TOUGH SEARCH FOR DEPED CHIEF
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. yesterday admitted that he is having a hard time in choosing a new secretary for the Department of Education in lieu of Vice President Sara Duterte.
In an ambush interview during the ceremonial signing of Partido Federal ng Pilipinas and National Unity Party alliance in Makati City, Marcos said he needs more time.
“It turns out it’s harder than I thought because we absolutely have to get it right. So I’m giving myself more time. Sa madaling sabi, oo nahirapan akong pumili dahil napaka-komplikado ng trabaho ng DepEd,” Marcos said.
“As I told you before, we have to see, really, what the DepEd needs. Of course, there are many calls for the new secretary to be an educator. There are many calls for the new secretary to be an administrator. There are new calls for a historical professor. All of these, and they are all valid concerns. That’s what education is all about,” the President added.
Marcos said he will announce the new DepEd secretary by the weekend.
“And that is why– I’ve gone through so many curriculum vitaes (CVs). Marami tayong magagaling. It’s– we have to choose somebody who has an understanding of what is important in terms of being an educator. But then we also have to find– the same person has to have those qualities that can galvanize this very, very large democracy, which is the DepEd, and to achieve all of those gains, or all of those changes, to make the educational standard better,” Marcos said.
The President added that he will rely on the test score of the next DepEd secretary.
“Mahirap ang trabaho ng DepEd. That’s why we have to thank Inday Sara for, really, the effort that she put in. There’s a great deal more work to be done, and we’ll find the right person for it,” Marcos said.
Duterte submitted her resignation letter on June 19.
“I’m not going to let you tie me down to anything. We’re looking at everyone. We don’t make a shortlist. Every time somebody– I know people myself, na sa palagay ko kaya nila ang trabaho, and many people come to me and say, ‘Why don’t you think about this fellow, why don’t you think about this maestra?'” Marcos said.
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