LOS BAÑOS, Laguna: Education Secretary Leonor Briones led on Monday the formal investiture ceremony installing Glenn Gregorio as the 11th director of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) at the agency’s headquarters here.

As the head of Department of Education (DepEd), Searca’s focal agency in the Philippines, Briones presided over the investiture ceremony of Gregorio, who assumed office in May.