SENATE President Juan Miguel Zubiri gave assurances that the legislative department will fully support the recommendations of the 2nd Congressional Commission on Education or EDCOM 2 on how to improve the quality of education in the country.

“I’m fully supportive. As the Senate, we are fully supportive of the recommendation of Edcom 2,” Zubiri said.

He vowed that they will work to provide additional budget for education needs.

“Yung mga recommendations ng EdCom 2 itutulak ng executive at legislative bodies in terms of budget allocation dahil kulang ang classrooms, kulang ang teachers, mababa ang sahod at kulang ng allowance ang ating mga teachers. Kulang ng equipment. We are so backwards pagdating sa ating educational sector,” the Senate chief said.

“The Vice President is doing her best. She just assumed office for one year. She’s doing a very difficult job. Trying to repair the damage that has been done, particularly in the pandemic na hindi tayo nag-face to face instruction. We have to fix that problem. Kailangan natin tutukan ang edukasyon ng ating kabataan,” Zubiri stressed.

The senator said there is a need to modernize equipment, as well as teachers’ education and training.

“Kasi ‘yung style ng training nila minsan ay outdated na po. Like for example, yung mga anak ko sa grade school, they are doing Singapore math. I think we are still doing the traditional math. Basically, memorizing the equation. Memorizing the multiplication and subtraction. Ibang bansa iba yung sistema,” Zubiri added.