NATIONAL Government Agencies and private education organizations expressed full support for a measure pushing for the creation of a cabinet cluster for education.

During the hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Culture and Committee on Higher and Technical Education, education agencies including the Department of Education, Commission on Higher Education and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority assured their support on the House Concurrent Resolution No. 28.

Even the Department of Budget and Management, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Science and Technology, Coordinating Councils for Private Education Associations, Technical Vocational School Associations of the Philippines, and other private education groups, including the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, manifested that they are in favor of the creation of a cabinet cluster for education.

The said agencies and organizations stated that this initiative will not only help streamline the policies and plans of the entire education sector but can also ensure that resources are efficiently directed to address the learning crisis of the country.

“The DepEd Secretary defers to the honorable committee with the optimism that the creation of the cluster would improve greater coordination between the education agencies…The Department supports the proposal,” DepEd Undersecretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs, Omar Romero said.

CHED Commissioner Ethel Agnes Valenzuela also manifested the agency’s support for the concurrent resolution.

“We are in full support of this proposal, specifically that the cabinet cluster will contribute to better alignment, better coordination, and effective implementation of priority programs,” she said.

TESDA likewise lauded the objectives of the proposed measure, stating that it will empower educational institutions in the delivery of educational services, and ensure alignment, close coordination, and effective implementation of programs in the education sector.

EDCOM 2 has previously sent a letter dated June 27 to President Marcos Jr, urging him to create a cabinet cluster as one of the efforts to strengthen the governance structure of the education system and to urgently address the country’s learning crisis.