It is not easy to pick someone to head the Department of Education , President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. admitted over the weekend. It would seem PBBM is obviously making sure his new Cabinet official can hit the ground running as his administration enters the middle of his six-year term of office.
PBBM initially announced he would be able to name the new DepEd secretary before the end of last week. “So I am fast-tracking everything. I said give me several names... Do we need an educator? Do we need an administrator? Do we need an accountant? What do we need? And that is what we are trying to determine right now,” PBBM explained afterwards.
It was quite a feat for PBBM to keep short his period of filling the latest vacancy in his Cabinet. It took a year before PBBM named Gilberto “Gibo” Teodoro as his defense secretary. Gibo, along with Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa, were appointed on the same day on June 5, 2023, or almost one year after PBBM took office at Malacañang Palace. It took almost 17 months before businessman Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.
The Development Budget Coordinating Council announced last week having set at P6.352 trillion the proposed budget for the year 2025. According to Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, this is 10.1 percent higher than the Congress-approved P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Act of 2024. Under the DBCC proposal, DepEd along with its attached agencies will get P793.17 billion of the proposed 2025 NEP, compared to the P762.09 billion under the 2024 GAA.
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