IT was quite distressing to read on the front page of one of the Philippine broadsheets earlier this month an article with the headline "Are you not panicking?': DepEd urged to address 24,480 schools without principals." That came from a remark from a lawmaker serving as one of the co-chairmen of the Second Congressional Commission on Education, or Edcom 2.
Such a story made me imagine a wide gaping hole that will stifle the efforts to reform the public education system in the country. It is a worrisome piece of news that is sure to aggravate the undesirable condition of Philippine education, which can dissipate the momentum for renewal.
