The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM II) is all set to perform its mandate to evaluate the Philippine education sector’s performance starting January 2023, Senator Win Gatchalian said.

Local universities and colleges (LUCs) will receive immediate reimbursements for the implementation of the free higher education program under the 2023 national budget, Senator Win Gatchalian assures.

While the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) eyes short-course training programs for cybersecurity experts and software engineers, Senator Win Gatchalian maintains that developing talent for cybersecurity should start from basic education.

Senator Win Gatchalian is pressing the need to strengthen sexuality education to sustain the gains of the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012 or RH law, including the drop in teenage pregnancies.

The National Academy of Sports (NAS) will receive adequate funding support under the recently approved P5.268 trillion 2023 budget to ensure that its operations are not hampered, Senator Win Gatchalian said.

Amid the global celebration of the World Arabic Language Day today, December 18, Senator Win Gatchalian is pushing for the institutionalization of the Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education (ALIVE) in all public and private basic education schools outside the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

Private schools in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) will be included in the Government Assistance and Subsidies to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE), Senator Win Gatchalian assured.

Learners enrolled under the Alternative Learning System (ALS) will receive support under the 2023 national budget, Senator Win Gatchalian assures.

Learners with disabilities will receive funding support under the 2023 national budget, Senator Win Gatchalian assures.