The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) expressed alarm over the Department of Education’s (DepEd) involvement in over 200 interagency bodies, which supposedly diverted the agency from addressing “functional illiteracy.”
The EDCOM 2 recently conducted a hearing on the charter and mandates of DepEd, during which Education Secretary Sonny Angara disclosed that the department currently sits in 261 interagency bodies, chairing at least 20, and attending 21 jointly with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
The EDCOM 2 said this was a “huge leap” from the 63 bodies it originally reported in its Year One Report, “Miseducation: The Failed System of Philippine Education.”
The EDCOM 2 is the Congressional body mandated to undertake a comprehensive national assessment and evaluation of the performance of the Philippine education sector.
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