THE GOVERNMENT of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. should create a Cabinet cluster that would fix the country鈥檚 learning crisis, according to a Philippine senator.
鈥淭his move aims to address the persistent learning crisis in the country by ensuring strong coordination among key departments and agencies involved in education and workforce development,鈥 Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano said in a statement on Sunday evening.
The cluster should include the Labor and Budget departments, he said.
The senator, who is co-chairman of the Second Congressional Commission on Education, said the Cabinet cluster should develop a roadmap on national education and workforce development.
Filipino students were among the world鈥檚 weakest in the Programme on International Student Assessment鈥檚 2022 assessment for student performance in mathematics, reading and science. It ranked 77th out of 81 countries, performing worse than the global average in all categories. 鈥 John Victor D. Ordo帽ez
