VICE President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio vowed that the Department of Education will ensure that the Filipino youth will have a strong educational foundation to help them once they enter the work force.

“Sa susunod na limang taon, sisikapin ng Kagawaran ng Edukasyon na bumuo ng matibay na pundasyon ng kaalaman at kasanayan para maging handa sa hinaharap ang ating kabataang Pilipino at makaakit ng mas dekalidad at disenteng trabaho,” Duterte-Carpio said in her speech on Labor Day.

The Education department recently released the final draft of the curriculum guides for Kindergarten to Grade 10 students and asked the public for its feedback.

DepEd is still reviewing the K to 12 program and aims to finish the modification by June this year.

In January, Duterte-Carpio said that the review of the K to 12 curriculum revealed that the curriculum content is congested and that some prerequisites of identified essential learning competencies are missing or misplaced.

Meanwhile, the Vice President acknowledged the sacrifices of Filipino laborers.

“I enjoin everyone to advocate a work culture that values mental health and well-being along with better wages, safer and healthier working spaces, gender-responsive policies, creative strategies that support working mothers, single parents, and working students, better career growth opportunities, and personal work fulfillment for all Filipinos,” she said.

“Salamat sa lahat ng ating manggagawang Pilipino. Kasama ninyo kaming naninindigan sa pag-asang matupad natin ang ating pangarap na isang progresibo, inklusibo at matatag na Pilipinas.”