Old challenges await new DepEd leader as schools open

by Red Mendoza - Reina C. Tolentino - Francis Earl Cueto - Arlie O. Calalo

Jul 29, 2024 12:18 am

THE same old challenges and problems await some 20 million learners across the country as school year 2024-2025 begins today, July 29, with a new education secretary taking over efforts to make the system more responsive.

Former senator Juan Edgardo Angara replaced Vice President Sara Duterte, who ended her tumultuous two-year reign as head of the Department of Education (DepEd) sparked by controversy over her confidential funds while pushing the new Matatag Basic Education Curriculum.

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