DR. KAROL Mark Yee, executive director of the Second Congressional Commission on Education, said there is a need for a roadmap, coherent strategy and target for the education system.

Yee made the statement during the Private Education Assistance Committee’s LIDER 7 event hosted by PEAC Executive Director and EDCOM 2 Advisory Council Member Rhodora Angela Ferrer. The event is part of a series of fora and discussions that tackle education reforms.

Yee said that aside from studying the possible structures that could enhance coordination of government agencies, the Commission must also consider other factors, beginning with existing processes and systems within government.

The official cited, as an example, the need for a shared, coordinated strategy between government agencies, detailing the importance of strengthening the link between the Philippine Development Plan, the General Appropriations Act targets, and the agencies’ Major Final Outputs, saying that these can be leveraged to help align strategies within and across agencies.

“Coordination will be difficult if, to begin with, strategies are not aligned and connected,” he said.

“There are so many instruments of government that should allow for proper planning and coordination…Our role in EDCOM is studying paano kumpunihin at pag-tagpi-tagpiin ang mga ito to enable genuine coordination and genuine assessment of progress and monitoring of agencies,” Yee said.