The Alliance of Concerned Teachers welcomes the resignation of VP Sara Duterte as the Secretary of the Department of Education. She is one thorn less in the side of the teachers and the education sector. She has not resolved any of the problems of education, instead incessantly red-tagged ACT for our demands for more teachers and classrooms. She has never sided with our call for salary increase and better benefits, instead scrambled to secure confidential and intelligence funds for her own political ends. She has only used the education post to boost her political viability, but she so failed as her programs like the MATATAG agenda were problematic to begin with. She has no legacy to speak of and will only be remembered for red-tagging, CIF and bankrupt policies.
Her resignation only indicates the worsening rift between the Marcos and Duterte camps. The preoccupation of these equally abominable ruling dynasties with their power struggle is detestable and serves none of the real interests of the people.
Whoever replaces her has a big mess to clean up, but we have learned not to place our hopes on politicians and government officials. We will continue to resolutely fight for the welfare of our teachers, students and education support personnel, and hold accountable whoever is sitting for their duties to the education sector. (ALLIANCE OF CONCERNED TEACHERS – PHILIPPINES)
