Nagkasundo ang House Committees on Basic Education and Culture at Higher and Technical Education na ipatawag ang top officials ng Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), at Department of Education (DepEd).
Ito ay para bigyang linaw ang layunin ng nilagdaan nilang Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) na mag-iintegrate o magpapasok ng Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) course sa lahat ng strand ng Senior High School.
Pangunahing pinaiimbitihan ang kalihim ng DepEd na si Vice President Sara Duterte lalo at ang mga humarap na resource person mula sa kagawaran ay hindi masagot ng maayos ang tanong ng mga miyembro ng komite.
Isa kasi sa kinukuwestyon ng mga mambabatas ay kung bakit isasama ang TVET course kahit sa mga strand kung saan ang estudyante ay magpapatuloy ng kolehiyo.
Paliwanag naman ni Education Assistant Secretary Alma Ruby Torio, bahagi rin ito ng kanilang review ng K-to-12 Curriculum.
Pero ayon kay Pasig Representative Roman Romulo, kung dito nakabase ang kasunduan, ay maaaring hindi rin ito kilalanin ng DepEd sa hinaharap kung makitang hindi pala epektibo, bagay na aksaya aniya sa oras at pera.
“Well, if they cannot answer why we had a Joint Memorandum Circular, and if the objectives are not clear, and if steps towards providing quality education are not indicated there, then it is a waste of money. I was asking why there was a signing event when they were only signing a deal on very general grounds. That would have been okay if they were able to explain after the signing of the Joint Memorandum Circular that these are the steps we would take to achieve a certain quality of education, to improve the learnings of our youth, those in DepEd schools,” sabi ni Romulo. | ulat ni Kathleen Jean Forbes