SENATOR Pia Cayetano on Wednesday urged the government to give priority to early childhood education, citing the researches conducted by State Universities and Colleges showed that more investment is needed in childhood education.

In her interpellation on the proposed 2024 national budget, the chairperson of the Committee on Sustainable Development Goals Innovation and Futures Thinking asked the National Economic and Development Authority to provide her a list of the SDG researches conducted by State Universities and Colleges.

“I have started to receive researches but now would like them to be more targeted. I would like to ask his honor and his team to give us a list. We will coordinate it, directing the SUCs on what we have to do on these research,” Cayetano said.

She added that she wants to take the research “to the next level.”

She said the principle of sustainable development should be embodied in the preparation of the budget.