-003454
03:11:02.260 --> 03:11:03.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: that problem

asr-003455
03:11:03.420 --> 03:11:04.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: of following up

asr-003456
03:11:04.140 --> 03:11:04.680
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: because we have

asr-003457
03:11:04.680 --> 03:11:05.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: every three months

asr-003458
03:11:05.980 --> 03:11:07.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: a house-to-house survey

asr-003459
03:11:07.420 --> 03:11:08.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and then tinatanong.

asr-003460
03:11:09.380 --> 03:11:10.080
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But now,

asr-003461
03:11:10.180 --> 03:11:11.300
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: just talking about it,

asr-003462
03:11:11.400 --> 03:11:11.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba?

asr-003463
03:11:12.740 --> 03:11:13.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Kung sa attendance lang,

asr-003464
03:11:14.080 --> 03:11:15.320
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: parang one week na wala

asr-003465
03:11:15.320 --> 03:11:15.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: o ganyan,

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03:11:16.320 --> 03:11:16.660
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yes,

asr-003467
03:11:16.900 --> 03:11:17.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: the teachers

asr-003468
03:11:17.540 --> 03:11:18.780
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: probably ask,

asr-003469
03:11:18.900 --> 03:11:19.200
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: et cetera.

asr-003470
03:11:19.340 --> 03:11:19.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Pero pag sinabing

asr-003471
03:11:19.980 --> 03:11:20.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: dropout na,

asr-003472
03:11:21.500 --> 03:11:22.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I wonder really

asr-003473
03:11:22.480 --> 03:11:24.440
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: gaano kalalim yung

asr-003474
03:11:24.440 --> 03:11:25.200
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or can't we get

asr-003475
03:11:25.200 --> 03:11:25.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: him or her

asr-003476
03:11:25.860 --> 03:11:26.100
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: to come out

asr-003477
03:11:26.100 --> 03:11:26.600
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or come back

asr-003478
03:11:26.600 --> 03:11:27.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or et cetera,

asr-003479
03:11:27.740 --> 03:11:27.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba?

asr-003480
03:11:28.460 --> 03:11:28.760
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So,

asr-003481
03:11:29.220 --> 03:11:30.040
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: baka that's something

asr-003482
03:11:30.040 --> 03:11:31.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: between the DepEd

asr-003483
03:11:31.020 --> 03:11:32.340
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and the DILG na

asr-003484
03:11:32.340 --> 03:11:33.600
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I don't mean to keep

asr-003485
03:11:33.600 --> 03:11:34.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: adding to the

asr-003486
03:11:34.280 --> 03:11:34.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: No, no, no, Your Honor.

asr-003487
03:11:35.020 --> 03:11:35.840
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's a very valid

asr-003488
03:11:35.840 --> 03:11:36.960
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Yeah, I don't mean to keep

asr-003489
03:11:36.960 --> 03:11:38.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: adding to the LGU.

asr-003490
03:11:38.320 --> 03:11:38.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-003491
03:11:38.900 --> 03:11:39.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But actually,

asr-003492
03:11:39.540 --> 03:11:40.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: isang buhay yun, eh.

asr-003493
03:11:40.440 --> 03:11:40.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Di ba?

asr-003494
03:11:40.900 --> 03:11:41.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Lalo kung mag-stop siya

asr-003495
03:11:41.980 --> 03:11:42.680
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ng grade 7,

asr-003496
03:11:42.820 --> 03:11:43.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: first year high school.

asr-003497
03:11:44.140 --> 03:11:44.680
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: And sometimes,

asr-003498
03:11:44.800 --> 03:11:45.780
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: may kahiyaan lang, eh.

asr-003499
03:11:46.400 --> 03:11:46.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Di ba?

asr-003500
03:11:46.660 --> 03:11:47.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Whatever,

asr-003501
03:11:47.180 --> 03:11:48.300
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: nagkasakit ng one month

asr-003502
03:11:48.300 --> 03:11:50.320
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or even yung teenage pregnancy,

asr-003503
03:11:50.500 --> 03:11:50.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba?

asr-003504
03:11:50.640 --> 03:11:50.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I mean,

asr-003505
03:11:51.560 --> 03:11:52.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: obviously,

asr-003506
03:11:52.120 --> 03:11:53.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: if the woman

asr-003507
03:11:54.180 --> 03:11:55.840
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: that pregnant says

asr-003508
03:11:55.840 --> 03:11:56.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: that she wants

asr-003509
03:11:56.740 --> 03:11:57.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: to give birth,

asr-003510
03:11:57.280 --> 03:11:57.560
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ganyan, no?

asr-003511
03:11:57.600 --> 03:11:58.440
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But the next year,

asr-003512
03:11:59.320 --> 03:11:59.440
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba?

asr-003513
03:11:59.500 --> 03:12:00.700
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: How many kaya of them

asr-003514
03:12:00.700 --> 03:12:02.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: don't even go back

asr-003515
03:12:02.260 --> 03:12:03.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: anymore?

asr-003516
03:12:04.060 --> 03:12:04.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: O kaya,

asr-003517
03:12:04.840 --> 03:12:06.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: very mobile ngayon

asr-003518
03:12:06.380 --> 03:12:06.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yung Pilipino.

asr-003519
03:12:07.100 --> 03:12:08.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, lumipat from Bicol

asr-003520
03:12:08.280 --> 03:12:09.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: to Metro Manila

asr-003521
03:12:09.140 --> 03:12:11.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or from Baguio

asr-003522
03:12:11.120 --> 03:12:11.760
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: to Tarlac.

asr-003523
03:12:11.840 --> 03:12:12.540
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I wonder if they

asr-003524
03:12:12.540 --> 03:12:13.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: stop a SEM,

asr-003525
03:12:13.800 --> 03:12:14.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: then didn't

asr-003526
03:12:14.940 --> 03:12:15.940
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: then didn't enroll

asr-003527
03:12:15.940 --> 03:12:17.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: anymore.

asr-003528
03:12:17.520 --> 03:12:18.240
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But I think

asr-003529
03:12:18.240 --> 03:12:19.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: there should be

asr-003530
03:12:19.400 --> 03:12:21.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: a way na

asr-003531
03:12:21.260 --> 03:12:22.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: mabawasan natin

asr-003532
03:12:22.120 --> 03:12:22.620
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yun.

asr-003533
03:12:23.180 --> 03:12:24.180
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Just one question

asr-003534
03:12:24.180 --> 03:12:24.940
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: sa BARMM, nga.

asr-003535
03:12:25.840 --> 03:12:28.700
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Ano ang jurisdiction

asr-003536
03:12:28.700 --> 03:12:29.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ng DepEd?

asr-003537
03:12:29.560 --> 03:12:29.740
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I mean,

asr-003538
03:12:29.960 --> 03:12:30.460
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: is there anything

asr-003539
03:12:30.460 --> 03:12:31.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: we can do with DepEd?

asr-003540
03:12:32.480 --> 03:12:33.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Under the

asr-003541
03:12:33.400 --> 03:12:34.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Organic Act,

asr-003542
03:12:34.440 --> 03:12:34.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor,

asr-003543
03:12:35.020 --> 03:12:35.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: what is allowed

asr-003544
03:12:35.800 --> 03:12:37.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: is teacher training,

asr-003545
03:12:37.840 --> 03:12:38.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: classrooms,

asr-003546
03:12:39.840 --> 03:12:41.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: vouchers,

asr-003547
03:12:41.640 --> 03:12:41.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor.

asr-003548
03:12:42.240 --> 03:12:43.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But the problem in BARMM

asr-003549
03:12:43.180 --> 03:12:43.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: is that there are not

asr-003550
03:12:43.880 --> 03:12:45.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: that many private schools.

asr-003551
03:12:45.520 --> 03:12:45.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So,

asr-003552
03:12:45.940 --> 03:12:46.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the potential

asr-003553
03:12:46.460 --> 03:12:47.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or universe

asr-003554
03:12:47.400 --> 03:12:48.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for receiving vouchers

asr-003555
03:12:48.980 --> 03:12:49.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: is quite small.

asr-003556
03:12:50.020 --> 03:12:50.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, maybe,

asr-003557
03:12:51.080 --> 03:12:51.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: sa akin,

asr-003558
03:12:51.480 --> 03:12:52.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: pakiusap na lang.

asr-003559
03:12:52.360 --> 03:12:53.600
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I know you'll be happy

asr-003560
03:12:53.600 --> 03:12:54.160
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: to do it.

asr-003561
03:12:54.300 --> 03:12:54.820
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But baka,

asr-003562
03:12:54.880 --> 03:12:55.620
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: a conversation,

asr-003563
03:12:55.840 --> 03:12:56.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: with the Chief Minister,

asr-003564
03:12:57.520 --> 03:12:58.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: kasi ang taas

asr-003565
03:12:58.400 --> 03:12:59.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: ng dropout,

asr-003566
03:12:59.220 --> 03:12:59.500
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: 8%,

asr-003567
03:12:59.500 --> 03:13:00.220
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba?

asr-003568
03:13:00.300 --> 03:13:02.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We really offer,

asr-003569
03:13:02.780 --> 03:13:03.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and in fact,

asr-003570
03:13:03.340 --> 03:13:03.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in our,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: one workaround we have

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03:13:05.160 --> 03:13:06.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: is sa mga foreign loans

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03:13:06.660 --> 03:13:07.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: natin,

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03:13:07.280 --> 03:13:08.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: foreign funded programs

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03:13:08.760 --> 03:13:09.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or grants,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: doon namin sinasama

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03:13:10.720 --> 03:13:11.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung BARMM.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kasi kung sinama namin

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03:13:12.380 --> 03:13:13.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: sa regular programs namin

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03:13:13.500 --> 03:13:14.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: like computerization,

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03:13:14.720 --> 03:13:15.560
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: makukuwa kami.

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03:13:15.900 --> 03:13:16.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But,

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03:13:16.520 --> 03:13:16.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: so that's why,

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03:13:17.040 --> 03:13:17.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: that's the workaround.

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03:13:17.940 --> 03:13:18.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So,

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03:13:18.200 --> 03:13:19.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in any negotiation

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03:13:19.480 --> 03:13:20.580
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we have with foreign donors,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and there are several

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03:13:21.380 --> 03:13:23.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: foreign donors,

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03:13:24.420 --> 03:13:24.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and

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03:13:24.440 --> 03:13:25.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: um,

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03:13:25.840 --> 03:13:27.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: lenders.

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03:13:27.780 --> 03:13:28.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So,

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03:13:28.120 --> 03:13:29.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yun sinasama ho namin

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: talaga yung BARMM.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Um,

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03:13:31.140 --> 03:13:32.440
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: what I meant by the conversation,

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03:13:32.600 --> 03:13:33.600
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: kasi highest din sila

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03:13:33.600 --> 03:13:34.440
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: sa stunting eh.

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03:13:34.520 --> 03:13:35.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And literacy,

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03:13:35.220 --> 03:13:35.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: More than,

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03:13:36.120 --> 03:13:36.600
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and literacy,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba?

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03:13:37.100 --> 03:13:37.240
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So,

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03:13:37.780 --> 03:13:38.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: um,

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03:13:38.880 --> 03:13:39.580
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: what we call this,

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03:13:40.000 --> 03:13:41.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: not only recipe for

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: poverty,

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03:13:43.720 --> 03:13:44.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: for

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03:13:44.060 --> 03:13:45.720
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: future problems,

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03:13:45.820 --> 03:13:47.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but also for extremism,

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03:13:47.300 --> 03:13:47.460
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba?

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03:13:47.560 --> 03:13:47.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I mean,

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03:13:48.140 --> 03:13:49.820
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: especially with their trauma pa

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03:13:49.820 --> 03:13:50.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: sa

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03:13:50.420 --> 03:13:51.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Marawi

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03:13:51.900 --> 03:13:53.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: siege.

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03:13:54.360 --> 03:13:54.800
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Um,

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03:13:55.400 --> 03:13:55.820
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: there are certain,

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03:13:55.840 --> 03:13:57.400
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: there are certain things like work.

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03:13:57.400 --> 03:13:58.360
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: You can skip work,

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03:13:58.460 --> 03:13:59.240
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: you can skip a year,

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03:13:59.320 --> 03:14:00.200
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or college a year,

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03:14:00.320 --> 03:14:01.120
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but sa high school,

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03:14:01.700 --> 03:14:01.940
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yes,

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03:14:01.980 --> 03:14:02.880
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: you can go to ALS

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03:14:02.880 --> 03:14:04.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or take equivalency,

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03:14:04.320 --> 03:14:04.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but,

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03:14:04.980 --> 03:14:05.380
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: um,

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03:14:05.560 --> 03:14:06.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: it's,

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03:14:06.100 --> 03:14:06.480
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: it's,

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03:14:06.520 --> 03:14:07.100
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: uh,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: it's different, no?

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03:14:08.680 --> 03:14:09.940
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But let me just share that,

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03:14:10.680 --> 03:14:11.840
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: although this is way back 2010,

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03:14:13.220 --> 03:14:14.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: nung nagbigay talaga ng

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03:14:14.280 --> 03:14:15.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: free uniforms,

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03:14:15.340 --> 03:14:15.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: free,

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03:14:16.200 --> 03:14:16.840
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: um,

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03:14:18.180 --> 03:14:18.660
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: uh,

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03:14:18.660 --> 03:14:19.200
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: notebooks,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: et cetera,

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03:14:20.500 --> 03:14:20.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: uh,

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03:14:21.060 --> 03:14:22.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: much less talaga yung

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03:14:22.060 --> 03:14:22.720
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: nag-dropout.

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03:14:23.160 --> 03:14:23.360
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I'm not saying,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: as you said,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: no,

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03:14:25.220 --> 03:14:26.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: you can't do that

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03:14:26.140 --> 03:14:27.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: nationwide,

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03:14:27.400 --> 03:14:28.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and then BARMM meron,

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03:14:29.520 --> 03:14:30.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: meron ng

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03:14:30.060 --> 03:14:31.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: local autonomy,

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03:14:31.920 --> 03:14:33.100
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: but maybe a special

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03:14:33.100 --> 03:14:33.780
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: project,

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03:14:33.860 --> 03:14:34.220
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I don't know,

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03:14:34.280 --> 03:14:34.860
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: with DSW,

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03:14:34.960 --> 03:14:35.260
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: whatever,

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03:14:35.480 --> 03:14:37.360
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: for yung nag-dropout talaga

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03:14:37.360 --> 03:14:39.020
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: na extreme poverty talaga.

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03:14:39.680 --> 03:14:40.420
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Baka yung iba,

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03:14:40.540 --> 03:14:41.240
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: talagang wala lang

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03:14:41.240 --> 03:14:41.840
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: sapatos,

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03:14:41.980 --> 03:14:42.460
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: or walang,

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03:14:42.760 --> 03:14:42.980
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: you know,

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03:14:43.400 --> 03:14:44.820
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: yung ayaw na pumasok

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03:14:44.820 --> 03:14:45.200
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: nung bata,

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03:14:45.320 --> 03:14:45.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: kasi nga,

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03:14:46.200 --> 03:14:47.320
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: trauma pa pag pumasok,

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03:14:47.380 --> 03:14:47.440
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: eh,

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03:14:47.440 --> 03:14:48.360
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: pero pagpasok niya,

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03:14:48.600 --> 03:14:49.520
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: wala na siyang uniform,

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03:14:49.780 --> 03:14:51.060
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: pati wala ang pagkain,

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03:14:51.160 --> 03:14:51.280
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: wala,

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03:14:51.680 --> 03:14:51.840
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: di ba?

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03:14:52.280 --> 03:14:52.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor,

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03:14:52.900 --> 03:14:53.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: that's a great idea.

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03:14:54.460 --> 03:14:54.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Uh,

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03:14:54.540 --> 03:14:55.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I would suggest also

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03:14:55.600 --> 03:14:56.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the expansion of the,

asr-003683
03:14:56.600 --> 03:14:57.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I know it's,

asr-003684
03:14:57.100 --> 03:14:58.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: it's on the agenda

asr-003685
03:14:58.460 --> 03:14:59.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of Center Chairman Bam.

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03:15:00.000 --> 03:15:02.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung revision of the

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03:15:02.020 --> 03:15:04.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Adopt-a-School Law because that's been a great

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03:15:04.000 --> 03:15:06.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: incentivizer of private

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03:15:06.000 --> 03:15:07.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: donors but for classrooms and physical

asr-003690
03:15:07.720 --> 03:15:09.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: facilities. If we

asr-003691
03:15:09.420 --> 03:15:11.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: like we've expanded the special education

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03:15:11.920 --> 03:15:14.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: fund for local governments and that has incentivized

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: a lot of them to expand the menu

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03:15:15.980 --> 03:15:17.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to ECCD, to

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: computerization, to many

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03:15:19.980 --> 03:15:21.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: other teacher training. Kung ma-expand

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03:15:21.980 --> 03:15:23.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: natin yung menu ng Adopt-a-School, then

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03:15:23.900 --> 03:15:25.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: even the private sector would be incentivized to

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03:15:25.980 --> 03:15:27.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: donate. And there are many

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: who already donate

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03:15:29.720 --> 03:15:31.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: as it is but with an incentive like

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03:15:31.860 --> 03:15:33.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the 150%

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03:15:33.040 --> 03:15:35.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: tax deduction under the Adopt-a-

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03:15:35.820 --> 03:15:37.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: School Law. If that is expanded, then

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: it would be a tremendous incentive.

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03:15:39.560 --> 03:15:41.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung mga sinasabi ninyo, Senator Alan,

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03:15:41.740 --> 03:15:42.670
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: palagay ko magkakatuto.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Thanks for that.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Last point lang sa feeding program.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: I guess the chairman will work

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: with you to restore the

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: money needed, na?

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03:15:53.620 --> 03:15:54.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We'll be happy to

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: work with you, Your Honor.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, question,

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: how do you implement that? Do you bid

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: it as a whole?

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Or per school district?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We delegate it down to the division level,

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03:16:03.660 --> 03:16:05.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor. It used to be regional level.

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03:16:05.480 --> 03:16:07.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Now, it's division level. So, rather than have

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 18 regions doing it, or 17

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: regions, now you have 221

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: school divisions.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: When was the change from regional

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03:16:15.720 --> 03:16:16.140
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: to?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 2024, Your Honor.

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03:16:19.780 --> 03:16:21.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And then, we've seen the increase really

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03:16:21.700 --> 03:16:22.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in terms of

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: central kitchens. So, previously, you only

asr-003730
03:16:25.660 --> 03:16:27.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: had 6 central kitchens of the 200.

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03:16:27.200 --> 03:16:29.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Now, you have 58 central kitchens.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Then, how do you do the quality check to

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03:16:31.460 --> 03:16:32.780
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: make sure na nutritious talaga?

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03:16:32.820 --> 03:16:34.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Well, it's at the division level.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: They have to get an FDA

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: accredited, and then

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the manufacturer has to have

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: a certification from the FNRI.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Pero pagka-bid pa lang, no?

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03:16:45.580 --> 03:16:47.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The UST certifies

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the manufacturers of the food products, Your Honor.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: But I guess, pagka-bid pa lang,

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03:16:51.520 --> 03:16:52.900
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: nandun na sa specs that...

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03:16:52.900 --> 03:16:55.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's required. If they don't have that, then

asr-003745
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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: they will not qualify, Your Honor.

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03:16:57.140 --> 03:16:59.640
Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: So, who's in charge? I'll just work with him. I have some questions.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Si Asek Roger. He'll be happy to

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: see you afterwards, Your Honor.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: May I ano lang? I just want to look at the historical

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: and how we'll get there.

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: Thank you for the liberal time

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Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano: restraint, Mr. Chairman.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you for the very great ideas.

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03:17:13.440 --> 03:17:14.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And then, we have many directions,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Senator Allen. Thank you very much, sir.

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03:17:16.880 --> 03:17:19.060
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Maraming salamat, our minority floor leader.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We'll have Senator Pia

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: to ask her questions.

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03:17:22.860 --> 03:17:25.020
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And then, we'll have Senator

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the Senate President. But in the meantime,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we'd like to acknowledge Senator Joel Villanueva.

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03:17:29.720 --> 03:17:31.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Who's here, another of our

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: EDCOM co-chairs.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I would just like to congratulate

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Senator Joel Villanueva: our dear buddy, our former

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Senator Joel Villanueva: colleague.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Na pinahiram lang natin yan, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Babalik dapat yan. Yan lang. Thank you,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Mr. Chair. That's like an assist.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I thought he would go to TESDA too, to be with me,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Mr. Chair.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Because you're no longer in DepEd,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I will no longer

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Senator Joel Villanueva: entertain that idea, Mr. Chairman.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you. Thank you, Senator Joel.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: In the plenary, not just on the basketball court,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: para ang assist.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We'll give the floor to Senator Pia.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Thank you, Chairman.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So, I'll start with the National Academy of Sports.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Si...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Deputy Director is here,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Sir Emil.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Okay, hi. Hi, Director Emil.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So, ang nasanep natin

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: for student-athletes' nutrition

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: is 250 pesos per day, no?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Is that... Can you confirm? Yeah.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And ang request daw is

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: 900 pesos per day to bring it

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: closer to the budget

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: of the athletes in Philippine Sports

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Commission. That is the request.

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NAS Deputy Executive Director Emil Arroyo: That is correct, ma'am.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Your Honor. Yeah. So, do you know,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: can somebody tell us what the total number is?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'm sure it's not that big because the student population

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: in NASA is so small.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I mean, 250 pesos, let's not be surprised

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: if medyo dadating to sa

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: competition na medyo gutom-gutom, diba?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: That's not a lot of money.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: ...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: There's a lump sum amount here.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Actually, I shouldn't be looking at

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the secretary. I should be looking at

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the chairman kasi syempre support nyo yan,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: diba? So, this is me appealing

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: to the...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: chairman, so staff, please take note

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: na lang ating sekretary at

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: 5.8 million yung request, but that's

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: not just food.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: 580. Pero malaki yun.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: That's not just food. I'm sure

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the food component is so small.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Director Emil, can you just give me that amount? Because this is food, diba?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: We want to really...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I know there's not that much space to

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: improve the budget, pero siguro may pagkain

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: ng athletes natin, we can ask

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: for more support. And then,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: mamaya na itong mga budgetary appeals ko,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: wala naman yung chairman sa harap ko.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Ito lang muna ako sa tanong ko sa sekretary.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Ulitin ko yan.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So, sekretary,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I already gave you an idea of the few

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: questions I have. On early childhood, would you

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: like to be able to just

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: give me some hope

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: in this area?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think hindi naman kami totally detached, Madam Chair,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and I remember those days when you really...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: You're the chairman of the...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: You would spend so much time

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: discussing the ECCD budget during your time.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And again, we're very grateful,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: express our gratitude. You're well-loved

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in the DepEd family because

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: many of these, inaanin natin yun,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ikaw ang nagtanim ng mga

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: binhi na yun. But,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we're still the

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: co-chair, but it's the

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: DILG na who calls the meetings to order.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But definitely, I think, Sek John Vic

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: is on top of things, and

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we just need a little

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: maybe more energy from the ECCD

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in terms of data. We're asking

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for data on the geographic

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: spread in terms of lack of...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: child development centers,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Madam Chair. I think curriculum

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: were okay. EDCOM has been

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: very helpful in terms of

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: identifying best practices in

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: foundational learning and early childcare

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and development. So, we're not

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: short of good examples.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: TEC is

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: developing special modules

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: because wala nga tayong...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Dati, wala tayong mga teachers

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: specializing in reading at an early age,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: things like that. So, now we're really

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: developing that expertise.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And TESDA, of course, is

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: developing NCs for

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: childcare workers.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, but really,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: it's, again, it's

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the state of early childcare

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and education is a function of

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the disjointed regulatory

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: environment also because

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: LGUs

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: have different capacities in terms of their

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ability to build CDCs.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, you'll see a lot of third, fourth, fifth class

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: municipalities which

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: do not have

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: childcare centers

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in each barangay.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, I think those are

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: low-hanging fruit for the national government.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And I think, in fairness to

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the government,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the DBM has increased the local government

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: support fund precisely.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And that is part of the potential menu,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think, if I'm... Tama ba,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Director Vivian, na pwedeng paggastusan

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung childcare, daycare center

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ng local government.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, yes. And then, of course,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: you know, part of the feeding

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of early childcare, three to four is under

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: DSWD, but first 1,000 days

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: is under NNCDOH.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, there are, you know, there's a lot

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, when we talk about feeding,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we should be talking about that type of feeding also.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But, unfortunately, it happens in different communities

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: with different chairpersons. So,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: minsan yung

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the synchronicity is not there between all of

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the actors, Madam Chair.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, that's definitely

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: you might want to look at

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: looking at increasing the budget

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: also for feeding.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because by the time we get them at five years,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: kahit universal feeding mo yan,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think the experts will tell you,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung brain development is already set

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: backwards or

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: irreversible na yung

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: lack of development of the brain

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: at five years old.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: The law

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: identifies

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: a fund source

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: for the poorest

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: LGUs, no?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Yung LGSF fund

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: can be used for

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: these

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: fourth and fifth class

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: municipalities.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And that funding is with DILG.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: As the co-chair,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: may say ba kayo doon

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: to ensure

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: na... Wala po.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But we don't even know where the

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: barangays are without them because

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we're waiting for that mapping

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: from the ECCD

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Council, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think that once we know that,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we know how we can be surgical

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or targeted in our approach, Your Honor.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: our first step

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: is to get this mapping from ECCD?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think we have portions of it

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but I don't think the whole country has been mapped.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Because what I want to do is to ensure

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that the

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: one billion is set aside

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: na sa DILG

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: for that. And since these

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: are students that are going to

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: be fed into the DepEd system,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I wanted, and I

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: agree with you that feeding talaga,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: pero

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I also want him to have the facility.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I want him to be able to use that

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: one billion. So,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: obviously

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: we can take this up with

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: DILG.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Um,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'm just wondering if you have any suggestions

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: in terms of clustering?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Well, we have the

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ECCD Council, which is supposed to

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: meet quarterly, Your Honor. We met about

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: a month and a half ago.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: No, I mean clustering, sorry, in terms of geographic.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Like, for example,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: you're going to spread out that one billion so

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: how much goes to

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: like, you know,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: if there are areas that have

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the lowest...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think BARM, Your Honor. You have to start with BARM

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and maybe Zamboanga Peninsula

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: perhaps. These are areas where

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: poverty is high and

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: literacy is also low, so...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So, basically, that's what I want to know. Like,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: are you handling this with DILG?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Uh,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yes, we are, but again,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: it's like a chicken or egg thing, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We're still waiting for really

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: knowing where...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: When will they be able to provide that?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Hopefully in the next meeting, Your Honor.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: The next quarter. Okay.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Okay. So, anyway, I'm...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'm preaching to the choir, you know, when we say

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that when we...when I say now

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that, um, we

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: lose that window, eh, if we're not

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: able to, um, support

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: early childhood education.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And I might disagree a bit,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: but you didn't really make a categorical statement.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: You just put on record

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that our birth rate is down, but when you

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: further dissect that,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: as you know, I'm the author of the

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Reproductive Health Law,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the poorest of the poor are still

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: having the most kids.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So...so it's

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: really...I'm not sure if it's

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: middle class, middle-middle, upper-middle

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: class that are...that

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: in surveys or in...now

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: based on the records have a lower

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: birth rate, but the poorest of the poor still

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: have a very high birth rate. So they will still

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: feed into the system,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and they will still be the best, the

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: most in need of

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: educational intervention.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Tama po.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: There's no denying that. I agree with you

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 100%, ma'am. Pero yung statement ko lang

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: was very general, and of course,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the data is varied when you

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: break it down into deciles, Your Honor. Correct.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And for sure,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: you'll see...we'll see more

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: data supporting this

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: if in fact it's true. Because

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I tend to disagree, because

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I even asked Mayor Lanny, and maybe

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the Senate President can

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: also share if he has

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: information in

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Valenzuela na

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: ang dami-dami-dami pa rin babies.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Because I've always been of the view

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: whenever I

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: would conduct hearings, that a lot

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: of our problems boils down to

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the limited resources we

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: have and the booming

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: population we continue to have

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: over the decades. So now,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: when we've gotten, I think, two reports

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that the birth rate is going down,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: but that's not with

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the poor demographic.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So they're still very much in

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: need of all these interventions.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Anyway, you're nodding your head, so

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yeah. Sorry, I totally agree with you.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Madam Chair, Your Honor,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: reproductive health education is much

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: needed because the people who can't afford

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to have children are maybe the ones who are having them.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So there's that mismatch. And it's

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: dala rin po ng paghiyaman yan eh.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: There's a study that says once you hit 5,000

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or 4,000 per capita income, may

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: drop talaga sa birth rates.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And now some are pointing to the

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: advent of social media. That's why

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: birth rates are

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: declining across the board for

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: many countries, Your Honor.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: That's true, Your Honor.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So before I leave

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: this topic, maybe

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: on the side of DepEd,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: we can

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: start tracking

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: what areas do they

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: feel,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: on the side of DepEd, when the

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: children enter

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: kindergarten, maybe we can start

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: tracking which

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: geographic areas, which region

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: do they feel that the children

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: are most prepared. I will surmise,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: of course, it's in the cities.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Cities would be better. Then again,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: then again, in cities that

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: have really huge populations

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and certain barangays really

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: have a high poverty level,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: you really might find random

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: third-class municipalities

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that do better. So sabi niyo nga, hindi naman

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: nagkukulang sa best

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: practices. So baka we

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: can hear more of this. So we have some good

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: news.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ma'am, I think EDCOM highlighted

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Sen Win when he was chair of education.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We visited Gapan, remember?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And that was highlighted as one of the

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: not necessarily rich city, but

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: so one barangay had three daycare

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: centers. May mga ganun ho.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's also a policy choice. It reflects

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the policy choices of the leaders.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Yes, totally. Anyway,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I don't know if anyone mentioned it, but we have

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: a lot of the education supporters

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: here. Do you know that

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: we had our first grads of

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: College of Medicine of

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: our public

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Doktor para sa Bayan. Doktor para sa Bayan.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And 100% passing daw.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Across, I think, five

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: College of Medicine. Congratulations to

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's not just one.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So it's really amazing and I want to file a resolution tomorrow but we have no session.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: But the Senate President's here and he's known to be very excited about session.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So if you want to call session so I can file this resolution, I'll come in on Monday.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Don't tempt him, Senator Pia.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Please, please, easy, easy.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Anyway.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Even Dr. Yis feels that sessions are too often, Your Honor.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Okay, I'll move on to another topic.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Inclusive education.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Yeah, the Senate President worked hard on this and these are just really just updates on where we are.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I knew from the start that this will take time.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I think finally the rules have just been approved, no?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Tama ba?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: No, the rules just very recently have been approved, okay.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: But,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: ano kaya ang timeline natin?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Kasi as I have been pointing out,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: every time we make these kind of major interventions,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: it's gonna take, I think, easily the cycle for me is six years

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: because it'll take CHED how many years to,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: if it requires like,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: if it requires creating more,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and in this case it does require creating more programs in the SUCs, in the private schools.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: They have to have it approved, diba?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: One year is already fantastic.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So, I boot in on two years, Sean.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Then, then I always remind that we need to have a marketing campaign to make these,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the positions available there to make them attractive positions to the students, to the parents.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So, it's gonna take a while.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And because of the increased use of technology and, I don't know, just the influence of social media, everything,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: there's more and more.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I think, I think teachers are going to be dealing with more and more.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And, sorry, before I come to my conclusion.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So, because of technology, the distraction of social media,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: situations that are beyond our control but kids have to deal with, you know, parents who are OFWs,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: parents who live in the cities,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: traffic that keeps parents away from the homes,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: more and more, teachers will be,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: presented with students who may not have special needs per se,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: but, you know, just the rise in number of kids with ADHD,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: neurodivergent, you know, just all this support that's needed.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So, again, I'm preaching to the choir, you know, your team knows this better than most of us.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: But, until we get population sizes of each classroom smaller,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: teachers will continue,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: they will continue to struggle with large classroom sizes and the students who cannot cope with traditional education will suffer.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So, I don't know, Your Honor, what can you say about this?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Because it's just something that really bothers me.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I agree with your statement, Mr. Chair, Your Honor,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: that it will take time to full, for full implementation of the ILRC law mandates regarding the 20 plus allied medical professions

asr-004174
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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: that need to be in every school.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And that's not just in every inclusive learning centre,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: simply because we don't have the personnel and we don't have the pipeline to produce the personnel.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But I am encouraged by some of the moves of philhealth and DOH nowadays,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: which they're trying to do a work around by working with the medical associations, Mr. Chair.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Associations of speech therapists, associations of occupational therapists, of pediatricians,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and they're trying to secure commitments which are geographical in nature.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Meaning, not necessarily one, not necessarily a particular doctor,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but they will provide a member of the community.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of their profession to, as part

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of their professional responsibility

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to spend time

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and ang hinihingi nila sa DepEd

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: is we allow our ILRCs

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to be used for a private practice

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: on the side, which is acceptable to us,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor, because, I mean, these professionals

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: will not be seeing

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: public school students 24 hours

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or 8 hours of the day, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So there will be a lot of free time and by

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: all means, I think that that's a great idea.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's a great, it's in effect

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: an informal PPP, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So you're using public

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: facilities, but you're

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the private,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the salary or the time

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of the professional is paid

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for jointly, perhaps, because I assume

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: they'll also be receiving some kind of

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: emolument or stipend from

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: DepEd. So they're

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: being paid, they're allowed to earn the living

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: on the side, but they're also

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: being given a stipend. So

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: that's the workaround, because there's no way of

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: filling the institutional lack of

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: hundreds or thousands of

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: professionals. So in the same way,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we look for guidance counselors

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in one region, the EDCOM said

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: there are no schools,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: SUC is providing it, there are no

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: enrollees. So how would you

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: fill up, and Congress was creative

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: enough to come up with the Mental Health

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Development Act. So there are

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: many rays of

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: hope down the road, Your Honor.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Just before I leave this topic on

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: inclusive education,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the law itself recognizes

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that it's progressive realization.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So we all know that it will take time.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And I fully support

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the right of

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: a highly skilled

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: professional to still earn money on the side.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: You're not supposed to go broke just because

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: you love your country. So no

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: issue there.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I think what I wanted

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: to

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: emphasize,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: is also the need

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: for

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: one would be more

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: parent participation,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: because even in the issues that we've seen

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: on the shooting,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: people all look to the schools,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: basically the schools,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: when a lot of it really is

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: home and community

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: influence. So I think His Honor agrees

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: with that. So I'll just park

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that so you know that we support

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that. But we really want to

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: see, you know, especially in the provinces,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: you would assume, I may be wrong

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: because I don't live in the province, but I

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: have visited, I have good friends all

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: over.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Sometimes they just need to be inspired

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and rally. You always need a champion for

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: whatever project. You just have

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: to rally them, you know, to

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: there might be a couple of

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: parents who really can't because of the work

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and then there's other parents who have the time

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and this would provide a good

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: support system. Because like I said,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: some of, I mean,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'm more than happy that you're engaging with

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: professionals in the medical field.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: But some of these kids might just be,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: might just need an additional

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: adult and

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the Senate President will remember

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that I was also pushing for

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: senior high,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: senior high, not even,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: not even, but maybe primarily

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: senior high who are in the

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: academic track, who want to go into

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: education, but not even just them,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: to be involved

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: in the

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: in the

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: lower grades.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Because my kids grew up

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: in a multi-level school.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, magkakasama yan.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Grade 4, grade 5, grade 6.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And the kids in the older

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: grade are the ones kind of teaching

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the younger ones. And I think this

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: would work perfectly in our schools.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: But I'm not here to reinvent

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: how our teachers teach. But

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: when I remember going to

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: to

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Benguet, and they had a,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and they had a multi-level school,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and when I told somebody, said,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: kawawa naman, imagine isang classroom,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: tatlong grade. I go, no, that's

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: not necessarily kawawa, because

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: my kids go to a, were going to

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: a private school, and that's how it was set up.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: It can be a good thing. Now, if there's

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: 100 of them there, iba yun, but

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: konti lang yung studyante doon,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: kaya nga naging multi-level. Parang I think they

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: had one classroom for grade 1, grade 2, grade 3.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: They had another classroom, grade 4, grade 5,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: grade 6. Two good teachers,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that's amazing. Tapos sampu lang kayong

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: studyante. That's amazing. So

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I want to change that perspective na

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: pangit yun. Hindi yun pangit,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: diba? And I've actually visited

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: a lot of provinces na ang liit nung population

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03:38:38.100 --> 03:38:39.900
Senator Pia S. Cayetano: because konti lang yung studyante doon.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Kudos to the teachers who

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: are devoting their time

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: there. So what is my point? My point is

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: we just continue, we want to

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: continue to be creative, and we want you,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: no matter how big your department

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: is, to be able to find those

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: best practices.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor. Two things.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Two things on what you said. First is we're

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: strengthening the peer system, so

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung big brother, big sister type

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of thing, not only for mental health

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but also for extracurricular

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: activities. And second, yung multi-grade,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I agree with you 100%,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and it's borne out by the performance

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of the multi-grade or multi-level schools,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor. There is no drop

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in performance of the

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: multi-grade schools, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: For some reason, I assume there would be

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: because it would be harder to teach

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: children of different ages,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but no, apparently they perform just as

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: well, if not better. And maybe it's a function

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of class size because

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: a lot of

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: multi-grade schools tend to be smaller, Your Honor.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: No, that is revelational because those

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: close to my age, if you remember

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Little House on the Prairie,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: isa lang yung teacher doon, tapos lahat

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: ng bata doon from, I don't know, maybe

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: 7 years old to 17,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: lahat yung nandon. And then only

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: when my kids ended up

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: in a Montessori school na ganun din,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: it works naman pala. So, again,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I attribute that to the skill of the

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: teacher and the plan that was

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: prepared, you know,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: beforehand that

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: makes this work. But it does work, and

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I think there's a lot to learn from this system.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: But not

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that many. Hindi naman ganun karami yan.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So, I'll end with

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: my concern for

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: now that

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the Senate President is back. If you recall,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: SP, nung you were defending

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the Inclusive Education Bill,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: yung concern

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: ko would be parent participation.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I mean, I said, ano ba naman yung parent

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: na siya yung, my mother

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: is a, you've all heard this, my mother is a

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: preschool teacher, so I grew up in that

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: setting. Ano ba naman yung may parent,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: volunteer, whoever is the one taking

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: care of a child who's a little bit

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: difficult in class, it's not intervening

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: as a teacher, it's intervening as a

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: caring adult. And then even if

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: there's students who don't have special

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: needs, in a class of 45,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: up to grade 2, grade 3, magpapatulong

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: pa rin pumunta sa banyo yan. So,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I don't know, Mr. Secretary,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: how, is this already being implemented?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Kasi, ang hirap talaga

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: sa buhay ng teacher.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Sorry, which one, ma'am?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Which is being implemented?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Having an assistant

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: in the classroom, whether

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: standard na ba to?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Each school has an AO and a

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: PDO already. An AO is an administrative

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: officer, a PDO is a project

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: development officer.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: No, Secretary, this is more like a

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: volunteer, like a parent volunteer.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ah, parent, sorry, I'm sorry.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Parent volunteer, it's a

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: case-to-case basis, Your Honor, but we hope to

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: strengthen that with the Kaagapay

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: program. And I think many

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: parents are willing, Mr. Chair,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor. It's just that they

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: sometimes looking for what to do

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and there's a mismatch about what's needed and

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: what they think is needed. So, if we tell them,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: they will look at

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: it more along

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: these lines. Yeah, because yung mga nagtatricycle

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: pa na galing 30 minutes away, magaantay

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: na lang yung doon eh. Yes, you're right. So,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: really, regardless if it's the parent

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: or mga, for whatever

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: reason,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: available young person,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: it could be a senior high putting in their

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: practicum, I just really like to

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: see it happening because

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: any teacher, grade 3 and below,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: will need that extra help.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So, I really would like

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: this teacher. So, it's not enough for me,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Mr. Secretary, to hear yung

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I mean, iba pa yung role ni project

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: officer.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Well, well, I mean,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'm sure you keep that person busy, but

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: in the classroom, literally,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: literally, helping with

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the writing, the reading. I mean,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I have personal experience because I used to sit with my mom

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: helping the slower learners

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: read, write. So,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: it's so easy to,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: it's so easy to do this. It's just really

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: being able to be creative

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: because I remember, I don't know with whom, but

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: parang, ay, ang hirap pag may teacher,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: ang hirap kung may parent, makikialam.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: But, is that worse than,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: is that, how bad can the

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: be? I mean, there can be parents na really

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: makulit, I understand. But,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: how bad is that situation compared

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: to one teacher trying to teach

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: 45,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: 50,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: 7-year-olds how to write?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'd rather have 3 other adults in that

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: room guiding the student, you know,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: so, I really hope, because that was

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the point of passing that.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ma'am, we're seeing

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: a lot of it in terms of the feeding. The parents

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: are assisting us, they're volunteering.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Then, that mindset is already there. So, it's kind of a

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: short step already to what you're saying.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Especially, the early years, you know,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: kindergarten where it's not the technical

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: knowledge per se, but...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Exactly.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And then, in the later years,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'd like to see the parents getting

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: involved with, you know, like

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: maybe the sports and extracurricular

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: of their adolescent

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: kids naman. Kasi mga adolescent

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: yung medyo nagkakaroonan ng sariling

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: pag-iisip at baka

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: mapunta sa hindi masyado maganda.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So, baka talagang, baka maralala na.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Ano parang pag-iisipan mo lang?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, ma'am, but they have to be educated to...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Huwag masyadong pikon. Kasi yung

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: napuntahan kong tennis tournament one time,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung parents yung nagsuntukan.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Dahil nagagalit sila na.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Nagagalit yung isang anak niya.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, yung nagkatay nagsuntukan.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Hindi lang tennis, hindi lang sports.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Totoo yan.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'm just quickly passing

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: going through some of the important points.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I won't go into...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I know so many of you

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: feel very strongly.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Then, there's a question.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'm concerned on the HPV immunization

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: in schools. Meron daw problem

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: to get literally

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the vaccinators.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I remember we made

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: special...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's the DOH program,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor, so maybe better directed

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to them, Your Honor. Whatever happens in the

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: schools, we just allow our schools to...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: You're just a venue.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, we're just a venue, Your Honor.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Sige, we'll take it up with DOH.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: ...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Yung desire natin for the different kinds of professionals

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that we need to get involved in inclusive education

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and then even teachers who specialize in early childhood

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and whatever those needs.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: These have all been submitted to CHED as priority programs already.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: In fact, they're giving scholarships.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: They're including it in their merit scholarship,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the Presidential Merit Scholarship.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: They're giving priority to...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And of course, iba pa yung prioritize ninyo sa nila Chair BAM

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: at SPWIN.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Remember, SPWIN?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We put a special provision along with Silas and Joel

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: regarding the guidance counselors.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So they received their scholarship from CHED the other day.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Okay, good.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Because I really feel it's so important to prioritize

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: para alam din ng mga parents na may mahahanap na trabaho

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: itong pinasukan na course.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So basic.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Ba't ba lahat nag-nursing?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Kasi naniniwala talaga sila na pag nag-nurse sila, may trabaho.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Last point ko na lang,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: do we already have...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: pilot schools that are short of PISAI

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and now all the regions have...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I know that's not under you, that's under DOST.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: But nevertheless, I'm sure you're familiar.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Of course, let's exclude PISAI.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Let's exclude...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: It's only PISAI that comes to mind.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So other than PISAI.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And that one is very science-based.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Do we have any...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: pilots for classrooms...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Not classrooms, schools, na public school

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that is now focused on the use of AI

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and personalized education?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And if not, is this something you would be interested in doing?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I mean, it wouldn't cost a lot.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I would love to see if you could pinpoint

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: three random municipalities

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and then three cities.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And maybe the municipality can be beside the city

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: kasi sa city manggagaling yung magagaling.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: na teacher na yun.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And these programs can be made available naman.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: What do you think of that?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Wala pa po tayong ganon.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I've heard of those schools in Texas, Your Honor,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: where they just do one or two hours of formal curriculum

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and the rest are electives and other courses.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So no, we haven't done that quite yet.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: But why not during your term?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Well, if you allow us or mandate us then...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because it's a departure.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's a departure from the regular curriculum, Your Honor.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: But what do you need to do that?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Do you need another law?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Do you need a law pa ba?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Would you?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Would we need a law for that?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Sana hindi naman.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: O pilot nyo lang.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Pumayag na kaming lahat.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kung pilot lang ho, pwede ho siguro.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: If you're giving us authorization, then we will do.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I mean, I'm not dictating.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: If you agree that it might...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: For sure, it's not a bad idea.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So I think it might be worth seeing what we can do

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: with our...

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Current setup and...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think we could work with our partners now

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and we have e-cared and we have Khan Academy.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So really, we could do a lot of...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: There's a lot of room for experimentation, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So I think with your imprimatur, then...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: If I may, Secretary.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Mr. Chair.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ED Carol actually said if we're interested,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we can have maybe not a school but maybe a class

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and EDCOM can take the lead in the pilot as well

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: if you're interested, Senator Pia.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I'd be happy to work with EDCOM and the committee,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor, Mr. Chair.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And I mean, if all the AI experts are telling us

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: this is the way to go,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: then we might as well learn with a few pilot programs

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and see how does this work in the Philippine setting

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: with more poverty and our different cultural setup.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Because, yeah, you're right.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I mean, the models I've seen are in US

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and then I think I might have seen a few in...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: With your permission, Mr. Chair,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Madam Senator, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: In, I think in El Salvador,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: they used AI to...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And they married it to the PISA for schools,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: which is a program of the OECD

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to help schools transform their educational systems.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And certain schools, not quite a large sample,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: but certain pilot schools were able to get

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the same level scores as Germany

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and a lot of the developed countries

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: because the AI really performed

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: their role, Your Honor.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: My last point, because I love athletes,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: but before I go to the last point,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: because the chairman stood up for a few minutes.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: No worries.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I just wanted you to be here

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: when I just indicate the additional food budget

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: needed for the student athletes

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: in the National Academy for Sports

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: because they only receive 250 pesos per day.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And if it can be aligned,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: with the closer to the budget

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: of Philippine Sports Commission,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: 1,200 a day,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: 900 per day lang yung hinihingi.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And so this is 69 million.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So just putting it there.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Because again, we all know,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: we take such pride.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Like it used to be Manny Pacquiao,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: everybody tunes in, walang nakawan,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and then it became Alex Ayala,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: then everybody's tuned in kung may Olympian tayo.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So ano ba naman itong 69 pesos

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: na pakainin yung athletes natin?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I just wanted to hear it.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, Senator Pia.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is that your last question?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So then my last point is,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: it was about the student athletes,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: but when I saw you about it,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: not the student athletes,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: just the athletes in general.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Yeah.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So I was in the Asian Games,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and I'm sure,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'm only speaking from the person,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the experience I know.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: One of the athletes,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: who joined the paddle tournament,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and one of my first supporters

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: is no less than the secretary

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: with the paddle court in Balear, Aurora.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: One of my, one of our athletes,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: he doesn't even play,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: but he supports the growth of the sport.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: His son plays very well.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I played once, Madam Chair.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Okay, played once.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Plays on.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Yeah.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So he will, I'm sure he will be good,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: but I haven't seen him play.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Anyway, so one of our athletes,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: our youngest athlete,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: just graduated,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Magna Cumlaude from UP.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So she played in the Asian Games,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: but it's not that rare, no?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: You'll hear of this,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and our bronze medalist,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: what's her, Victoria Bosong?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Am I saying her name right?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: She got the bronze medal.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: She's also a,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: an honor student, no?

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: In the US.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I'm not sure where she studies.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: It's not that uncommon.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: It's not that uncommon.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: The point is,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: the athletes have the discipline.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: If we talk about the athletes,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: if we create that environment,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and I'm not just speaking of athletes,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: they could be musicians,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: they could be artists.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: If we give them that environment

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: where they can thrive,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and these,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: you know,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: we can creatively accommodate them,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: then not only will we have great artists,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: great musicians,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: great athletes,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: they will also be able to finish with degrees

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and maybe become doctors

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and architects or whatever.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So that's my point.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: And, you know,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: I know it's so hard with such a big department,

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: but I hope that you can still find the time

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and the energy to be creative.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: So thank you.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: My team will just talk to the other agencies

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03:53:03.840 --> 03:53:08.120
Senator Pia S. Cayetano: that I have had the pleasure of handling before

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03:53:08.120 --> 03:53:09.780
Senator Pia S. Cayetano: just to check how you are

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: and to support whatever you need.

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Senator Pia S. Cayetano: Thank you very much, Secretary.

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03:53:13.240 --> 03:53:16.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you for sharing your wisdom, Senator Pia.

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03:53:16.100 --> 03:53:16.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And thank you for,

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03:53:17.180 --> 03:53:19.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: eternally grateful for the great work you've done.

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03:53:19.320 --> 03:53:19.680
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you.

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03:53:19.680 --> 03:53:20.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, Senator Pia.

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03:53:21.600 --> 03:53:22.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: For the record,

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03:53:22.720 --> 03:53:24.520
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the committee will be collating

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03:53:24.520 --> 03:53:28.020
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: all of the suggestions for amendments

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03:53:28.020 --> 03:53:30.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: or changes in the budget

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03:53:30.540 --> 03:53:37.220
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: even before we submit to the main committee.

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03:53:37.580 --> 03:53:40.220
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So a lot of those will already be integrated.

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03:53:40.780 --> 03:53:41.880
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And, of course,

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03:53:41.920 --> 03:53:44.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we'll be working with the department on that.

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03:53:44.700 --> 03:53:46.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But we'll give an opportunity

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03:53:46.340 --> 03:53:47.920
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: for many of the senators

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03:53:47.920 --> 03:53:50.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: to submit their requests and changes as well

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03:53:50.800 --> 03:53:51.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: because,

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03:53:51.600 --> 03:53:52.400
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the Secretary knows

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03:53:52.400 --> 03:53:53.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: this is the biggest budget allocation

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03:53:53.900 --> 03:53:54.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: for any department.

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03:53:55.240 --> 03:53:57.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And there's a lot of interest, of course,

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03:53:57.660 --> 03:54:00.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: to make sure that we continue our funding

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03:54:00.820 --> 03:54:01.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: from last year

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03:54:01.620 --> 03:54:03.280
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: where we funded this in a big way.

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03:54:03.640 --> 03:54:04.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So thank you, Senator Pia.

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03:54:05.540 --> 03:54:06.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Senator Joel, anything?

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03:54:06.680 --> 03:54:07.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Or will we go to...

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03:54:07.820 --> 03:54:09.480
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Because once Senator Gatchalian starts,

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03:54:09.540 --> 03:54:10.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: it's going to be five hours.

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03:54:10.860 --> 03:54:14.360
Senator Joel Villanueva: I will yield to the Senate President, of course.

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03:54:14.920 --> 03:54:15.880
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Note, Secretary,

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03:54:16.040 --> 03:54:17.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: he's been here since earlier

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03:54:17.200 --> 03:54:19.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and our tradition is that the SP goes first.

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03:54:19.720 --> 03:54:21.500
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But he's been letting everybody go.

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03:54:21.600 --> 03:54:23.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Because I think he'll be here for four hours.

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03:54:23.620 --> 03:54:25.460
Senator Joel Villanueva: Is he going for another session?

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03:54:26.480 --> 03:54:27.520
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Give him six hours,

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03:54:27.620 --> 03:54:28.500
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: no more other session.

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03:54:28.980 --> 03:54:29.920
Senator Joel Villanueva: Six hours talaga.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Here we have the...

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03:54:31.880 --> 03:54:33.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We'll give the floor to SP.

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03:54:33.060 --> 03:54:35.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: If you give Dr. Yee a coffee break,

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03:54:35.740 --> 03:54:37.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: then it will just be one hour.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Si Dr. Yee, bulong nung bulong dito.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Secretary.

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03:54:45.000 --> 03:54:46.540
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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03:54:48.280 --> 03:54:50.220
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: I'll just continue some of the questions.

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03:54:50.220 --> 03:54:50.460
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And,

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03:54:51.600 --> 03:54:53.580
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: some of the items that were not tackled.

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03:54:54.500 --> 03:54:56.040
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: I'll start off with textbooks,

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03:54:56.260 --> 03:54:56.820
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Secretary,

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03:54:57.160 --> 03:54:59.820
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: dahil last year when we allocated

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03:54:59.820 --> 03:55:01.000
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: the 19 billion,

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03:55:01.160 --> 03:55:03.660
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: the goal is to give one is to one.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And narinig ko kanina sa statement ninyo

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03:55:05.800 --> 03:55:06.720
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: na

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03:55:06.720 --> 03:55:11.700
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: they'll have their own textbooks,

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03:55:12.040 --> 03:55:13.400
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: they can bring home their own textbooks,

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03:55:13.540 --> 03:55:15.000
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: just like in private schools.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So that's why we allocated

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03:55:17.200 --> 03:55:19.000
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: the 19 billion last year.

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03:55:19.000 --> 03:55:20.520
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: I think that was the

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03:55:20.520 --> 03:55:21.000
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: the...

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03:55:21.600 --> 03:55:23.360
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: the number that was given to us.

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03:55:23.360 --> 03:55:24.480
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So I just want to get

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: number one,

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03:55:26.440 --> 03:55:27.420
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: an update on

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03:55:27.420 --> 03:55:29.620
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: that amount that we have given

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03:55:29.620 --> 03:55:31.240
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: the department.

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03:55:31.500 --> 03:55:32.320
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And then number two,

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03:55:33.320 --> 03:55:33.660
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: kung

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03:55:33.660 --> 03:55:36.020
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: in goal ba natin

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03:55:36.020 --> 03:55:36.800
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: na one is to one,

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03:55:36.860 --> 03:55:37.900
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: nagawa ba natin

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03:55:37.900 --> 03:55:39.940
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: to date?

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03:55:40.820 --> 03:55:42.320
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And number three,

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03:55:42.860 --> 03:55:43.880
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: what are the

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03:55:43.880 --> 03:55:47.860
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: what are the issues

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03:55:47.860 --> 03:55:49.140
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: surrounding textbooks?

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03:55:49.260 --> 03:55:50.260
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: I know that you have reformed

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03:55:50.520 --> 03:55:52.800
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: the procurement of textbooks.

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03:55:53.540 --> 03:55:55.060
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Matagal natin pinag-usapan

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03:55:55.060 --> 03:55:56.720
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: ito sa EDCOM.

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03:55:57.160 --> 03:55:58.460
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And I know that you have

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03:55:58.460 --> 03:56:00.400
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: radically reformed

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03:56:00.400 --> 03:56:01.820
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: the way we procure textbooks

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03:56:01.820 --> 03:56:03.580
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: so that we can streamline

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03:56:03.580 --> 03:56:05.800
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: the procurement of textbooks.

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03:56:05.940 --> 03:56:07.520
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So after that streamlining,

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03:56:07.680 --> 03:56:08.580
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: gusto namin malaman

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03:56:08.580 --> 03:56:10.180
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: kung na-achieve ba natin

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03:56:10.180 --> 03:56:11.880
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: in one is to one textbook

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03:56:11.880 --> 03:56:12.980
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: using this amount.

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03:56:13.420 --> 03:56:15.080
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And I noted also that next year,

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03:56:15.160 --> 03:56:15.940
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: nabawasan siya.

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03:56:16.640 --> 03:56:18.320
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Baka naman magre-regress tayo

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03:56:18.320 --> 03:56:19.880
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: from that

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03:56:19.880 --> 03:56:20.360
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: amount.

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03:56:20.500 --> 03:56:21.980
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Aspiration of one is to one.

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03:56:22.980 --> 03:56:24.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you, Mr. President.

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03:56:25.040 --> 03:56:26.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And again, we thank you for

asr-004818
03:56:26.160 --> 03:56:28.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: helping deliver this

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03:56:28.160 --> 03:56:30.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: incredible 2026 budget

asr-004820
03:56:30.340 --> 03:56:32.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and wonderful opportunity

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03:56:32.320 --> 03:56:33.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for our learners.

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03:56:34.660 --> 03:56:36.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Itong summary of delivered

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03:56:36.480 --> 03:56:38.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: textbooks, we've delivered

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03:56:38.180 --> 03:56:40.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 66%. So we've delivered

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03:56:40.200 --> 03:56:42.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 112,000

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03:56:43.560 --> 03:56:46.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: million, sorry, 112 million

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03:56:46.600 --> 03:56:48.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: textbooks

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03:56:48.020 --> 03:56:50.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: out of 171

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03:56:50.500 --> 03:56:52.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 0.2 million contracted

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03:56:52.620 --> 03:56:54.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: textbooks. So completely

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03:56:54.880 --> 03:56:56.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: delivered for kindergarten, 84%

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03:56:56.760 --> 03:56:59.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for grade 1, 72% for grade 2

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03:56:59.100 --> 03:57:00.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and so forth. The lowest being

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03:57:00.820 --> 03:57:02.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: grade 10, where it's only

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03:57:02.720 --> 03:57:04.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 34%, and grade 6, where it's

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03:57:04.980 --> 03:57:07.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 40%. So we'll try to

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03:57:07.020 --> 03:57:08.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: improve on that. Maybe I can turn it over

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03:57:08.800 --> 03:57:09.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to

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03:57:09.780 --> 03:57:12.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Usec Oracion, with your permission, for the

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03:57:12.820 --> 03:57:14.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: details. She's the head of our

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03:57:14.620 --> 03:57:16.840
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: learning systems and curriculum strand,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Mr. President, Mr. Chair.

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03:57:20.500 --> 03:57:22.100
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Good afternoon, Mr. Chair.

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03:57:22.720 --> 03:57:24.180
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And maybe the

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03:57:24.180 --> 03:57:26.880
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: happy answer

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03:57:26.880 --> 03:57:28.500
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: to your question, Senator

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03:57:28.500 --> 03:57:29.560
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Win, is yes.

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03:57:30.140 --> 03:57:32.120
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: We are succeeding to do that.

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03:57:32.440 --> 03:57:34.360
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: As Secretary has mentioned,

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03:57:34.640 --> 03:57:35.720
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: we have delivered

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03:57:35.720 --> 03:57:38.840
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: the textbooks for grade 1,

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03:57:39.560 --> 03:57:40.660
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: partially for

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03:57:40.660 --> 03:57:42.240
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: grades 2, 5, and 8,

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03:57:42.380 --> 03:57:43.840
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: 75%,

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03:57:43.840 --> 03:57:46.500
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: 77% for

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03:57:46.500 --> 03:57:47.780
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: grade 3,

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03:57:48.300 --> 03:57:49.980
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: and then by November,

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03:57:50.500 --> 03:57:52.480
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: we would have completed grade 6,

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03:57:52.600 --> 03:57:54.300
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: 9, and 10. By

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03:57:54.300 --> 03:57:56.220
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: December, we would have

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03:57:56.220 --> 03:57:58.320
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: completed the deliveries for

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03:57:58.320 --> 03:58:00.320
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: the core courses of the

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03:58:00.320 --> 03:58:02.200
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: senior high school program. So

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03:58:02.200 --> 03:58:03.660
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: yes po, but we

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03:58:03.660 --> 03:58:06.300
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: are not yet contented with

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03:58:06.300 --> 03:58:08.460
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: that, because we want the textbooks

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03:58:08.460 --> 03:58:10.580
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: to be delivered in time

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03:58:10.580 --> 03:58:12.080
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: for a new school year.

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03:58:12.540 --> 03:58:13.700
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: So ngayon po,

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03:58:14.200 --> 03:58:16.140
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: nagawa na natin, but late pa din kami.

asr-004871
03:58:16.140 --> 03:58:18.040
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: But for next school year,

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03:58:18.220 --> 03:58:20.140
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: we should have, we will

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03:58:20.140 --> 03:58:22.140
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: make it a point to make sure

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03:58:22.140 --> 03:58:24.060
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: that all the textbooks are delivered by

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03:58:24.060 --> 03:58:26.220
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: April or May in time for the new school

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03:58:26.220 --> 03:58:26.640
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: year.

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03:58:27.840 --> 03:58:29.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Quick intervention. Could you tell us,

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03:58:29.900 --> 03:58:31.400
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yusek, what was the big difference

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03:58:31.400 --> 03:58:33.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: considering in the previous years,

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03:58:34.060 --> 03:58:35.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we had problems here?

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03:58:35.980 --> 03:58:38.000
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ano po yung binago ninyo sa inyong sistema

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03:58:38.000 --> 03:58:39.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kaya umabot po tayo dito?

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03:58:41.360 --> 03:58:41.840
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: The

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03:58:41.840 --> 03:58:44.340
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Secretary had really directed

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03:58:44.340 --> 03:58:46.200
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: us to shorten

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03:58:46.200 --> 03:58:48.100
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: the procurement period

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03:58:48.100 --> 03:58:50.100
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: and we were able to,

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03:58:50.140 --> 03:58:52.100
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: to do that. In the past,

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03:58:52.320 --> 03:58:53.780
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: we would begin by

asr-004890
03:58:53.780 --> 03:58:55.880
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: developing the textbooks and that

asr-004891
03:58:55.880 --> 03:58:57.640
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: took so long. And

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03:58:57.640 --> 03:59:00.080
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: we understand that in the

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03:59:00.080 --> 03:59:02.060
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: past, it would take three, four,

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03:59:02.220 --> 03:59:04.040
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: five years to develop a

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03:59:04.040 --> 03:59:06.100
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: textbook. So until delivery time,

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03:59:06.200 --> 03:59:07.260
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: that would be years.

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03:59:09.640 --> 03:59:09.960
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: So

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03:59:09.960 --> 03:59:11.820
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: yun po, the procurement

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03:59:11.820 --> 03:59:13.480
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: process had been shortened

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03:59:13.480 --> 03:59:16.080
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: significantly. We would also

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03:59:16.080 --> 03:59:18.180
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: like to express at this point

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03:59:18.180 --> 03:59:20.060
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: that in the previous ten

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03:59:20.060 --> 03:59:21.860
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: years, we were only able

asr-004904
03:59:21.860 --> 03:59:24.000
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: to procure 27 out of

asr-004905
03:59:24.000 --> 03:59:26.040
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: 88 titles. And then

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03:59:26.040 --> 03:59:26.960
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: in school years,

asr-004907
03:59:27.640 --> 03:59:29.600
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: in 2024 and 2025,

asr-004908
03:59:29.960 --> 03:59:31.900
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: 60 out of 105 titles.

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03:59:31.900 --> 03:59:33.780
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: But for the first time, we really

asr-004910
03:59:33.780 --> 03:59:36.000
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: succeeded to procure all

asr-004911
03:59:36.000 --> 03:59:38.140
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: 105 titles

asr-004912
03:59:38.140 --> 03:59:39.920
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: this year. And as I

asr-004913
03:59:39.920 --> 03:59:41.860
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: mentioned, deliveries will go on

asr-004914
03:59:41.860 --> 03:59:43.740
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: until December. Because before,

asr-004915
03:59:44.040 --> 03:59:45.780
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we were trying to create

asr-004916
03:59:45.780 --> 03:59:48.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: new textbooks every

asr-004917
03:59:48.100 --> 03:59:49.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: year. Well now, we just...

asr-004918
03:59:50.060 --> 03:59:52.040
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Tama po ba? We chose

asr-004919
03:59:52.040 --> 03:59:54.220
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the available in the market and we bought

asr-004920
03:59:54.220 --> 03:59:54.600
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: that?

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03:59:54.600 --> 03:59:55.480
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Yes po.

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03:59:55.480 --> 03:59:55.720
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Okay.

asr-004921
03:59:55.940 --> 03:59:57.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Pre-accredited na ho yung...

asr-004922
03:59:57.960 --> 03:59:59.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: If you were accredited before, then you're part of that list.

asr-004923
04:00:00.000 --> 04:00:01.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The regions can buy those books already.

asr-004924
04:00:01.340 --> 04:00:05.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And we were doing this every year, parang inuulit natin yung proseso before?

asr-004925
04:00:05.580 --> 04:00:08.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Hindi na po natin, unlike before where you had a new policy every year.

asr-004926
04:00:09.020 --> 04:00:10.000
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah, that's my...

asr-004927
04:00:10.000 --> 04:00:10.360
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Hindi na po ganun.

asr-004928
04:00:10.900 --> 04:00:11.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Okay.

asr-004929
04:00:11.360 --> 04:00:14.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Existing policy and then the list will expand na lang.

asr-004930
04:00:14.360 --> 04:00:18.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: If we've already accredited the 150 books, then you're accredited already.

asr-004931
04:00:18.360 --> 04:00:23.280
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Congratulations for a simple policy shift that yielded such great results.

asr-004932
04:00:23.280 --> 04:00:28.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Well, this EDCOM was a big help in pointing out these deficiencies, Your Honor.

asr-004933
04:00:28.300 --> 04:00:31.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And then yung process of developing the manuscript would take one year.

asr-004934
04:00:32.240 --> 04:00:34.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The process of printing would take another year.

asr-004935
04:00:34.520 --> 04:00:35.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Then the delivery would take another year.

asr-004936
04:00:36.260 --> 04:00:41.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So rather than yung printing and delivery, that's already one contract pinagsama na ho namin.

asr-004937
04:00:42.040 --> 04:00:44.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So whoever is going to print it, you deliver it also.

asr-004938
04:00:44.740 --> 04:00:46.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Hindi na sineparate yung contract.

asr-004939
04:00:46.600 --> 04:00:51.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And then yung developing of the manuscript, it's no longer an exclusive dep-ed prerogative, Your Honor.

asr-004940
04:00:51.560 --> 04:00:53.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It can be pre-accredited books.

asr-004941
04:00:53.300 --> 04:00:55.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It can be the books bought by the private schools.

asr-004942
04:00:55.380 --> 04:00:58.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The universe is open, basically, to whoever.

asr-004943
04:00:58.300 --> 04:01:01.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: However, books are of a sufficient quality, Your Honor.

asr-004944
04:01:02.880 --> 04:01:08.440
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Dati kasi manuscript, if I'm not mistaken, pinapabid ba yun?

asr-004945
04:01:09.200 --> 04:01:11.160
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Yung procurement, pinapabid ba yun?

asr-004946
04:01:11.340 --> 04:01:15.520
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Three different, so three years ho ang whole process.

asr-004947
04:01:15.720 --> 04:01:21.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So that really, early procurement, because we have a very good procurement specialist, Yusec Ruiz.

asr-004948
04:01:21.940 --> 04:01:24.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: She did early procurement for many of these.

asr-004949
04:01:24.820 --> 04:01:28.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's why nakompleto na ho namin yung 100.

asr-004950
04:01:28.300 --> 04:01:30.580
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So from start to end, normally, three years yan.

asr-004951
04:01:31.120 --> 04:01:36.060
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So ngayon, you just accredit the books, and then dep-ed buys from those accredited books.

asr-004952
04:01:36.500 --> 04:01:38.340
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Ang LGU, pwede rin bumili sila doon eh.

asr-004953
04:01:38.380 --> 04:01:38.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Pwede rin ho.

asr-004954
04:01:39.020 --> 04:01:40.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The regions are free to choose ho.

asr-004955
04:01:40.540 --> 04:01:41.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: They have a menu.

asr-004956
04:01:41.140 --> 04:01:42.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Parang menu na lang ho siya, Mr. President.

asr-004957
04:01:42.600 --> 04:01:44.900
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: The regions can also buy using their own funds, no?

asr-004958
04:01:44.900 --> 04:01:49.780
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So to augment the dep-ed central deliveries, no?

asr-004959
04:01:49.920 --> 04:01:52.880
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: I know some LGUs, they buy to augment rin eh.

asr-004960
04:01:52.880 --> 04:01:57.180
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Kung hindi kulang, or hindi siya on time.

asr-004961
04:01:58.300 --> 04:02:00.300
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: LGU bumibili rin using their SEF.

asr-004962
04:02:00.400 --> 04:02:01.160
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's correct, Mr. President.

asr-004963
04:02:01.160 --> 04:02:09.500
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So right now, narinig ko kay Yusec, Mel, on the average, we're at around 70%.

asr-004964
04:02:09.500 --> 04:02:11.400
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Tama po ba, Yusec?

asr-004965
04:02:12.760 --> 04:02:13.400
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Yes, po.

asr-004966
04:02:13.700 --> 04:02:19.340
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And this is using the 2026 funds or the funds prior?

asr-004967
04:02:19.920 --> 04:02:21.200
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: The funds.

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04:02:21.200 --> 04:02:22.300
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Or both?

asr-004967-split-3
04:02:22.300 --> 04:02:23.120
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Both po.

asr-004968
04:02:23.120 --> 04:02:24.040
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Okay. Alright.

asr-004969
04:02:24.240 --> 04:02:27.660
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Because ang next question ko is,

asr-004970
04:02:28.300 --> 04:02:33.260
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: I saw in the budget that for 2027,

asr-004971
04:02:34.320 --> 04:02:40.540
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: the textbook funds went down to 6.4 billion pesos.

asr-004972
04:02:40.540 --> 04:02:43.280
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So how will this affect our aspiration?

asr-004973
04:02:43.500 --> 04:02:45.000
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Because malapit na tayo eh.

asr-004974
04:02:45.920 --> 04:02:48.020
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: We're at 70% on the average.

asr-004975
04:02:48.840 --> 04:02:52.040
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And konti na lang, we'll reach the 100% mark.

asr-004976
04:02:52.260 --> 04:02:52.620
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Sige po.

asr-004977
04:02:54.600 --> 04:02:57.540
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Because we were able to complete the procurement of the 100%,

asr-004978
04:02:58.300 --> 04:03:00.660
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: 105 titles this year,

asr-004979
04:03:01.120 --> 04:03:05.280
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: we don't need to procure new titles for the coming school year.

asr-004980
04:03:05.700 --> 04:03:09.820
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Yung 6.4 po, kailangan natin yan for kindergarten,

asr-004981
04:03:10.180 --> 04:03:11.780
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: because those are consumables,

asr-004982
04:03:12.260 --> 04:03:14.720
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: and then for the learners with disabilities,

asr-004983
04:03:15.440 --> 04:03:21.840
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: and then po for the replacement for lost and damaged books, basically po.

asr-004984
04:03:21.840 --> 04:03:26.560
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And then we'll also use some of that for certain tech pro courses

asr-004985
04:03:26.560 --> 04:03:28.160
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: for the senior high school.

asr-004986
04:03:28.300 --> 04:03:34.520
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: But we're still, these textbooks are still the ones students will have to leave in the school, di ba?

asr-004987
04:03:34.520 --> 04:03:36.920
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Hindi pa ito yung inuwi nila sa kanila pa.

asr-004988
04:03:36.920 --> 04:03:39.820
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Pwede po nilang uwiin yung textbook.

asr-004989
04:03:39.820 --> 04:03:44.680
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: But because of the funds that you provided us last year,

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04:03:44.680 --> 04:03:48.260
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: we've also been able to produce workbooks.

asr-004991
04:03:48.260 --> 04:03:51.860
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Tinatapos po natin yung workbooks natin ngayon.

asr-004992
04:03:51.860 --> 04:03:57.740
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: In fact, we will be distributing the workbooks for the third term for Key Stage 1.

asr-004995
04:03:58.300 --> 04:04:01.320
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: And then for the coming school year po,

asr-004996
04:04:01.320 --> 04:04:06.800
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: we are hoping to produce workbooks for all the grade levels,

asr-004997
04:04:06.800 --> 04:04:08.580
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: already grades 1 to 10.

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04:04:08.580 --> 04:04:10.200
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And the workbooks, they take home?

asr-004999
04:04:10.200 --> 04:04:13.300
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: They take home and they can write on it.

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04:04:13.300 --> 04:04:17.440
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: But that will now stop in 2027.

asr-005001
04:04:17.440 --> 04:04:20.120
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Because it's not funded anymore.

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04:04:20.120 --> 04:04:21.000
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Yes po.

asr-005003
04:04:21.000 --> 04:04:23.320
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Di ba? Kasi that's only funded for 2026.

asr-005004
04:04:23.320 --> 04:04:23.620
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Yes po.

asr-005005
04:04:23.620 --> 04:04:26.860
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And workbooks kasi, parang consumable siya eh.

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04:04:26.860 --> 04:04:28.180
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: They cannot...

asr-005007
04:04:28.180 --> 04:04:29.840
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Return it to...

asr-005008
04:04:29.840 --> 04:04:31.580
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: The textbooks, they return it to school.

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04:04:31.700 --> 04:04:32.200
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Yes po.

asr-005010
04:04:32.440 --> 04:04:34.000
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Itong workbooks, hindi na nila.

asr-005011
04:04:34.180 --> 04:04:34.860
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Sayang naman.

asr-005012
04:04:37.100 --> 04:04:41.300
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Just give us an idea on how much the workbooks will cost.

asr-005013
04:04:41.700 --> 04:04:44.160
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Sa Valenzuela, we printed our own workbooks actually.

asr-005014
04:04:44.180 --> 04:04:44.580
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Yes po.

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04:04:44.780 --> 04:04:50.160
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, but hopefully, that can also be done nationwide.

asr-005016
04:04:50.160 --> 04:04:56.880
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Kung hindi man nila sa kanila yung textbooks,

asr-005017
04:04:57.340 --> 04:04:58.160
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: at least yung workbooks,

asr-005018
04:04:58.180 --> 04:04:58.860
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: sa kanila yun.

asr-005019
04:04:59.620 --> 04:05:01.080
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: I think some LGUs do dati.

asr-005020
04:05:02.080 --> 04:05:06.260
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, pasubmit nilang sa amin, Yusek Mel.

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04:05:06.500 --> 04:05:06.900
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Sige po.

asr-005022
04:05:06.960 --> 04:05:08.380
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: That would be most helpful.

asr-005023
04:05:08.860 --> 04:05:11.860
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: Our current estimate is 5.5B,

asr-005024
04:05:12.180 --> 04:05:15.420
DepEd Undersecretary Carmela C. Oracion: but we will compute carefully and let you know po.

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04:05:17.980 --> 04:05:21.400
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Next is, my next question is on Aral.

asr-005026
04:05:21.680 --> 04:05:27.180
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And I showed earlier a slide that's one of the inspirations

asr-005027
04:05:28.180 --> 04:05:35.480
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: this year, 2026, because of the good outcome from our students.

asr-005028
04:05:35.600 --> 04:05:36.960
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: In fact, my numbers were low.

asr-005029
04:05:37.060 --> 04:05:44.640
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: 1.3 million pulled out of the struggling portion.

asr-005030
04:05:45.360 --> 04:05:47.920
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: But kanina nakita ko sa DepEd, it's more than that.

asr-005031
04:05:48.060 --> 04:05:49.560
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: It's about 3 million plus.

asr-005032
04:05:49.560 --> 04:05:54.340
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, it's delivering what it intends to deliver,

asr-005033
04:05:54.680 --> 04:05:58.160
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: which is to teach our children how to read,

asr-005034
04:05:58.180 --> 04:05:59.480
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: and how to count.

asr-005035
04:06:00.100 --> 04:06:04.580
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: But this year, na-zero yung budget ng aral,

asr-005036
04:06:04.700 --> 04:06:05.540
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: which is shocking.

asr-005037
04:06:06.360 --> 04:06:07.620
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Dahil kung ano pa yung,

asr-005038
04:06:08.320 --> 04:06:10.920
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: sabi ko nga kay Chairman Bam,

asr-005039
04:06:11.040 --> 04:06:13.760
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: kung ano pa yung gumagana, yung pa yung nawala.

asr-005040
04:06:14.220 --> 04:06:22.680
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, I want to understand

asr-005041
04:06:22.680 --> 04:06:27.480
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: kung magkano pa ang kailangan natin

asr-005042
04:06:27.480 --> 04:06:28.240
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: for aral.

asr-005043
04:06:28.320 --> 04:06:30.300
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Last year, we, or this year,

asr-005044
04:06:30.380 --> 04:06:35.200
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: we allocated 8.9 billion pesos for aral.

asr-005045
04:06:35.300 --> 04:06:37.900
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And I think this is something that we should continue,

asr-005046
04:06:38.600 --> 04:06:41.140
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: considering that we're still not out of the woods

asr-005047
04:06:41.140 --> 04:06:44.120
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: in terms of struggling readers.

asr-005048
04:06:44.320 --> 04:06:48.420
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: On the average, we still have 30% struggling readers

asr-005049
04:06:48.420 --> 04:06:50.340
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: across the different grades.

asr-005050
04:06:51.140 --> 04:06:55.040
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, ang gusto kong malaman is how much do we need?

asr-005051
04:06:55.200 --> 04:06:57.420
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: In bare numbers.

asr-005052
04:06:57.480 --> 04:07:02.320
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: To continue the aral program.

asr-005053
04:07:03.000 --> 04:07:06.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The request is 15.9 billion, actually, Mr. Chair.

asr-005054
04:07:06.940 --> 04:07:09.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But we'll be happy if you give us the same amount this year,

asr-005055
04:07:09.780 --> 04:07:14.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or any other additional amount would be welcome, of course, Mr. Chair.

asr-005056
04:07:14.360 --> 04:07:17.340
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Ano ang bare minimum, Secretary?

asr-005057
04:07:19.520 --> 04:07:22.480
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Do you have a number to...

asr-005058
04:07:23.180 --> 04:07:25.960
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: I think ito, kay Chairman Bam,

asr-005059
04:07:25.960 --> 04:07:27.460
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: ito yung isa sa mga proposal.

asr-005060
04:07:27.480 --> 04:07:28.200
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Ito yung isa sa mga proposal ko, no?

asr-005061
04:07:28.400 --> 04:07:31.820
Senator Joel Villanueva: Mr. Chairman, let me just point it out, no?

asr-005062
04:07:32.020 --> 04:07:34.540
Senator Joel Villanueva: When I found out that it was zero,

asr-005063
04:07:35.240 --> 04:07:37.900
Senator Joel Villanueva: the first word that came out to my mind

asr-005064
04:07:37.900 --> 04:07:38.780
Senator Joel Villanueva: is it's stupid.

asr-005065
04:07:39.220 --> 04:07:40.080
Senator Joel Villanueva: Stupid talaga.

asr-005066
04:07:40.280 --> 04:07:44.240
Senator Joel Villanueva: I mean, I really can't comprehend

asr-005067
04:07:44.240 --> 04:07:46.400
Senator Joel Villanueva: bakit ginawa yun.

asr-005068
04:07:46.700 --> 04:07:47.100
Senator Joel Villanueva: Zero.

asr-005069
04:07:47.340 --> 04:07:50.020
Senator Joel Villanueva: Tapos ngayon, dinagdagan, 325 million.

asr-005070
04:07:50.500 --> 04:07:54.140
Senator Joel Villanueva: You're looking at 13 million needing remediation.

asr-005071
04:07:54.920 --> 04:07:57.320
Senator Joel Villanueva: So, it's really weird, no?

asr-005072
04:07:57.480 --> 04:08:02.940
Senator Joel Villanueva: Especially for education champions like all of us here

asr-005073
04:08:02.940 --> 04:08:06.800
Senator Joel Villanueva: who have been having a hard time looking for funds,

asr-005074
04:08:07.200 --> 04:08:09.600
Senator Joel Villanueva: trying to do our part.

asr-005075
04:08:10.280 --> 04:08:14.000
Senator Joel Villanueva: And it's just unacceptable, Mr. Chairman.

asr-005076
04:08:14.200 --> 04:08:14.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you.

asr-005077
04:08:15.280 --> 04:08:18.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I don't want to put Director Labastillo on the spot,

asr-005078
04:08:18.480 --> 04:08:19.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pero gusto ko lang tanungin.

asr-005079
04:08:20.540 --> 04:08:23.960
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ang 2026 NEP ng Aral was about 4 billion.

asr-005080
04:08:23.960 --> 04:08:27.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And then it increased to 8.

asr-005081
04:08:27.480 --> 04:08:32.220
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 8 billion, 8 point, almost 9 billion for the 2026 GAA.

asr-005082
04:08:33.140 --> 04:08:37.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Usually, binabalik dun sa NEP level of 2026.

asr-005083
04:08:37.940 --> 04:08:40.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, if this were at 4 billion,

asr-005084
04:08:41.180 --> 04:08:42.960
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we would still want to increase it,

asr-005085
04:08:43.120 --> 04:08:44.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but it would be more understandable

asr-005086
04:08:44.740 --> 04:08:48.500
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kung na-retain siya at the original 2026 NEP.

asr-005087
04:08:49.080 --> 04:08:51.600
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Would you know why it was cut to zero?

asr-005088
04:08:51.600 --> 04:08:54.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi it's really, it's really,

asr-005089
04:08:54.840 --> 04:08:57.400
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: it can't compute sa mga utak namin bakit.

asr-005090
04:08:57.480 --> 04:08:58.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Siya na-slash to zero.

asr-005091
04:08:58.860 --> 04:08:59.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Was there a reason po?

asr-005092
04:09:01.460 --> 04:09:03.540
Senator Joel Villanueva: It's a slap in our face, Mr. Chairman.

asr-005093
04:09:04.540 --> 04:09:07.320
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Mr. Chair, Your Honor, good afternoon po.

asr-005094
04:09:07.940 --> 04:09:09.920
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Hindi po yun na walang budget.

asr-005095
04:09:10.240 --> 04:09:11.940
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Actually, it is retained po

asr-005096
04:09:11.940 --> 04:09:14.360
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: because there's no line item naman po

asr-005097
04:09:14.360 --> 04:09:16.780
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: for the Aral program.

asr-005098
04:09:17.360 --> 04:09:19.220
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: So, nandun po siya under sa,

asr-005099
04:09:19.420 --> 04:09:20.920
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: nakasubsume po siya dun

asr-005100
04:09:20.920 --> 04:09:22.960
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: sa under the textbooks

asr-005101
04:09:22.960 --> 04:09:24.920
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: and other instructional materials

asr-005102
04:09:25.440 --> 04:09:27.100
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: and then basic education curriculum,

asr-005106
04:09:27.480 --> 04:09:29.720
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: So, nandun po sila.

asr-005107
04:09:30.160 --> 04:09:35.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, are you saying na hindi siya zero in 2027?

asr-005108
04:09:35.680 --> 04:09:35.940
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: It's not?

asr-005109
04:09:36.900 --> 04:09:41.100
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Could you tell us how much it is in the 2027 NEP?

asr-005110
04:09:42.040 --> 04:09:46.060
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi if in our research here, zero siya eh.

asr-005111
04:09:46.140 --> 04:09:49.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Could we understand where are these items?

asr-005112
04:09:49.620 --> 04:09:50.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Do you have it with you?

asr-005113
04:09:53.080 --> 04:09:56.920
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Meron po, yung budget po nilagay sa under dun sa...

asr-005115
04:09:57.280 --> 04:09:58.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Could you tell us how much it is?

asr-005116
04:09:58.740 --> 04:10:00.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: What the specific item is and how much it is

asr-005117
04:10:00.800 --> 04:10:01.980
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: para we can compute it here?

asr-005118
04:10:03.340 --> 04:10:04.180
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: We will check it.

asr-005119
04:10:04.180 --> 04:10:04.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah, please check.

asr-005120
04:10:05.100 --> 04:10:05.600
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Thank you po.

asr-005121
04:10:05.600 --> 04:10:06.940
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Please don't say it's 25.

asr-005122
04:10:07.380 --> 04:10:08.760
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: I may nakita nung nalista.

asr-005124
04:10:10.460 --> 04:10:12.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Would you need time, Director Labastilla?

asr-005125
04:10:13.300 --> 04:10:13.800
DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Yes, please po.

asr-005126
04:10:13.800 --> 04:10:15.660
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sige, maybe SP can continue.

asr-005127
04:10:15.960 --> 04:10:17.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Then, if you're ready na, you can just,

asr-005128
04:10:17.620 --> 04:10:18.780
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: or you can just write it down.

asr-005129
04:10:19.120 --> 04:10:22.280
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kung nasaan siya, anong item siya at magkano.

asr-005130
04:10:22.500 --> 04:10:23.980
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And the total for the Aral program.

asr-005131
04:10:24.360 --> 04:10:24.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you.

asr-005133
04:10:35.580 --> 04:10:36.920
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Can I ask, Deped?

asr-005134
04:10:37.240 --> 04:10:41.280
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Alam ko nakalamp siya dun sa textbooks amount,

asr-005135
04:10:42.020 --> 04:10:43.280
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: but out of that amount,

asr-005136
04:10:44.020 --> 04:10:46.980
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: how much is allocated to Aral?

asr-005137
04:10:47.620 --> 04:10:50.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's tama si Director Vivian, Mr. President.

asr-005138
04:10:50.440 --> 04:10:52.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: For 2026, there's no line item.

asr-005139
04:10:52.280 --> 04:10:55.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's lodged in, like for the external tutors,

asr-005140
04:10:55.100 --> 04:10:57.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: it's lodged in the basic education,

asr-005141
04:10:57.280 --> 04:10:58.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the curriculum or BEC.

asr-005142
04:10:58.560 --> 04:11:00.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's 114.57 million.

asr-005143
04:11:01.480 --> 04:11:03.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: For textbooks and other instructional materials,

asr-005144
04:11:03.640 --> 04:11:06.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: it's 313.97 million.

asr-005145
04:11:06.600 --> 04:11:09.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: For human resource development for personnel in schools,

asr-005146
04:11:09.880 --> 04:11:11.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for administration of personnel...

asr-005147
04:11:14.440 --> 04:11:18.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Teaching overload is 1 billion.

asr-005148
04:11:18.940 --> 04:11:19.640
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So it's a scattered...

asr-005149
04:11:20.740 --> 04:11:22.220
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Do you know the total of that?

asr-005150
04:11:22.240 --> 04:11:23.320
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The total is 8.9.

asr-005151
04:11:23.400 --> 04:11:24.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Tama yung figures na sinayit niyo po.

asr-005152
04:11:24.940 --> 04:11:25.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: No, for the 2020...

asr-005153
04:11:27.280 --> 04:11:29.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: For the NEP, 2020, sorry.

asr-005154
04:11:29.720 --> 04:11:31.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I'm talking about 2026, Your Honor.

asr-005155
04:11:31.440 --> 04:11:31.680
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: NEP.

asr-005156
04:11:32.160 --> 04:11:34.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: For the 2027 NEP,

asr-005157
04:11:35.680 --> 04:11:37.460
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kung hindi nga siya na zero, Secretary,

asr-005158
04:11:37.620 --> 04:11:38.600
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: magkano yung natira doon?

asr-005159
04:11:38.640 --> 04:11:39.380
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Or na-retain ba siya?

asr-005160
04:11:40.980 --> 04:11:42.580
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Well, they're saying it's not

asr-005161
04:11:42.580 --> 04:11:44.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: because I guess the assumption of DBM

asr-005162
04:11:44.460 --> 04:11:46.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: is that it's lodged in our existing funding.

asr-005163
04:11:47.300 --> 04:11:48.320
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, but it's not zero.

asr-005164
04:11:49.260 --> 04:11:50.420
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: For 2027.

asr-005165
04:11:51.380 --> 04:11:53.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: This is a regular program kasi of Deped, Your Honor.

asr-005166
04:11:53.760 --> 04:11:56.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So if you're saying there's additional funding for Aral,

asr-005167
04:11:56.760 --> 04:11:57.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the answer is no.

asr-005168
04:11:57.280 --> 04:11:58.580
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: No, there's no additional funding for Aral.

asr-005169
04:11:58.640 --> 04:12:00.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But the assumption is it's already there.

asr-005170
04:12:01.180 --> 04:12:03.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It hasn't really increased from the previous year.

asr-005171
04:12:03.700 --> 04:12:06.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So it's still 8.9 billion?

asr-005172
04:12:06.920 --> 04:12:07.560
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: No, no, Your Honor.

asr-005173
04:12:08.180 --> 04:12:10.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: From our point of view, it's zero, actually.

asr-005174
04:12:10.500 --> 04:12:10.740
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

asr-005175
04:12:11.040 --> 04:12:12.280
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I'm sorry, I'm trying to understand that.

asr-005176
04:12:12.580 --> 04:12:15.220
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, di ba, in 20...

asr-005177
04:12:15.220 --> 04:12:18.260
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: The 2026 ga'a is 8.9 billion, di ba?

asr-005178
04:12:21.040 --> 04:12:23.640
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is it correct that it's zero in 2027?

asr-005179
04:12:24.240 --> 04:12:24.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-005180
04:12:25.080 --> 04:12:25.380
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes.

asr-005181
04:12:26.140 --> 04:12:26.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But the other...

asr-005182
04:12:26.760 --> 04:12:29.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Because this is additional Aral to,

asr-005183
04:12:30.020 --> 04:12:32.480
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the base, let's call it the base Aral,

asr-005184
04:12:32.540 --> 04:12:33.080
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: is still there.

asr-005185
04:12:35.560 --> 04:12:37.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Is there a base Aral there?

asr-005186
04:12:37.220 --> 04:12:38.980
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung existing LS budget?

asr-005187
04:12:39.580 --> 04:12:40.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Wala po, wala po.

asr-005188
04:12:40.940 --> 04:12:41.320
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Wala po.

asr-005189
04:12:42.300 --> 04:12:43.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So zero nga?

asr-005190
04:12:43.720 --> 04:12:44.180
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

asr-005191
04:12:44.320 --> 04:12:44.760
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

asr-005192
04:12:45.020 --> 04:12:48.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, well, we'll give Director Labastilla some time

asr-005193
04:12:48.560 --> 04:12:51.060
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: to find which items specifically ito.

asr-005194
04:12:51.060 --> 04:12:52.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think the confusion stems from the fact

asr-005195
04:12:52.740 --> 04:12:54.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: that they're assuming it's already subsumed

asr-005196
04:12:54.660 --> 04:12:56.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in our resolution.

asr-005197
04:12:56.760 --> 04:12:57.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Regular budget, Your Honor.

asr-005198
04:12:58.020 --> 04:12:59.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But that regular budget has not increased

asr-005199
04:12:59.720 --> 04:13:01.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: over the previous year.

asr-005200
04:13:01.520 --> 04:13:04.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, what we're looking for is a specific item

asr-005201
04:13:04.860 --> 04:13:06.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to really fund the Aral law

asr-005202
04:13:06.300 --> 04:13:09.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: because that is the mandate of the Aral law, Your Honor.

asr-005203
04:13:09.180 --> 04:13:13.680
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But in 2026, there's an 8.9 billion Aral program.

asr-005204
04:13:13.900 --> 04:13:14.660
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: That was a...

asr-005205
04:13:14.660 --> 04:13:15.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because you inserted it, Your Honor.

asr-005206
04:13:15.820 --> 04:13:16.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Amendment, no?

asr-005207
04:13:16.460 --> 04:13:16.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, yes.

asr-005208
04:13:16.860 --> 04:13:18.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The 8.9, so it's above the regular...

asr-005209
04:13:18.880 --> 04:13:20.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Congressional insertion ho ngayon, opo.

asr-005210
04:13:20.520 --> 04:13:24.080
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Nagdagdag ho kasi ang Senado tsaka Kongreso.

asr-005211
04:13:24.360 --> 04:13:24.520
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Tama.

asr-005212
04:13:24.520 --> 04:13:26.600
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, in short, because the 8.9 wasn't originally...

asr-005213
04:13:26.760 --> 04:13:28.260
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Originally in the NEP of 2026,

asr-005214
04:13:28.380 --> 04:13:29.920
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: wala rin siya sa NEP of 2027.

asr-005215
04:13:30.200 --> 04:13:30.580
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Correct, no?

asr-005216
04:13:31.300 --> 04:13:32.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah, so zero nga.

asr-005217
04:13:33.140 --> 04:13:34.220
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Because it's...

asr-005218
04:13:34.220 --> 04:13:35.260
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: The way I understand it,

asr-005219
04:13:35.360 --> 04:13:35.760
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: nakalodge...

asr-005220
04:13:36.340 --> 04:13:38.800
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Supposedly, nakalodge siya sa textbooks

asr-005221
04:13:38.800 --> 04:13:40.960
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: and other instructional materials

asr-005222
04:13:40.960 --> 04:13:43.680
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: na 6.4 billion peso.

asr-005223
04:13:43.740 --> 04:13:45.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's what happened in 2026, Your Honor.

asr-005224
04:13:45.500 --> 04:13:45.780
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Yes.

asr-005225
04:13:46.580 --> 04:13:48.360
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Kasi, imbis na nagmumata yung line item,

asr-005226
04:13:48.500 --> 04:13:52.700
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: your insertion was broken down

asr-005227
04:13:52.700 --> 04:13:55.760
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in different budgetary PAPs or items, Your Honor.

asr-005228
04:13:55.760 --> 04:13:56.380
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Yes, yes.

asr-005229
04:13:56.760 --> 04:13:56.960
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Tama.

asr-005230
04:13:57.120 --> 04:14:00.920
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: But for 2027, that's also 6.4 billion.

asr-005231
04:14:02.620 --> 04:14:03.100
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Tama.

asr-005232
04:14:04.440 --> 04:14:07.900
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Nakalodge supposedly siya ang aral under this...

asr-005233
04:14:07.900 --> 04:14:10.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Wala pa po, inaantay pa namin yung insertion ng Senado, Your Honor.

asr-005234
04:14:11.920 --> 04:14:13.060
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: But, in other words,

asr-005235
04:14:13.200 --> 04:14:15.100
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: ginawa nyo lang ng paraan

asr-005236
04:14:15.100 --> 04:14:16.660
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: para magkaroon ng...

asr-005237
04:14:16.660 --> 04:14:19.280
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's what happened in the first year, Your Honor.

asr-005238
04:14:19.820 --> 04:14:21.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: In not 26, but 2025, that's what happened.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because the law was passed in the middle of the year.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, we had to...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Carve out.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: You carved out.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Carved it out, yes, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Okay.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, but 2026, you provided the insertion,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and 2027...

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, if we don't provide, ganoon rin,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: magka-carve out kayo.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Well, yes.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: These textbooks and other instructional materials.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, because it's an essential program,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and we're seeing it's a potential game changer.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, talaga, Your Honor.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, I'll propose to our chairman to finally...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Just to clarify it na lang.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: To insert a line item na lang para clear

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: for our program.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Because I think na in-assume na lang,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: na lang ng DBM na nandoon na siya eh.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: No?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: If you can support us, Secretary, if we can again carve out some of those budget items

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: so that the amount we need to increase won't be so huge.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah. Am I making sense now? Tama ba?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: But, Mr. Chairman, can we ask? I think there's a pending question.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Ano yung minimum requirement natin not to disrupt yung gains natin dito sa aral program?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Mr. Chairman, Mr. Secretary, please.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Well, I would say, I'm asking around me those who implement the program.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Around 8 billion is the figure they're citing, Your Honor.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Additional 8 billion?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Although our request is 15 billion because may pakain ho yun.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yun yung hinihingi ho ng mga tutors at teachers.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, and feedback on the ground is that the teachers don't get any additional honoraria.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: They only get it if they meet the overload pay requirement.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Under the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, which is six hours of teaching, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But we're trying to implement it in such a way that the six hours teaching covers many other activities.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Whereas now it covers purely teaching.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Going forward, maybe not even other activities like participating in peer review and in LAC sessions or the...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: What is LAC?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Learning Action, where the teachers review each other.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ibibilang na rin namin yun para maabot nila yung overload pay.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Just one quick, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Doon sa 8 billion, again, with the projected 13 million from grades 1 to 12 needing remediation,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: plus you are looking at about what, 873,000 tutors, ano yung affected po dito?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: With the 8 billion, anong pwede natin ma-target para hindi mahirapan din si Chairman?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: So we can...

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Kahit pa submit na lang siguro.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think what we have here is for reading, 402 tutors, 1,000 tutors.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: For mathematics, 738,494 tutors.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We'll submit, Your Honor.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: So kulang-kulang mga 1 million tutors yan?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Opo.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Sige po.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So yung isang...

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: I think it's better to really...

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So the line item, no?

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Director, dahil para hindi nagkakaroon ng confusion.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Kasi kung nakakumingal siya, it's actually for textbooks.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Noong 2025, dahil nakakumingal siya, kinarve out na lang from that textbooks account yung for-aaral.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Only for 2026 lang na ibay.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Pero and yet, hindi namin rin nagawan ng line item.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So kaya bumalik siya sa original...

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Original setup.

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DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: And hindi rin po nag-propose ang DepEd for that separate line item.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Ah, okay.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Kasalanan pala ni Secretary.

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DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Sorry po.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Hindi ko kayo nag-present DepEd eh.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Kayo pa lang.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Pero anyway, that's why ganito tayong hearing, para maayos natin yung mga...

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Dapat maayos.

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DBM Budget and Management Bureau-F Director Vivien V. Labastilla: Mahalo pa rin siya sa mga ibang...

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Importante, Mr. President, madagdagan.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Ang Senado, yung importante.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Ano niyan?

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: We'll...

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Again.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: This is a very important program.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: We're seeing the gains at sayang kung hindi matutuloy ito or mababawasan.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think you've seen it in Valenzuela.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's proven in many other jurisdictions.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: There's also an independent report that came out.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: I think it's World Bank.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Youth Impact.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Youth Impact.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Sa Oxford University, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Sinoma Anggris, non-education expert.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Magandang feedback.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And the numbers you cited, sir, about the struggling readers,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the reading at the right level, very encouraging.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Yeah, yeah.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So let's continue those gains.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Next will be on...

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Ito na pag-usapan na rin kanina, but on the school counselor associates.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Because lately, we've been seeing a lot of issues with school safety, bullying,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: even gun violence inside our schools.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, and this year, we provided funds to hire 10,000 school counselors.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, we just want to get an update on that hiring process and what are the constraints.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Again, thank you for passing that law and giving us a budget.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, of the 10,000 SCA or school counselor associate positions,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 5,447 or 54% have been filled,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: while the remaining 4,553 or 4,553,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or 46%, are undergoing the hiring process.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, we foresee that by December, we would have hired all 10,000, Your Honor.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And then, for 2027, mayroon bang proposal to increase the 10,000,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: considering that we have 47,000 schools?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We have funding for 1,800 SCAs, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 519 million, Your Honor.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, we're adding additional 1,000.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 1,800, Your Honor.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Medyo malayo pa tayo, but we'll try our best to,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: at least, ang target natin is 1 is to 1.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: At least for school counselor associates.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Opo, opo.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: That's the target.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: But in terms of full guidance counselors,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: because under the law,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: yung full guidance counselor will be deployed in the division level.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, out of the 200 plus divisions,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: meron na ba tayong,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: na puno ba natin,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: yung guidance counselor at that level?

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Because ang setup at the division,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: full-fledged guidance counselor at the school level,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: associate, dahil nga mahirap kumuha ng full-fledged guidance counselor as of this time.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We were still creating those positions, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We've asked permission from the DBM to scrap and build

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the existing guidance counselor positions, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, those guidance counselor positions,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: under the scrap and build provision.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung iba will go.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Towards SCAs.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung iba will go towards regional office guidance counselors.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Okay.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Alright.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: School division, rather.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Not regional.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: School division.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: School division, yes.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, nasa process tayo nun.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Opo, opo.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: As of this point.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Alright.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And we provided budget for 2027 for those 200, yun eh.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Mga 200.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Ilan ng divisions natin?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: There's 282 million for that, Your Honor.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Next will be, ito na pag-usapan rin natin sa EDCOM ito, yung principals.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Fifty-five percent of our public schools or 26,000 of our schools do not have principals.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, kumusta yung ating, I know that the department has already started

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: filling up the principals.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, kumusta itong ating staffing of principals?

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Which, nakakagulat, no?

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Kalahating ng schools natin.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Chairman, wala tayong principals.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That led to, that finding by EDCOM too led to certain moves as relaxing the NASH exam.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's the exam for the principals.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So that more principals could be hired.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And for 2026, we've secured the creation of...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 6,000 school principal positions.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So they're fast-tracking the filling

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: of these positions.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But yun nga, hindi lahat pumapasa.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, what we did is we gave them a chance to, if they failed only certain parts or certain

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: domains, they don't have to take the exam again.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: They can just try to, in a way, remediate and pass that one.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The professional development area or intervention that's needed.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yun na lang.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: lang po ang

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: kailangan po na nila.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, as of September 30,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 2026 naman, a total of 2,349

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: school heads have been

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: promoted through the ECP

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: which you also supported

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Mr. Chair.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, yun ang...

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: To date, ano ang

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: percentage natin

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: of schools without principals?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I'll ask

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yusek Willy to answer that, Your Honor.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Bumaba na from

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: 55%.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: We were able to cut it down

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: to around 45

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: because we have 914

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: TICs

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: who were classified to principal

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: positions.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: All other, part of the

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: 6,000,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: around 2,000 of them were already

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: hired.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: But just to clarify lang,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Mr. President,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: the school

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: heads, although

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: not bearing a school

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: principal item, are considered

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: school heads

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: with an item of

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: a head teacher, particularly in the elementary.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Our RA 9155

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: already considered head teachers

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: as school head

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: in the elementary level. Nonetheless,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: because we would like to give them

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: a higher salary, the school principal

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: one is the needed

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: item for them to lead the school.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, ngayon, to date, we have managed

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: to bring it down from 55%

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: to now

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: 45%. So, how many

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: schools ang wala pang principal?

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: We have a total

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: of 45,928

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: schools.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: 22,000 already have

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: school principals.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, 23

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: ang wala pa.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Wala pang

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: 50. But, of course, may mga

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: TIC po dyan who already

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: have passed the NAS, but they

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: have to complete their

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: educational qualifications as required

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: in the qualification standards.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: So, yun ang minawork out po nila.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Okay. So, to date,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: ilan ang schools natin na walang

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: principals pa? So, there's around

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: 20...

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: 23,000.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: 23,000. Out of the 45,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Mr. President.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Okay. And,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: um,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: next year,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: this is the problem. Walang

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: budget

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: for principals.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: There's no budget for creation

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: of new school principal position.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, none of the 23,000

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: na walang

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: principals is budgeted.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Ibig sabihin, next year, hindi tayo makaka-uha

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: ng principals.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: We actually requested

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: for an additional

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: position of around

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: 14,000. More than 14,000.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: 10,000 school principal positions

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: for 2027. But, it was not

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: provided

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: with budget.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Nonetheless, probably by

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: that time, through reclassification,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: may mapopromote for

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: school principal

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: under the

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: expanded career progression

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: under the ACP.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Wala siya pang sweldo?

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: That should be covered

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: under the 12.09

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: billion for

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: expanded career progression.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Okay. Because, ano siya,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: magiging reclassification

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: yung kanyang status.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: That's correct.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Ilan yun?

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Do you have an estimate?

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Well, for the 12,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: we don't have exact number

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: for the principal because

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: it is based on their qualification.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: But, the 12.09

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: billion would be

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: around 135,000

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: positions that covers

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: three salary grade already.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: So, whether it is

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: from head teacher to a principal

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: one that covers the

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: salary grade of at least, at most

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: three, then cover

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: the push and on.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: But, how much do you need

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: in order, to make it

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: simple, how much do you need

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: to staff

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: 23,000 schools without principals?

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Target lang yata.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Pero, target nyo is

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: only 14 next year.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: 14, we need around 10.5 billion

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: to finance the

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: 14,000 plus

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: items, school principal.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: 10.5 billion.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Alright.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Kasi basic yan eh.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Principal is a leadership position

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: as well as,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: of course,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: moral booster

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: for our head teacher,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: pag nasa mga school sila.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And, this is also another problem

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: we're trying to solve

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: in terms of operations.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Alright.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: I'll go back to the yung nabuksan na ni

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Senator Bam, yung classrooms.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So, to date,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: magkano na lang

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: ang unobligated

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: sa classrooms?

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: To date?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: around 40%

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: approximately, your honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kasi 60%

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: are obligated.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Although, minsan

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung 60% na yun, binabalikan kami

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ng LGU, asking for a cost

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: adjustment, or minsan yung

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: notice to award nila

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: hindi tumutugma sa MOA.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, these are certain issues that

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we've experienced and we may experience

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: in the future. That's why we left, sabi nga namin

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: kay Chairman Bam earlier,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: we left a little bit of a buffer for those

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: cost adjustments going

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: forward, Your Honor. So, 40%

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: of the

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: 80 or the 60?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Of the 65,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Your Honor.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: 30 billion or less.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Around 24, 25 billion, Your Honor.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: 25 billion.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: And sa DepEd, Yusek Lara,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: nakita ko dun sa presentation ng

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04:30:24.220 --> 04:30:30.140
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: ng DepEd,

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04:30:30.700 --> 04:30:33.580
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: they have allocated 21 billion.

asr-005620
04:30:33.840 --> 04:30:34.780
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Out of the 21,

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04:30:35.700 --> 04:30:38.540
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: ilan na dito ang na-construct?

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04:30:39.240 --> 04:30:40.880
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Or out of the 6,000,

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04:30:41.040 --> 04:30:42.020
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: out of the 21 na lang,

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04:30:42.080 --> 04:30:42.820
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: out of the 21,

asr-005625
04:30:42.960 --> 04:30:44.000
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: ilan na dito ang disbursed?

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04:30:44.520 --> 04:30:46.860
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: Of the 21 po, Senator,

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04:30:47.600 --> 04:30:49.080
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: hindi pa kami nagdi-disbursed.

asr-005628
04:30:49.080 --> 04:30:51.180
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: We are still at procurement stage

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04:30:51.180 --> 04:30:53.320
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: and almost 2 billion pa lang po

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04:30:53.320 --> 04:30:54.080
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: ang for post-procurement.

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04:30:54.220 --> 04:30:56.140
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: For award and post-qualification.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Okay.

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04:30:57.080 --> 04:30:58.700
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: 7B po ang advertised

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04:30:58.700 --> 04:31:00.820
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: and 7B was endorsed to DepEd

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DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: for release ng quality.

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04:31:01.380 --> 04:31:02.000
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Anong dahilan?

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04:31:02.180 --> 04:31:04.160
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Bakit ngayon lang ang procurement stage?

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04:31:04.820 --> 04:31:07.100
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: We are dependent po

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04:31:07.100 --> 04:31:08.640
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: on the release of the ORS.

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04:31:08.800 --> 04:31:10.540
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: So when they release the ORS

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DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: for the fund transfer,

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04:31:12.180 --> 04:31:13.140
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: dun lang po kami nag-advertise.

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DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: So we already have 7B

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04:31:15.500 --> 04:31:17.580
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: of transfer

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04:31:17.580 --> 04:31:19.360
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: and yun po yung in-advertise namin.

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04:31:19.480 --> 04:31:21.120
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: The ORS, ito yung inyong

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04:31:21.120 --> 04:31:22.220
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: obligation request.

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04:31:22.660 --> 04:31:23.580
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: Ito yung

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04:31:24.220 --> 04:31:26.220
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: agreement with DepEd?

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04:31:26.740 --> 04:31:29.100
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: Opo, the transfer of the fund po.

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04:31:29.520 --> 04:31:31.580
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Bakit ngayon lang lumabas?

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04:31:32.220 --> 04:31:34.720
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: A couple already were released po.

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04:31:34.880 --> 04:31:37.640
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: Parang duration ng June to September.

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04:31:37.780 --> 04:31:39.160
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: We already have 7 billion.

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04:31:41.380 --> 04:31:43.520
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: But yung 21 billion,

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04:31:43.640 --> 04:31:44.560
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: obligated na yan?

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04:31:44.880 --> 04:31:46.740
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: Not to DP po, only 7.

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04:31:47.020 --> 04:31:48.160
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: 7 ang obligated.

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04:31:48.160 --> 04:31:48.500
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: So,

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: ah, okay.

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04:31:51.760 --> 04:31:52.840
DPWH OIC Undersecretary Lara Marisse I. Esquibil: Yun po yung advertised namin.

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04:31:52.840 --> 04:31:53.580
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Okay, okay.

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04:31:54.220 --> 04:31:56.540
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Natitirang 14

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04:31:56.540 --> 04:31:57.740
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: nasa DepEd pa.

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04:31:57.740 --> 04:31:58.060
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: It's still with DepEd po.

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Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Yes, okay.

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04:31:59.400 --> 04:32:00.260
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: I guess that 14

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04:32:00.260 --> 04:32:02.360
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: is part of the 25 billion.

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04:32:03.040 --> 04:32:04.220
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Tama ba, Edson?

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04:32:04.920 --> 04:32:05.640
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Kasama siya doon.

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04:32:05.700 --> 04:32:05.880
Senator Sherwin "Win" T. Gatchalian: Alright.

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04:32:10.300 --> 04:32:16.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay, while SP is checking his notes,

asr-005673
04:32:16.800 --> 04:32:18.080
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I'm going to ask other questions.

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04:32:18.080 --> 04:32:18.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah.

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04:32:22.340 --> 04:32:23.660
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: The,

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04:32:24.220 --> 04:32:29.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: unobligated secretary can still be utilized in 2027, no?

asr-005677
04:32:29.540 --> 04:32:29.980
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Correct, diba?

asr-005678
04:32:30.420 --> 04:32:31.020
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And in fact,

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04:32:31.440 --> 04:32:33.300
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: except for the DPWH,

asr-005680
04:32:33.500 --> 04:32:34.360
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yung LGU-led,

asr-005681
04:32:34.580 --> 04:32:38.460
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: nakalista na ano yung mga lugar na dapat tupuntahan yan?

asr-005682
04:32:39.660 --> 04:32:40.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Opo, opo, sorry.

asr-005683
04:32:41.200 --> 04:32:41.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The mic wasn't on.

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04:32:42.200 --> 04:32:42.920
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, yes, Your Honor.

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04:32:43.160 --> 04:32:44.360
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah, just to clarify, no?

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04:32:46.200 --> 04:32:47.620
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Would you want to ask other questions?

asr-005687
04:32:47.620 --> 04:32:48.320
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Or do you want me to?

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04:32:48.500 --> 04:32:48.600
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sige.

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04:32:48.960 --> 04:32:50.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, I have a few questions.

asr-005690
04:32:52.300 --> 04:32:53.220
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Speaking with some,

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04:32:53.340 --> 04:32:54.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I have some questions about,

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04:32:54.220 --> 04:32:54.980
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: about the SNED, no?

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04:32:55.200 --> 04:32:56.560
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: The Special Needs Education.

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04:32:58.880 --> 04:32:59.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Secretary, yung,

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04:33:02.240 --> 04:33:04.680
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and please direct me lang

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04:33:04.680 --> 04:33:06.500
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: to the proper individual in DepEd.

asr-005697
04:33:07.260 --> 04:33:11.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: What is the current plan for the SNED schools, no?

asr-005698
04:33:12.340 --> 04:33:13.480
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I know that

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04:33:13.480 --> 04:33:19.480
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we endeavor to have a SNED classroom per school.

asr-005700
04:33:19.820 --> 04:33:20.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is that still the goal?

asr-005701
04:33:20.900 --> 04:33:24.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Who can I,

asr-005702
04:33:24.220 --> 04:33:25.520
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: who is on top of this,

asr-005703
04:33:25.520 --> 04:33:26.080
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Secretary?

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04:33:27.160 --> 04:33:27.780
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's per,

asr-005705
04:33:28.000 --> 04:33:29.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung ILRC,

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04:33:29.880 --> 04:33:31.580
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think what the law requires is one

asr-005707
04:33:31.580 --> 04:33:34.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: inclusive learning resource center

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04:33:34.520 --> 04:33:36.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: per municipality and city.

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04:33:37.400 --> 04:33:39.200
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Per municipality and city, Your Honor.

asr-005710
04:33:39.340 --> 04:33:41.040
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, yung reklamo nga nung iba,

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04:33:41.120 --> 04:33:41.840
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: medyo malayo.

asr-005712
04:33:41.960 --> 04:33:44.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Minsan yung ILRC malayo sa kanila.

asr-005713
04:33:44.480 --> 04:33:46.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, hindi kaya nung pamilya mag,

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04:33:47.140 --> 04:33:48.340
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: magkaroon ng,

asr-005715
04:33:48.560 --> 04:33:49.900
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: idorm yung bata doon,

asr-005716
04:33:50.020 --> 04:33:52.060
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or masyado siyang malayo.

asr-005717
04:33:52.060 --> 04:33:54.140
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yun ang actual situation on the ground.

asr-005718
04:33:54.220 --> 04:33:55.040
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But the ILRC,

asr-005719
04:33:55.520 --> 04:33:56.860
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: is its own,

asr-005720
04:33:57.020 --> 04:33:59.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: is its own facility,

asr-005721
04:33:59.380 --> 04:34:01.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: or is it subsumed within a bigger school?

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04:34:02.540 --> 04:34:04.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's usually part of a school, Your Honor,

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04:34:04.140 --> 04:34:06.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and the school is designated as the ILRC.

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04:34:06.840 --> 04:34:09.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, upon designation sa ILRC,

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04:34:09.460 --> 04:34:11.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: there are all these mandates under the law

asr-005726
04:34:11.520 --> 04:34:12.560
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: that have to be complied with.

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04:34:12.700 --> 04:34:12.860
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

asr-005728
04:34:13.060 --> 04:34:14.240
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi ang nakikita namin

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04:34:14.240 --> 04:34:17.660
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: are SNED classrooms in current schools.

asr-005730
04:34:17.800 --> 04:34:18.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, I guess,

asr-005731
04:34:18.580 --> 04:34:21.900
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: they are the ILRC in that school.

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04:34:21.900 --> 04:34:23.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: They were usually the existing schools,

asr-005733
04:34:23.820 --> 04:34:24.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: tapos dinesignate sila.

asr-005734
04:34:24.820 --> 04:34:26.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because the law was passed much later,

asr-005735
04:34:26.820 --> 04:34:27.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: naging ILRC sila.

asr-005736
04:34:27.820 --> 04:34:31.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kasi we had to designate certain schools as ILRCs, Your Honor.

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04:34:31.820 --> 04:34:33.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi ang dating ng ILRC,

asr-005738
04:34:33.820 --> 04:34:34.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: malaking facility.

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04:34:34.820 --> 04:34:35.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Super, super center.

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04:34:35.820 --> 04:34:37.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But these are actually classrooms,

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04:34:37.820 --> 04:34:38.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: or two or three classrooms, no?

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04:34:38.820 --> 04:34:39.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Meron po, meron po, meron po.

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04:34:39.820 --> 04:34:40.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

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04:34:40.820 --> 04:34:41.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And,

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04:34:42.820 --> 04:34:45.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: well, I'm sure you're aware that in the EDCOM report,

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04:34:45.820 --> 04:34:47.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: lumalabas na up to 10%

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04:34:47.820 --> 04:34:49.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yung children with special needs.

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04:34:49.820 --> 04:34:50.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: That correct, no?

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04:34:50.820 --> 04:34:51.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Karol ba is here?

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04:34:51.820 --> 04:34:52.820
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Was it 10% or 15%?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ...

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ...

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04:34:57.120 --> 04:35:00.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: O it's 5 million learners with special needs,

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04:35:00.120 --> 04:35:01.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: which,

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04:35:02.120 --> 04:35:04.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: actually, that's bigger than 5%,

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04:35:04.120 --> 04:35:06.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but that's about close to 20,

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04:35:06.120 --> 04:35:07.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: about 20%, no?

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04:35:07.120 --> 04:35:08.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah, we'll compute it.

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04:35:08.120 --> 04:35:11.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But there are 23 million learners, correct, no?

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04:35:11.120 --> 04:35:12.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Tama ba?

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04:35:12.120 --> 04:35:13.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 23 million learners.

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04:35:13.120 --> 04:35:15.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, 5 million is about 20%.

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04:35:16.120 --> 04:35:18.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Usec Oracion was not my math teacher,

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04:35:18.120 --> 04:35:22.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but I remember that she was one of our main math professors

asr-005768
04:35:22.120 --> 04:35:23.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: back in high school.

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04:35:23.120 --> 04:35:26.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, roughly about 20%.

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04:35:26.120 --> 04:35:30.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, kung ganun po kalaki kasi yung dami na mga bata

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04:35:30.120 --> 04:35:34.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na nangangailangan ng special needs education,

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04:35:34.120 --> 04:35:36.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: then, correspondingly,

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04:35:36.120 --> 04:35:42.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: you should have facilities and support also at that scale.

asr-005774
04:35:42.120 --> 04:35:44.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, that's really my question.

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04:35:44.120 --> 04:35:47.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And, I know this isn't found in the 2027 budget,

asr-005776
04:35:47.120 --> 04:35:51.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but, Secretary, maybe as in other reforms,

asr-005777
04:35:51.120 --> 04:35:53.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we can start really working on this

asr-005778
04:35:53.120 --> 04:35:57.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: to match the scale of the resources needed

asr-005779
04:35:57.120 --> 04:35:59.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: to address the special needs children.

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04:35:59.120 --> 04:36:01.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, ang una kong tanong,

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04:36:01.120 --> 04:36:05.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: tama ba yung 5 million learners yung may special needs?

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04:36:05.120 --> 04:36:09.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi lalabas po talaga 20% ang may special needs

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04:36:09.120 --> 04:36:11.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: sa mga learners po natin,

asr-005784
04:36:11.120 --> 04:36:13.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: or more than 20%.

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04:36:15.120 --> 04:36:17.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Maybe we can ask Asek Benviaje.

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04:36:17.120 --> 04:36:20.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: He's in charge of the implementation of the ILRC2.

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04:36:20.120 --> 04:36:21.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Sure.

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04:36:21.120 --> 04:36:22.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: I'll answer, Your Honor,

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: with your permission.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Asek, maybe first question.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is it 20% nga ba?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 20% nga ba ng mga studyante merong special needs?

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: Mr. Chair, good afternoon po.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: As I remember, it is a result of a study

asr-005795
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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: of the youth impact.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: So, unverified siya in the field,

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: but, based on our LIS,

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: ang confirmed po yung natag pong studyante

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: is around 495,000

asr-005800
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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: and only 100,000,

asr-005801
04:36:51.120 --> 04:36:54.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: around 150,000 of them

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: have medical diagnosis.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay. So, I know that diagnosis is also a problem

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kasi mahal magpa-diagnose.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, let's say 400 yung suspected na merong special needs.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is that fair to say?

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: Yes po.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay. Kung 400,000 yan,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: that's about 2%, no?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Or less than,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yeah, less than 2%.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, and again, this is not for this year's,

asr-005813
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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: not for right now,

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04:37:22.120 --> 04:37:24.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but maybe for the plenary.

asr-005815
04:37:24.120 --> 04:37:26.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: If you can help us understand,

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04:37:26.120 --> 04:37:28.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ilan ba talaga yung mga bata

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04:37:28.120 --> 04:37:30.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na nangangailangan ng special care

asr-005818
04:37:30.120 --> 04:37:32.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and special education,

asr-005819
04:37:32.120 --> 04:37:34.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: that will be a very important starting point

asr-005820
04:37:34.120 --> 04:37:35.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kasi from there,

asr-005821
04:37:35.120 --> 04:37:38.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pwede natin matrack yung pangangailangan nila

asr-005822
04:37:38.120 --> 04:37:41.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: across the system, no?

asr-005823
04:37:41.120 --> 04:37:44.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sa ILRC, it's funded,

asr-005824
04:37:44.120 --> 04:37:46.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: it's legislated,

asr-005825
04:37:46.120 --> 04:37:48.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but what more can we do?

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04:37:48.120 --> 04:37:49.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yung diagnosis, I know,

asr-005827
04:37:49.120 --> 04:37:51.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: is a current issue

asr-005828
04:37:51.120 --> 04:37:53.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: because there's not enough individuals

asr-005829
04:37:53.120 --> 04:37:54.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: who can diagnose

asr-005830
04:37:54.120 --> 04:37:57.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at alam ko mamahalin yung diagnosis.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: That's one.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And then yung teachers, of course,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I think we talked about this earlier

asr-005834
04:38:02.120 --> 04:38:04.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: with other senators,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but in the case na hindi mo kayang

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04:38:06.120 --> 04:38:11.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: makomplement ng lahat ng klase ng teachers,

asr-005837
04:38:11.120 --> 04:38:14.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: do we have SNED teachers,

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04:38:14.120 --> 04:38:17.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: at least the basic SNED teachers

asr-005839
04:38:17.120 --> 04:38:18.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: for these facilities?

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04:38:18.120 --> 04:38:23.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Asec?

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: At this time po,

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: we only have in our data

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04:38:25.120 --> 04:38:27.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: 6,000 plus SNED teachers

asr-005844
04:38:27.120 --> 04:38:29.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: na under that plantelia,

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04:38:29.120 --> 04:38:30.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: specific plantelia.

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: Pero meron po tayong undergoing training

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04:38:32.120 --> 04:38:34.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: on receiving teachers.

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04:38:34.120 --> 04:38:35.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: In the inclusive education,

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04:38:35.120 --> 04:38:39.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: ang trend po ay kahit general education practitioner

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04:38:39.120 --> 04:38:41.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: would be able to cater to special needs.

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04:38:41.120 --> 04:38:42.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: With a little training,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: with a little bit more training, no?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay, so dun sa 400,000,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: suspected or we're assuming

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: na they're special needs children,

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04:38:53.120 --> 04:38:56.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ilang guro yung kailangan nila?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yung total na kailangan nilang guro?

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04:38:58.120 --> 04:39:00.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: Sa inclusive education principle po,

asr-005859
04:39:00.120 --> 04:39:04.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: based on our SNED forum conducted two weeks ago,

asr-005860
04:39:04.120 --> 04:39:06.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: ang tinitignan po natin ay sa mainstreaming

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: when we include our special learners,

asr-005862
04:39:09.120 --> 04:39:11.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: at least we have one receiving teacher

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04:39:11.120 --> 04:39:14.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: for every five, ideally.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So that's 80,000 teachers?

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04:39:17.120 --> 04:39:19.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kung 400,000?

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04:39:19.120 --> 04:39:20.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: Most likely.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, and we only have 6,000 teachers right now.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah.

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04:39:23.120 --> 04:39:24.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: Okay.

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04:39:24.120 --> 04:39:26.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: But just to clarify,

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DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: na we don't really need the specialized teachers

asr-005872
04:39:29.120 --> 04:39:31.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: because we will not have that one.

asr-005873
04:39:31.120 --> 04:39:34.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: So we need to train our teachers

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04:39:34.120 --> 04:39:36.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: to be receiving teachers

asr-005875
04:39:36.120 --> 04:39:37.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: for the inclusive education.

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04:39:37.120 --> 04:39:38.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: Okay.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So roughly,

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04:39:39.120 --> 04:39:41.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: whether they're formally trained

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04:39:41.120 --> 04:39:42.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: or they're a receiving teacher,

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04:39:42.120 --> 04:39:43.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: we need about 80,000 of them.

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04:39:43.120 --> 04:39:44.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Correct, no?

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04:39:44.120 --> 04:39:45.120
DepEd Assistant Secretary Romeo T. Benviaje: Opo.

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04:39:45.120 --> 04:39:46.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: To, to fulfill the ratio of

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04:39:46.120 --> 04:39:48.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: one is to five.

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04:39:48.120 --> 04:39:51.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Well, ang ratio natin in Baguio, for example,

asr-005886
04:39:51.120 --> 04:39:54.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: is one is to 3,700.

asr-005887
04:39:54.120 --> 04:39:57.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ang ratio in Malabon is one is to 3,000.

asr-005888
04:39:57.120 --> 04:40:00.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Tarlac is doing better at one is to 1,200.

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04:40:00.120 --> 04:40:04.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So one is to five is a huge jump from where we are.

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04:40:04.120 --> 04:40:07.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But we're committed, ASEC, no?

asr-005891
04:40:07.120 --> 04:40:09.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We're committed to support this.

asr-005892
04:40:09.120 --> 04:40:11.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Anyway, there's a separate legislation for this.

asr-005893
04:40:11.120 --> 04:40:13.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So it's not like we have a choice.

asr-005894
04:40:13.120 --> 04:40:14.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We really have to push it.

asr-005895
04:40:14.120 --> 04:40:15.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: At sabi nga ho namin,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yung mga special needs ng mga kabataan,

asr-005897
04:40:17.120 --> 04:40:20.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kailangan talaga ng special na tulong.

asr-005898
04:40:20.120 --> 04:40:24.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And we need to provide more resources for them, no?

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04:40:24.120 --> 04:40:27.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So request ko po for the plenary.

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04:40:27.120 --> 04:40:29.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Number one, help us understand the numbers.

asr-005901
04:40:29.120 --> 04:40:33.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi yung 2% to 20% ang laki ng gap.

asr-005902
04:40:33.120 --> 04:40:34.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ang laki ng jump na yan.

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04:40:34.120 --> 04:40:37.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And I understand that 20% is an unverified study.

asr-005904
04:40:37.120 --> 04:40:40.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But you would be in a good position to tell us,

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04:40:40.120 --> 04:40:41.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ilan ba talaga yan?

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04:40:41.120 --> 04:40:43.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Huwag muna natin bilangin yung diagnosed

asr-005907
04:40:43.120 --> 04:40:45.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: because alam natin na maraming

asr-005908
04:40:45.120 --> 04:40:46.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: left undiagnosed.

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04:40:46.120 --> 04:40:48.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So even yung sa tingin natin,

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04:40:48.120 --> 04:40:50.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: baka may pangailangang special,

asr-005911
04:40:50.120 --> 04:40:52.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: i-note nyo na rin.

asr-005912
04:40:52.120 --> 04:40:54.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Tell us before the plenary kung ilan yan.

asr-005913
04:40:54.120 --> 04:40:56.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And then tell us the ratio.

asr-005914
04:40:56.120 --> 04:41:00.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Do I take it correctly na more than the facilities,

asr-005915
04:41:00.120 --> 04:41:03.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: more than the paraphernalia and the equipment,

asr-005916
04:41:03.120 --> 04:41:06.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: it's really the teachers that we need to focus on?

asr-005917
04:41:08.120 --> 04:41:10.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's the teachers, Mr. President.

asr-005918
04:41:10.120 --> 04:41:12.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But it's also the access to development pediatricians

asr-005919
04:41:12.120 --> 04:41:14.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: because it's a development pediatrician

asr-005920
04:41:14.120 --> 04:41:18.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: who can accurately diagnose the learning deficiency

asr-005921
04:41:18.120 --> 04:41:21.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: and prescribe whether that child is best included

asr-005922
04:41:21.120 --> 04:41:24.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: with the larger class or best left to a one-to-one

asr-005923
04:41:24.120 --> 04:41:27.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: or one-is-to-two special class.

asr-005924
04:41:27.120 --> 04:41:29.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We've had discussions about this.

asr-005925
04:41:29.120 --> 04:41:31.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yun ang talagang, that intervention is missing.

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04:41:31.120 --> 04:41:34.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So I said earlier, what's promising is what,

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04:41:34.120 --> 04:41:38.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I know Dr. Yi is talking to Dr. Ho of PhilHealth.

asr-005928
04:41:38.120 --> 04:41:42.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So what they're doing and talking to the medical association

asr-005929
04:41:42.120 --> 04:41:43.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: is very promising.

asr-005930
04:41:43.120 --> 04:41:45.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think that one is an immediate solution

asr-005931
04:41:45.120 --> 04:41:49.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: rather than trying to reach for nirvana

asr-005932
04:41:49.120 --> 04:41:53.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: under the ILRC law which is probably decades away

asr-005933
04:41:53.120 --> 04:41:56.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: given the budgetary requirements.

asr-005934
04:41:56.120 --> 04:41:59.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's something that we can do tomorrow or next week.

asr-005935
04:41:59.120 --> 04:42:03.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Secretary, before I give the floor to Senator Joel,

asr-005936
04:42:03.120 --> 04:42:05.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yes, we will have the funding,

asr-005937
04:42:05.120 --> 04:42:10.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: but we don't have enough of the developmental pediatricians

asr-005938
04:42:10.120 --> 04:42:11.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: nor their time.

asr-005939
04:42:11.120 --> 04:42:12.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We don't have enough in the country, Mr. President.

asr-005940
04:42:12.120 --> 04:42:13.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Exactly.

asr-005941
04:42:13.120 --> 04:42:15.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So kahit may pondo tayo sa PhilHealth,

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04:42:15.120 --> 04:42:17.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: If you try to make an appointment for your child,

asr-005943
04:42:17.120 --> 04:42:19.120
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: it will take you at least a year to get an appointment.

asr-005944
04:42:19.120 --> 04:42:22.120
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Let me ask Senator Joel who has personal experience here.

asr-005945
04:42:22.120 --> 04:42:25.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: I was about to butt in, Mr. Chairman,

asr-005946
04:42:25.120 --> 04:42:33.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: because I'm a father of a special kid, Mr. Chairman,

asr-005947
04:42:33.120 --> 04:42:41.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: and it pains a lot because last time I visited Minuyan Elementary School

asr-005948
04:42:41.120 --> 04:42:43.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: in San Jose del Monte,

asr-005949
04:42:43.120 --> 04:42:48.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: and I actually immediately called the attention

asr-005950
04:42:48.120 --> 04:42:50.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: of our good secretary about this

asr-005951
04:42:50.120 --> 04:42:54.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: because when I went to this particular elementary school,

asr-005952
04:42:54.120 --> 04:43:01.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: there are about 140, 150 students with special needs,

asr-005953
04:43:01.120 --> 04:43:05.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: and I asked them how many teachers do they have.

asr-005954
04:43:05.120 --> 04:43:06.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: They only have two.

asr-005955
04:43:06.120 --> 04:43:08.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: Actually, they only have two.

asr-005956
04:43:08.120 --> 04:43:11.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: And I asked them if the students were ready,

asr-005957
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Senator Joel Villanueva: if they were already diagnosed.

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04:43:13.120 --> 04:43:19.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: And according to her, less than 10 students were diagnosed.

asr-005959
04:43:19.120 --> 04:43:21.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: So this is really alarming,

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04:43:21.120 --> 04:43:26.120
Senator Joel Villanueva: and as mentioned by Secretary Angara,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: the biggest problem right now is the development of the pediatrician.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I personally experienced that when you go to a development pediatrician,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: in my case, I remember there are only two, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: There are only two.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: One is Dr. Dimalanta of St. Luke's and Dr. Lexi Reyes of Makati Med.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: And you're not even talking about occupational therapy, speech therapies, etc.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: And so even in our discussions with the Committee on Higher and Technical Education,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: we discussed this fully last time during the budget deliberation

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Senator Joel Villanueva: when we were talking about the Dr. Parasabayan,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: the implementation of Dr. Parasabayan,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: which we are in a very good position.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: In a very good position right now.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Before, there are only seven regions na meron pong public school of medicine.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Now there are, I mean, all regions have their own.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: What's the number?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: From eight state college universities offering school of medicine,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: now it's 30.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Three zero.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: But when we check as to how many development pediatricians are we producing,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: and we asked the DOH and through the help of EDCOM,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: dalawa lang daw po yung binibigay a year.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: And so we were surprised kahit na nag-a-ask sila ng request for several years,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: talagang ang maximum na binibigay.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Dalawa. Dalawang doktor, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: So, it's really a big problem.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: And when you're talking about the 20%, Sir Yusek, with all due respect,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I'm not sure of the numbers, how we can actually double-check these figures.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Because there's a lot. There's a lot.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: So, I hope that we can do something about this.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: This is really personal to me, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I hope we can do something.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: But we can start with the teachers, of course.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Because, again, there are so many schools out there na wala rin guru yung SNED at SPED nila.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, Senator. Yes, Secretary.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: With your permission, on the permission of Senator Joel and the Senate President.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The same way we passed the Dr. Parsabay, and I was still in the Senate when we passed that,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: there was talk of passing a law, similar law, for allied health professionals, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Senator Joel, Senator Pia, I remember we were talking about that.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And I think that's worth pursuing, Your Honor.

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04:45:58.600 --> 04:46:06.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And maybe look at the School of Health Sciences model of PGH, where the problem is geographic.

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04:46:07.360 --> 04:46:11.420
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: There are many areas that have no takers, no offerers of these courses.

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04:46:11.880 --> 04:46:15.740
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, you really have no pipeline down the road, Mr. President.

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04:46:16.320 --> 04:46:21.600
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But if you have, similar to the School of Health Sciences of PGH in Tacloban, in Coronadal,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: which are not quite getting the attention, but they're, kasi may return service huyon eh.

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04:46:28.600 --> 04:46:33.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, you have your STs or speech therapists, your OTs, occupational therapists.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: You will have them with the requirement to serve for four years.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Maaring ma-pirate yon, but they have to serve their four years, Mr. President.

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04:46:39.920 --> 04:46:42.220
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And then, you just produce a consistent pipeline.

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04:46:42.360 --> 04:46:47.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, it would help to have, if not a law, then a program for allied health professionals, Your Honor.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, Secretaries.

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04:46:49.480 --> 04:46:58.380
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Maybe just to end this point, we know that yung Sned or yung SPED, it used to be called SPED.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yung Sned na yung pangalan.

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04:47:00.460 --> 04:47:05.980
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: It's something we've been doing, but we all see that meron talagang gaps.

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04:47:06.540 --> 04:47:09.540
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Whether it's a personal gap, a funding gap.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And I'm hoping that while I'm chairman here, mahanapan natin ito ng solusyon.

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04:47:17.800 --> 04:47:20.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And it's not as easy as just putting money.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi we know that that solves some problems, but not all problems.

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04:47:25.560 --> 04:47:27.800
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, we have actually asked EDCOM to take a further...

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04:47:28.600 --> 04:47:36.180
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: look into the way that we provide education for our special needs children.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And maybe in preparation for next year's budget or next year's implementation,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: or next next year's budget or implementation, we can take a more detailed look at the numbers.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi currently, EDCOM 2 says 20%.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: You're saying it's 2%.

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04:47:52.680 --> 04:47:55.140
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, dun pa lang, di na tayo nagkaka-agree, di ba?

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04:47:55.280 --> 04:47:56.420
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, we can look at that.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We can look at the pipeline.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We can look at the pipeline of teachers, and EDCOM naman also includes CHED and even TESDA.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, we can look at how we can try to affect that pipeline as well.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Then at the proper time, pag panahon na talaga na mapondohan natin ito ng mas maganda at mas maayos,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: kapag malinaw na yung magandang gawin, then I think we can come together for this.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Secretary.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We really appreciate that concern for special needs education.

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04:48:24.660 --> 04:48:27.660
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But perhaps we should also be looking at it alongside universities.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, I think that's the impetus really for really all institutions, all possible institutions coming together.

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04:48:43.520 --> 04:48:50.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because if DepEd tries to address it in a DepEd fashion with DepEd funding alone, then it will take many decades.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But if all institutions come together to produce the services, it's really a service that's needed.

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04:48:57.300 --> 04:48:58.000
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: An accurate diagnosis.

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04:48:58.500 --> 04:49:01.500
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, the diagnosis doesn't have to come from a DepEd doctor.

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04:49:01.620 --> 04:49:03.720
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It doesn't have to come, it can come from any doctor.

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04:49:04.760 --> 04:49:07.540
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It just needs someone to pay for that service down the road.

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04:49:07.620 --> 04:49:10.860
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And that public school student definitely does not have the capacity to pay.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But because we subscribe to universal healthcare, then there should be a package for these children.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because I think that's the spirit of field.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: It's to care for the ones who need it the most, Mr. Chair.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, I agree.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Secretary.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: May I just, just very short time, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I agree with what the Secretary mentioned.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: The whole of government approach.

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04:49:30.160 --> 04:49:35.060
Senator Joel Villanueva: Unfortunately, for the past so many years, parang walang nag-aasikaso, Mr. Chairman.

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04:49:35.180 --> 04:49:40.920
Senator Joel Villanueva: There are low-hanging fruits that we can actually implement right away.

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04:49:41.000 --> 04:49:45.580
Senator Joel Villanueva: For example, PCMC, in a year, five lang yung scholars nila, natitrain nila.

asr-006054
04:49:45.800 --> 04:49:48.220
Senator Joel Villanueva: But they can do 15, at least 15.

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04:49:48.680 --> 04:49:51.920
Senator Joel Villanueva: NCH, National Children's, eight lang a year.

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04:49:52.220 --> 04:49:54.140
Senator Joel Villanueva: PGH, two a year, Mr. Chairman.

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04:49:54.300 --> 04:49:57.580
Senator Joel Villanueva: They can do plus 10 at least, plus 10 for NCH.

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04:49:58.500 --> 04:50:02.620
Senator Joel Villanueva: But there are only 35 plantilia that we are looking at, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: These are things that we just discovered that we can actually do right away without going through the mills of passing laws, etc.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: So, again, Mr. Chairman, thank you for this opportunity that we were able to tackle this very important topic.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And, Secretary, three of the five EDCOM members are here, so we will ask EDCOM to take a special look at this, no?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And include PhilHealth, kasi kapag yung PhilHealth, bukas na yung pondo sa kanila,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: it might even generate more individuals going into these fields which can specifically cater to the special needs.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We agree with you wholeheartedly. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, thank you. Thank you for that.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay, I have, unless the Senate President has some more points, I have a few more points.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Go ahead.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Go ahead, okay.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: El Nino, okay.

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04:50:51.580 --> 04:50:57.960
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We're assuming that yung tubig mas magiging mahirap in a few months.

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04:50:58.080 --> 04:51:04.520
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I know there are already a hundred plus municipalities who have declared an emergency because of El Nino.

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04:51:05.700 --> 04:51:11.200
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Are our schools prepared for a possible shortage of water?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is that something we're looking at, Secretary?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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04:51:15.380 --> 04:51:21.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We're looking at rising temperatures, so we want each school, ideally, or each classroom, actually,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to have a, what they call a jerry can, yung lalagyan ng tubig.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: For, so to prevent dehydration, Your Honor.

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04:51:30.840 --> 04:51:37.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And of course, in the extreme situations, merong pag tumaman na po ng 40 plus degrees yung temperature,

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04:51:37.560 --> 04:51:41.380
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: then you have to send, really have to send, even before that, you have to send kids home already.

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04:51:41.880 --> 04:51:46.800
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because you'll have headaches, their noses will start bleeding, et cetera.

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04:51:47.100 --> 04:51:52.240
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, to be clear, kapag high temperature, you're going to call off classes?

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04:51:52.460 --> 04:51:53.400
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We may have to, Your Honor.

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04:51:53.420 --> 04:51:55.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is that done at the school level or at the LGU level?

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04:51:55.720 --> 04:51:57.960
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Well, because that's an emergency.

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04:51:58.020 --> 04:52:04.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: The school is actually empowered to do that under existing EOs if it reaches emergency levels already, Your Honor.

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04:52:04.940 --> 04:52:09.620
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But generally, it's the LGU who would call off classes, Your Honor.

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04:52:09.800 --> 04:52:18.520
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And, well, gusto ko lang i-flag lang yung lack of water for the CR, for the canteen, drinking water, for hydration.

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04:52:19.680 --> 04:52:23.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Naka-budget na ba tong El Nino preparation natin for the schools?

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04:52:23.720 --> 04:52:28.000
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: That's a lot of, a lot of, ano ba yan?

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04:52:28.020 --> 04:52:29.920
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Mga jerry cans o mga...

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04:52:29.920 --> 04:52:30.260
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor.

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04:52:30.900 --> 04:52:35.100
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung rainwater catchment systems, et cetera.

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04:52:35.640 --> 04:52:38.300
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We will have to include it in their school MOU, Your Honor.

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04:52:38.560 --> 04:52:38.840
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

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04:52:39.040 --> 04:52:45.220
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, this next year's MOU, kasama tong mga provisions na ito?

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04:52:46.320 --> 04:52:47.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: O ipagkakasya na lang nila?

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04:52:47.640 --> 04:52:48.240
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Parang basically...

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04:52:48.240 --> 04:52:54.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yeah, they'll have to work with what we have, Your Honor, to fund this.

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04:52:54.240 --> 04:52:57.820
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Kasi kasama na rin sa'n yung hinihingi nating additional security.

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04:52:58.020 --> 04:52:58.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Guards, et cetera.

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04:52:59.420 --> 04:53:02.880
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, these are all things which eat up the MOU.

asr-006103
04:53:03.240 --> 04:53:09.460
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: And then, we're also looking at maybe some upgrading the power systems of schools down the road.

asr-006104
04:53:09.560 --> 04:53:12.520
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Because pag mainit, baka pwede nga ang solar power na lang sila.

asr-006105
04:53:12.680 --> 04:53:14.940
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Of course, that's a very long-term solution.

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04:53:14.940 --> 04:53:16.160
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: For the lights and the fans, no?

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04:53:16.200 --> 04:53:19.060
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I think kaya yung lights and electric fans ng solar, no?

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04:53:20.000 --> 04:53:20.440
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

asr-006109
04:53:20.620 --> 04:53:26.600
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, Secretary, maybe just as a suggestion, not really a budget item, but going into next year,

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04:53:28.020 --> 04:53:35.080
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: maybe a memo from the executive talking to the teachers and the principals on how to prepare for the El Nino.

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04:53:35.320 --> 04:53:36.240
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, we'll do that.

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04:53:36.460 --> 04:53:44.480
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Catchment of water, mga balde, mga jerrycan, or ways to be able to keep water for sanitation.

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04:53:44.700 --> 04:53:46.940
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Iba pa yung water for drinking, no?

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04:53:46.940 --> 04:53:47.440
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: For drinking, yes, Your Honor.

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04:53:47.600 --> 04:53:47.720
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Oo.

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04:53:48.400 --> 04:53:55.920
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi kung bibili yung mga skwelahan ng drinking water, that's also going to be a cost in the MOUE.

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04:53:56.220 --> 04:53:57.020
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: That's right, Your Honor.

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04:53:57.020 --> 04:53:57.340
Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yeah.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Please take a look at that.

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04:53:58.900 --> 04:53:59.480
DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Will do, Your Honor.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We have questions, SP, or shall I finish my questions, na?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sige, Senator Joe, you first.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: You first, you first.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Okay.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I have just a few questions, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: In fact, I will forego with probably more than half or 70% of what I prepared for today.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I'm happy that a lot of our...

asr-006128
04:54:28.020 --> 04:54:35.880
Senator Joel Villanueva: concerns were already tackled, but probably the most pressing would be the budget for ARAL program, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I hope that we can really do something about it.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: The request kanina is 8 billion, Mr. Chairman, so we'll see.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: We'll see what we can do.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I hope we can help each other out.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Mr. Chairman, Secretary, I am sure you have known me for 100 years now, and I have been raising this issue of jobs.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Job orders and contract of service.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: We wanted to find out yung significant number of JO, COS personnel in DepEd's workforce.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Nitignan ko naman, nag-i-improve, pero Secretary, you have 1,088,991 authorized position this year.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Ang unfilled po is still 45,000, no?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: And you have 44,000 job orders and a contract of service.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Yung unfilled na 45,000, galing po yan sa 48,711.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: So we just wanted to point that out because wala naman akong pinapalampas na department at agency dito sa Senado because this has been my advocacy.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: So again, paulit-ulit yung questions ko dito.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Functions they perform?

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04:55:58.020 --> 04:56:01.820
Senator Joel Villanueva: Political plantilla vacancies to be prioritized?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: To reduce yung reliance natin dito sa contractual personnel for continuing functions?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: May we just get an answer, Mr. Chairman?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yes, Your Honor, I'm witness to your consistency in your advocacy, but with your permission, can I turn it over to our head of HR, Usec Willie?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, Usec Willie, please.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Yes, Mr. Chair, thank you very much.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Actually,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: we have that 45,000 unfilled, but we have done a lot of audit and catching up in the filling up.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: But unahin ko lang po yung job orders nationwide kasi while we have that number, we offer them to a plantilla position given the vacancies and unfilled.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: However, since a requirement is eligibility,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: hindi po rin namin,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: sila makuha.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: What we're doing in the department is we regularly conduct review sessions and helping them out in taking the career service examination,

asr-006156
04:57:09.740 --> 04:57:10.960
DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: but to no avail.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: But we don't have opportunity for them to be absorbed.

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04:57:16.620 --> 04:57:20.300
DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Nonetheless, we maintain them rather than mawalang po sila ng trabaho.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: That's one of the many reasons.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Quick question, Usec.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Dun sa unfilled positions, talagang...

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Kasi there are...

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Senator Joel Villanueva: agencies, departments, na minsan talagang hindi nila mapi-fill up yung position na nandun.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: So, kailangan nilang gumawa ng parahan.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Another example is, for example, yung sa COA.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Mga auditors naman, wala naman takers doon sa kaya gusto naman nila ngayon na salary exemption, rationalization, etc.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Dito po, ano yung pinaka...

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Because I wanted to help.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I'm asking these questions because I wanted to help.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Because lumaki pa po.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: So, yung job order po ninyo from 37,000, now it's 44,000.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Yes, Mr. Chair.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Una, meron po kami yung mga tinatawag na hard-to-fill positions.

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04:58:09.040 --> 04:58:12.460
DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Lalo tigit, yan po yung attorney positions.

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04:58:12.680 --> 04:58:17.340
DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Yung legal officer, ang highest na po sa amin sa division is salary grade 21.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: So, ang kakupendensya po namin ay other agencies na merong mataas na salary grade.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: So, wala nang papasok doon?

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Yes, po.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Nangyari po sa akin yan, nung nasa TESDA ako,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: isa lang yung plantil.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Kaya position, ganyan din.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Wala nang pumapasok.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Yes, po.

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04:58:30.620 --> 04:58:31.980
Senator Joel Villanueva: So, yun nga eh.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: We need to do something about it and help.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Give us ammunitions and we'll help you.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Yes, we're taking the opportunity for the Government Optimization Act

asr-006188
04:58:42.860 --> 04:58:47.220
DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: where we are allowed to do the organizational review and study.

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04:58:47.800 --> 04:58:49.900
DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: And we're looking at these positions.

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04:58:50.340 --> 04:58:54.680
DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Kasi meron din po kami mga accountant 1, accountant 2, na CPA dapat,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: pero salary grade 11.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: So, because that's...

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: That's how the organization is built before.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: So, yun po yung mga kinukonsider namin.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Pero itong mga vacancies na po ito ay binubuo ng mga vacancies na either na bakante sa loob ng 6 na buwan

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: na kailangan mong palitan due to promotion, resignation.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: So, since inutusan po kami ng sekretary na pabilisin yung hiring,

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04:59:23.340 --> 04:59:27.120
DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: particular na sample is yung ating school counselor associate,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: pinababalik.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Pinababa po namin yung number of days in the hiring.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: But given na ito ay nasa field at merong mga divisions na isang libo ang bakante

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: for a set of positions,

asr-006203
04:59:40.580 --> 04:59:45.820
DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: kailangan po nila ng mas maraming mga tao to do the ranking.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: But we allowed under our department order

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: na they can create as many human resource selection board at their level

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: just to accommodate the number of...

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Okay, inutusan din ako ng...

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Senator Joel Villanueva: sekretary nyo, pabilisin ko na po.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Bigyan nyo na lang kami ng report

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Senator Joel Villanueva: what you intend

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Senator Joel Villanueva: to do with these figures,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: how we can help, and

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Senator Joel Villanueva: those

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Senator Joel Villanueva: yung binabanggit nyo kanina

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Senator Joel Villanueva: ng mga positions na wala

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Senator Joel Villanueva: na talaga. And I'm sure nakapagsubmit na

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Senator Joel Villanueva: kayo sa optimization na

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Senator Joel Villanueva: na hiningi ng Malacanang.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Kasi binabantayan ko din po.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Now, sekretary, with the reduction

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Senator Joel Villanueva: of funding for school

asr-006222
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Senator Joel Villanueva: personal positions, ilang

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Senator Joel Villanueva: teachers po ba yung ma-hire natin

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Senator Joel Villanueva: for 2027? And

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Senator Joel Villanueva: how many

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Senator Joel Villanueva: more are needed, USEC?

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Our computation

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: for 2027

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: is around also

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: 14,000

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: teachers, teaching

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: positions. And

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: another

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: 14,000 for school

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: principals and

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: school counselor associates

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: to augment

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: and in compliance with the law.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: But sir, that is your target

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Senator Joel Villanueva: with the 14,000 principal na sinasabi nyo,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: hindi na pondohan yan eh.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Yes po. I was informed by

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: the DBM that we were allowed

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: to secure from the

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: The item budget that you talked about.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: So yung 2,100.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: But will you be able to spend it for the 14,000

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Senator Joel Villanueva: principal?

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: If, if,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: meron naman po kaming pool for,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: ano, for, or applicants

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: for that,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: I think

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: we can fill that up by

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: next year if

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: given that. Mr. Chairman,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: just to put on record, kasi yung

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Senator Joel Villanueva: fiscal year 2027,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: yung proposed allocation po for

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Senator Joel Villanueva: new school personal positions is

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Senator Joel Villanueva: 31.739

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Senator Joel Villanueva: billion pesos, which

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Senator Joel Villanueva: marks a 25%

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Senator Joel Villanueva: decrease.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: This is

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Senator Joel Villanueva: from

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Senator Joel Villanueva: 42.298 billion.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Is that a correct figure?

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: It's correct, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: And then the program share in the total

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Senator Joel Villanueva: DepEd budget also declined

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Senator Joel Villanueva: from 4.6 in

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Senator Joel Villanueva: 2026, 3.6 na lang in

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Senator Joel Villanueva: 2027. So, I'm

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Senator Joel Villanueva: sure mag-a-adjust

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Senator Joel Villanueva: kayo ng targets, diyo ba?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Kaya ako itinatanong ito,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: again,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: alam ko maraming kailangan ng increase

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Senator Joel Villanueva: sa

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Senator Joel Villanueva: department, pero

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Senator Joel Villanueva: baka pwedeng bigyan nyo kami

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Senator Joel Villanueva: ng priority po ninyo,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Yusek Fatima,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: para mapadali na po, no?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Yung hiring targets po

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Senator Joel Villanueva: ng DepEd to improve the

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Senator Joel Villanueva: teacher-to-learner ratio nationwide,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: baka pwedeng kahit

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Senator Joel Villanueva: pa-submit na lang ako

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Senator Joel Villanueva: para mabilis na lang.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: How much additional funding po ba would be

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Senator Joel Villanueva: required to address the

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Senator Joel Villanueva: shortages din, especially

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Senator Joel Villanueva: dun sa mga overcrowded schools?

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Around 4.29 billion,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Mr. Chair.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: 4.29 billion.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Siguro pa-submit na lang, no?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Kasi yung, despite improvements

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Senator Joel Villanueva: in teacher-to-learner ratio,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: ang daming public schools

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Senator Joel Villanueva: na remain

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Senator Joel Villanueva: severely overcrowded,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: no? NCR, Calabarzon, Soksargen,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: and BARMM. Tapos

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Senator Joel Villanueva: yung supposed to be,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: nagagawa nyo po ba ito?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Ito, annually pa rin, yung 20,000 na

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Teachers being hired?

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Yes, Mr. Chair.

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Currently ngayon,

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: 32,916

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: ang na-approve sa atin.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Yes, but where are you now?

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: We have already

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: filled up

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: 24,000 out of the 32 today.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: 24,000?

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DepEd Undersecretary Willy Cabral: Yes, sir.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: That's good.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Itong last mile

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Senator Joel Villanueva: in the GIDA schools,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: which is very close to our

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Senator Joel Villanueva: hearts.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Does DepEd

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Senator Joel Villanueva: intend to construct

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Senator Joel Villanueva: or complete

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Senator Joel Villanueva: for

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Senator Joel Villanueva: ilan po yung target

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Senator Joel Villanueva: for 2027?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: what measures does the

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Senator Joel Villanueva: department seek to

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Senator Joel Villanueva: adopt to avoid delays in the

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Senator Joel Villanueva: implementation?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Pasabit na lang din po para

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: We have a budget

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: for 131 last mile

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: school classrooms.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: 131?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 1.9 billion, Your Honor.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Okay.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Ang nakakatuwa po kasi dito, Mr. Chairman,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: in fiscal year

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Senator Joel Villanueva: 2025,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: last mile schools

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Senator Joel Villanueva: program reportedly recorded in

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Senator Joel Villanueva: 96.3%

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Senator Joel Villanueva: obligation rate.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Pero ang

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Senator Joel Villanueva: disbursement rate naman ay nasa

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Senator Joel Villanueva: 21.2%.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: So hopefully we can

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Senator Joel Villanueva: get a report on that para

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Senator Joel Villanueva: malaman lang po natin

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Senator Joel Villanueva: ano pa bang

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Senator Joel Villanueva: importante sa atin dito.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Yung assessment po,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Mr. Chair, ng structural

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Senator Joel Villanueva: integrity and overall condition

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Senator Joel Villanueva: of our public school classrooms. I remember

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Senator Joel Villanueva: we were talking about

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Senator Joel Villanueva: this, Secretary,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: to ensure that they remain

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Senator Joel Villanueva: safe and conducive for learning

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Senator Joel Villanueva: and then yung

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Senator Joel Villanueva: binababasahin

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Senator Joel Villanueva: nating dati na importance of

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Senator Joel Villanueva: yung mga buildings

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Senator Joel Villanueva: na pupwedeng i-renovate

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Senator Joel Villanueva: naman, hindi kailangang

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Senator Joel Villanueva: totally

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Senator Joel Villanueva: i-demolish

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Senator Joel Villanueva: at tatayuan ng bago?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Can we have an update on that?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung kailangan i-repair is almost

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: the same number as those that need

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: to be constructed, Your Honor.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: I think yung nabanggit

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: kanina is 142,000

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: yung kailangan to construct.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Sa kailangan i-repair,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: because they are of a certain

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: age.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 160. Mas marami pa.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Yun yung kailangan ng replacement, yung 142,000?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ayun yung needed

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: shortage, yung deficit.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yun yung 142. But those needing

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: repair because they're of 50 years ba?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 50 years and a half?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: But they're of a certain

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: age and they need repairing.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Nasa 160,000 din.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: And how many of

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Senator Joel Villanueva: these can DepEd address,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Your Honor, under this coming

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Senator Joel Villanueva: 2027 budget?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 4,000 new classrooms.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ah, repair, repair.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 4,000 to be repaired, Your Honor.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: 4,000?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 4,000, opo.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Ang universe is

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: 160,000 needing repair, Your Honor.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Wow.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Just to understand our

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Senator Joel Villanueva: the challenges that we are facing.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Ah, yung sa CAP pala,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I, ah,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: um,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I wanted to get the, ah,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: the, ah,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: wisdom of the Secretary and the DepEd family.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Sa tingin niyo po ba kailangan gawing batas to para,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I mean, how can DepEd maximize yung, ah,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: LGU and, ah,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: civil society participation in accelerating, ah, classroom construction?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Ah, well, it's a very good bill because, ah, it, ah,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: sets forth that the government must commit to a

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: school building program over time and, ah,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: must involve several actors.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, ah, as we've seen,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: pagka isa o dalawa lang ang ahensya na yan,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: ah, gumagawa ho ng,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: o nagpapabid ng mga classrooms,

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: talagang bumabagal ho dahil lumalaki na rin ang gobyerno, lumalaki ang mga proyekto.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, may capacity constraints din.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, that's why 20, we appreciate the

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: freedom given to DepEd to, ah, be creative, ah, and as the President said, to

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: explore other avenues, which is the LGU.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, now, we have 400 plus, ah, LGUs who are helping us, ah, bid out the classrooms.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, this is the approach that, ah, the CAP bill seeks to institutionalize, if I'm not mistaken, ah, Mr. Chair.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Yeah, thank, thank you for that.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Kanina, we were talking about yung, ah, the, ah, piloting of, ah, schools for,

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Senator Joel Villanueva: because I'm a believer, Mr. Chairman, of, ah, supermarket of competencies.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: And I think, ah, we really have to start, ah, entertaining the idea of, ah, piloting, ah, more programs, ah, like that.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: And, ah, and I'm happy na, ah, EDCOM will, ah, will, ah, initiate a program for this.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Ah, but last, last thing, last issue that I'd like to, to raise, itong, ano naman, ah, Mr. Chairman, itong school safety and security.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: May we know in this, ah, ah, upcoming, ah, DepEd budget, magkani yung allocation to strengthen, ah, um, school security, particularly through the hiring of, ah, security guards?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I heard it's, it's also a, a very challenging task for the department.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: And the department has reportedly, ah, identified a need for 8 billion to, ah, fund security guards, ah, nationwide.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I, I, I heard that, no?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: And, ah, pero pag tinignan ko dito yung, ah, proposed MOOE budget, e nag-decrease pa po, Mr. Chairman, by 33.7 billion.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Secretary.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: So, has the estimated 8 billion requirement been increased?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Incorporated into this, ah, proposed, ah, budget?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: And how much remains unfunded, Mr. Chairman?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Well, ah, we presented this to the House, and they were, we were fortunate that they granted us, ah, 500 million for the hiring of security guards.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: So, that will enable us to hire 1,667, ah, security guards, ah, Mr. President, Mr. Chair, Your Honor.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: So, from the 8 billion that you are requesting, 500 million yung nalagay.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Doon sa 8 billion, ilang security?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Security guards supposed to be, ah?

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Yung of the 8.6, ah, requested, 5.05 would be for 16,800 security guards, Your Honor.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: From 16,000 to 1,600.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Okay.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Meron pa akong hindi na, na take up, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: While you're, while you're looking, um, Mr., ah, Mr. Chairman, let me just, ah, jump on the School Safety Act, no?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ah, we'd like to thank the Senate President for, um, spending four hours with us today.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Maraming salamat.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you, Mr. President.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Salamat.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you.

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DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara: Thank you.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Um, so, I asked, actually, si, ah, ah, Mr. Deloy of Stairway Foundation to come.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi gusto ko lang pong banggitin na in the School Safety Act, yes, we're talking about provision of equipment, ah, CCTV, metal detectors.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, we're talking about, um, security personnel.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Barangay Tanod.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Security.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Security guards.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But, um, just for the record, and I know Secretary Angara knows this, at the heart of the School Safety Act is really the awareness and the proactive behavior of all of the stakeholders, no?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Um, so I'd like to give just a little bit of time for Mr. Deloy just to talk about what they've been doing with DepEd, um, with regard to school safety and trying to address the emerging concerns that we have.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Just briefly, ah, for Stairway Foundation.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Maraming salamat po.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So, ah, Mr., Mr. Chair.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So, ang Stairway Foundation po, we've been working with DepEd since 2012.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So, we've seen the evolution of the challenges in child protection and education.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Um, I would say that this, at this time, ito yung pinaka-challenging talaga within the education sector in relation to child protection.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: And we appreciate yung framing ng School Safety Act because we believe that violence doesn't exist in a vacuum.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Maraming interchanging forces that influences violence.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So, when we started working with DepEd, we've explored different modalities in terms of educating learners and training teachers to build up their capacity on violence prevention.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Ah, next slide, please.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So, yung isang breakthrough po, actually, happened in 2024.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Ito yung tinatawag natin na anti-OSAEC classroom-based sessions, wherein the challenge was how do you now, how do you do prevention and education sessions directly inside the classroom?

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Ito po ay enabled ng implementing rules and regulation ng RA 11930.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So, actually, may mandate si DepEd na dapat inside the classroom, nagtuturo ng mga gantong concepts tulad ng body boundaries, consent, recognizing risky and unsafe situations, and help-seeking behavior.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: The good thing is that noong in-implementation ng 2024, since 2024, at tuloy-tuloy, the DepEd, through the...

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: The DepEd Learners' Rights and Protection Division has managed to reach 8.5 million learners.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: And sa isang outcome study, tatlo sa apat na learners, yung nagsabi na nag-increase yung self-protection knowledge nila and yung willingness to disclose.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: In fact, hindi ko sinama sa slide, doon sa last tranche of implementation, nagkaroon ng 4,000 disclosures after the session.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So imagine that, 4,000 learners who

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: have received the intervention as mandated by the DepEd protocols on helping learners.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: 4,000 na maaring hindi nag-disclose kung walang gantong targeted session.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So, it is a very successful program, I would say, na ginawa ng DepEd Learner Rights and Protection Division.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Next slide po.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So, yung issue natin na isa ay bullying.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So, looking at the model of the anti-OSAEC classroom-based education,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Again, together with the Learner Rights and Protection Division, we've developed anti-bullying classroom-based sessions.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So, ang kagandahan, it was developed in consultation with learners and personnel themselves.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So, siya po ay kade-develop lang this year and hopefully it will be deployed in time for the National Children's Month of 2026.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Next slide po.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So, min-mirror niya yung same strategy at yun nga, tulad ng nabang ito, very consultative yung development.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Next slide po.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Next.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Nag-de-develop din po kami with the Learner Rights and Protection Division ng isang companion app, learning app,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: na pwedeng i-leverage yung technology to teach bullying prevention knowledge to children.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Next po.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Tapos nakikita natin kanina yung power ng peer-to-peer approach.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So, the way Stairway works with DepEd is that we take our local implementation experience, which...

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: is evidence-based, and then scale it up with DepEd

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: para mas makarating sa mas maraming learners.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Kasi if we are looking at these various child protection problems

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: as a national problem, the solution should also be national in scope.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Marami kasing schools, yung piecemeal,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: nag-implement na sarili nilang intervention,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: pero marami naging schools yung merong gaps in capacity

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: in terms of anong materials yung gagamitin ko.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: And this is where these interventions come in.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So for example, this peer educators program na ginagawa namin,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: next slide po,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: it's being implemented in our home base in Puerto Galera

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: and discusses these different topics wherein, next slide,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: ang nagde-deliver ay mga peer educators themselves.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So nakita namin yung kapangyarihan na kapag yung message ay nanggagaling sa kapwa bata

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: at naka-design safely yung materials,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: mas mataas yung learning retention in terms of these safety messages.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Next slide.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: And now last but not the least,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: yung isang magandang framing sa child protection program ng DEPED is,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: yun nga, yung nabanggit ng sekretary kanina,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: yung kaagapay program was originally for academic nature,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: pero dahil nga sa nangyaring spate of school violence,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: na-transform siya to be more of a, dun sa child protection yung framing.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So ang ginawa po namin with DEPED is to develop what we call

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: the Kaagapay Parenting in the Digital Age,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: kung saan nare-recognize natin na marami doon sa mga violence cases,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: na-disrupt sana natin kung nagkaroon ng early detection,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: kung si parent na-detect na niya, teka lang may pinagdadaan yung anak ko,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: and nag-access siya ng help sa school, for example, sa advisor, sa school guidance counselor,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: na may napapansin po ka sana ako, baka pwedeng pagtulungan natin.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So what?

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So what we did was we developed a very simple session guide and session deck,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: tapos nagkaroon ngayon ng series of rollouts sa regional levels at magkakaroon ng cascading training.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: In fact, nagkaroon ng dalawang Kaagapay Parenting Roadshow sa Cainta Rizal and Santiago Isabela,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: at napakaganda ng feedback ng parents.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So ano po yung tinuturo sa Kaagapay?

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Number one, yung tinatawag namin na four C's of online risks.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Mahirap gabaya ng mga parents yung anak nila kung hindi nila naintindihan,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: ano yung mga iba't-ibang online risks na maaaring kaharapin ng mga anak nila.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Pangalawa, ano yung mga online parenting and reporting tools, ano yung options nila?

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: At for us, yung pinaka-importante yung huli, yung parenting strategies.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Last slide, please.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So ito po yung, kumusta, kasama ka, sundo ka, Kaagapay?

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Ito po yung framing.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So basically, ang tinuturo sa parents, next click po,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: sa kumusta, pinapaunawa sa mga parents na importante yung pangumusta sa araw-araw na buhay,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: na pag-uwi mo ng bahay, hindi mo lang kakamusta yung anak mo tungkol sa kamusta ang exam mo,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: kamusta yung test, et cetera, kundi may nagpasaya ba sa'yo ngayong araw, may nagpalungkot ba sa'yo?

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: At yung paraan ng pagtatunong ay napaka-importante.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Pangalawa, yung kasama.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Kapag nagkapag-establish mo agad ng rapport,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: kailangan maintindihan ng parents yung ginagalawa na online ng mundo ng anak.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So dito tinuturo sa parents, ano yung strategy na,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: paano mo maintindihan yung kinagigiliwa ng anak mo na online games?

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: May isang parent during our session, nag-share siya at narinig na ibang parents.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Para maintindihan ko, nag-create ako ng Roblox account at kaming dalawa,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: naglalaro kami ng anak ko magkasama.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So mas naintindihan ko ngayon.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Next po, yung kasundo.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Ito yung paglalatag ng online safety family agreements.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Importante sa mga pamilya na mayroong hangganan and boundaries.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: In terms of digital usage, digital lives ng mga bata.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Ito yung structure na kailangan.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Halimbawa, pag sa hapagkainan, wala muna tayong gadget use.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Kaya lang, sinasabi rin namin sa mga parents, kung mag-i-employ tayo ng ganitong agreement,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: dapat kayo rin bilang parent, huwag kayong gagamit ng cellphone habang nasa hapagkainan.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: And last but not the least is yung kaagapay concept.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Na kung saan tinuturo namin sa mga parents na kapag may nag-disclose na anak,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: dapat ganito yung paraan ng paghahandol ng disclosure.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Walang victim blaming.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Makikinig ka.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: At very importantly, i-access mo yung support system sa paaralan.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So dito po yung framing noong kaagapay, parenting in the digital age.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So kung titignan nyo, ang concept ay parenting in the digital age, hindi digital parenting.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Kasi never mas magiging expert ang magulang sa anak sa technology.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Pero may mga parenting skills na kahit hindi teki yung magulang,

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: pag in-apply niya sa anak niya, mas magagabayin yung anak niya sa online world.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: So yun po yun, Jis.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Pero ito po yung pinaka ilan sa intervention and partnerships na pinwede aside from others.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, Mr. Deloy.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: With the indulgence of Senator Joel, sorry I was expecting a short presentation.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But this is very helpful.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Maraming maraming salamat po sa inyong...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: yung naibahagi, yung mga skwilahan natin dapat talaga ligtas.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And gaya na nasabi ko kanina, merong kailangan na pagpondo sa kagamitan.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And this is something we will work on.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pero sa kaduluduluan ng lahat, ang laki ng responsibilidad at ng roles ng mga teacher, magulang at mga bata.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Nung nakwento mo na after the OSAEC module,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: merong 4,000 na bata ang nagsabi na they were at risk.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I'm hoping that habang niloroll out ninyo yung modules pagating sa karahasan,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: ay marami rin mga bata ang magsasabi na kailangan nila ng tulong para hindi sila tumuloy sa karahasan.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: If you look at the School Safety Act, malaking focus po doon yung mandatory...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We call it a mandatory seminar for parents.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Pero parang ganito na rin yun.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Na kailangan talaga...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Mas maalam yung mga magulang pagating sa ano yung nararanasan, ano yung kinalalagyan ng kanilang mga anak sa mundo ng online.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I mean, after the Tacloban shooting, nung umuwi ako, so pumunta ako, nakiramay, nagtanong-tanong, pag uwi ko,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: the first thing I did, ginek ko yung iPad ng anak ko.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kung yung parental controls, yung accounts, anong accounts yung...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yung naka-login siya, yung ibang accounts niya, accounts ko, so I had to check my accounts also on what platform she's on.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And honestly, yung mga nangyayaring karahasan, nakakatakot siya sa mga bata at sa mga guro,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: pero doble siguro yung takot ng mga magulang, honestly, sa nakikita natin.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, we're hoping that DepEd can really start this even before the law is passed.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But tama po yung isang nabanggit niyo, Mr. Dilo, yung scale.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Kasi maraming NGO, maraming grupong gustong tumulong, but only the DepEd infrastructure can really create the scale.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, this is a big challenge.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: 23 million learners, kung yung magulang times two, that's 50 million people that we have to reach out to,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: para malaman nila yung mga tamang patakaran pagating dito.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And again, I think we should be...

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: If somebody exhibits upstanding behavior, either magsumbong or magsabi, magkwento, kung sila man yan, o kaibigan nila, o kapatid nila,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: that should be seen as a positive that we're able to create that culture where our students, the teachers, and the parents can safely talk about these problems,

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: and bring it up to the proper authorities.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, maraming salamat, Mr. Dilo.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Yes, last point po, before I go back to Senator Joel.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Salamat po, last point.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: This is my first time to sit in a budget deliberation.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: Napansin ko lang, bilang outsider, naslash yung child protection budget line ng DepEd from the original 80 million, naging 40 million lang right now.

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Stairway Foundation Child Protection Specialist Ysrael C. Diloy: I'm just confused bakit bumaba ng gano'n, where in fact, child protection is one crucial issue we're facing right now.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Exactly.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Confusion lang ba ang salita, Senator Joel?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Hindi lang confusion eh, kasi...

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Senator Joel Villanueva: May dami na akong kasalanang nasabi dito, nandito na doon yung tatay ko, ayoko lang magsalita.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Is Brother Eddie here?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Sa likod?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: We'd like to acknowledge Brother Eddie Villanueva who is here.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Okay.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Thank you, sir.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: But that's exactly what we're looking at, no?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Baka naman po ay kung wala man siya dun sa item na yun, baka napailalim siya sa ibang mga items, no?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, Senator Joel, maybe a final...

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Mr. Chairman, I'm no longer gonna ask.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Anything, in fact, I can raise this through text message, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I just wanted to again congratulate the DepEd family headed by our brother, basketball teammate.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I'd rather play basketball with him than ask him questions regarding the education situation of our country.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Maraming salamat, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Secretary.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ito ko nga, Senator Joel, maraming assist, walang block, di ba? Puro assist.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Puro lay-up. Puro lay-up.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, we'd like to thank the DepEd family, Secretary Angara, and everyone for spending the last five hours with us.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Maraming maraming salamat.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I hope to defend your budget well.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: I hope by the time we're talking about your budget, we can see the increases, no?

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: In the very important parts that we've seen.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: So, maraming salamat po and see you at the plenary. Thank you.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Ah, sorry. Ano yung line?

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Senator Joel Villanueva: I move, Mr. Chairman, that we approve on this level the budget of...

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Senator Joel Villanueva: the Department of Education and its attached agencies for plenary action, Mr. Chairman.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: And deemed submitted.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: And it be deemed submitted.

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Senator Paolo Benigno "Bam" Aquino IV: Maraming salamat and we suspend this briefing. Thank you.

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Senator Joel Villanueva: Thank you, bro.