EDUCATION Secretary Leonor Briones believes in the capability of Vice President-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio to lead the education department, calling her a “very intelligent person.”

“I go by her public declaration that whatever programs there are, she will study them and of course, she will carefully consider whether she will recommend them to the new president. And it’s very likely that she will because the outgoing president is her father,” Briones said.

“She is basically a very intelligent person. She will bring her own perspective. She is her own person,” she added.

Briones said that Duterte-Carpio will be able to have a grasp of the programs of the department.

“She is very concerned about citizenship, about loyalty to the country beyond the usual academics. So she is not really a complete stranger,” she said.

Briones also believes that President-elect Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos will take care of the education department.