Vice President-elect Sara Duterte held transition talks on Saturday with outgoing Education Secretary Leonor Briones.
Vice President-elect Sara Duterte held transition talks on Saturday, June 25, with outgoing Education Secretary Leonor Briones. Photo: DepEd
In a Facebook post, the Department of Education said Duterte visited Briones at the agency's main office in Pasig City, where they had a one-on-one meeting before attending a transition briefing with top DepEd officials. to turning over the leadership of DepEd to Duterte. "That the department will be concurrently led by no less that the Vice President speaks to the highest priority that education will be given under the incoming administration,” Briones said in a statement ahead of Duterte'sShe said Duterte "has a wide understanding of the problems of the education sector, especially in the grassroots level.”although the country is still under a state of public health emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic.of the K to 12 program.
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