PRESIDENT Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. aims to improve the education system to provide students the necessary skills and make them more competitive when they join the workforce.

The President specifically wants to improve the technical competence of students to entice “more sophisticated” international investors to establish businesses in the Philippines.

He added that his administration is committed to invest in young people by providing them with the necessary instruction.

“We must continue to make them competitive anywhere in the world but most hopefully in the Philippines with our partners and with our allies,” Marcos said.

“And that will galvanize our young people to continue to work in that direction. That I think is something that will come naturally if we are able to do all of the things that we are hoping to do to transform the economy, to adjust now,” he added.

In her Facebook page, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said that Marcos has ordered the Department of Education to provide students with the necessary training to enable them to become “productive members of the society.”

“Hindi tayo makakaunlad kung hindi skilled ang ating workers, kung walang talino or walang kakayahan. So, sa basic education pa lang, pinangako ng Presidente na hindi niya titipirin ang ating learners,” Cruz-Angeles said.