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Sara Duterte accepts DepEd post, scores talk of rift with Marcos

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Presidential and vice-presidential aspirants Bongbong Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte visits Guiguinto, Bulacan as part of the campaign trail. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/05/12/20220308-election-campaign-marcos-duterte-bulacan-md-11.jpg"/><figcaption>Presidential and vice-presidential aspirants Bongbong Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte visits Guiguinto, Bulacan as part of the campaign trail. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio on Thursday quashed talk of a possible rift with her running-mate, presidential forerunner Ferdinand &quot;Bongbong&quot; Marcos Jr, after she was offered the education department portfolio instead of the Department of National Defense. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/11/22/sara-duterte-agreed-to-lead-deped-marcos">Sara Duterte agreed to become education secretary: Marcos</a></li></ul><p>In a statement, Duterte-Carpio thanked Marcos &quot;for the confidence in me to lead the Department of Education.&quot; </p><p>The vice-presidential frontrunner said she and Marcos talked about the defense department portfolio &quot;but seeing the way things are at the moment, I expect that people who want to see the new administration to fail will fabricate intrigues about my loyalty and the DND position to break the UniTeam.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Yesterday, the presumptive President and I once again talked about how I could help the country. It was decided that I would work on producing skilled learners with the mindset to realize their full potential as individuals,&quot; she said.</p><p>&quot;Our country needs a future generation of patriotic Filipinos that advocate peace and discipline in their respective communities.&quot;</p><p>Duterte-Carpio has secured 31,560,847 votes from from 98.35% of Election Returns Thursday morning, based on partial and unofficial results. </p><p>Liloan town mayor Christina Frasco earlier told ANC&#x27;s Headstart that Duterte-Carpio wanted to be appointed defense secretary. Hours later, Marcos announced that Duterte-Carpio had already agreed take on the role of education secretary. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/05/11/22/sara-duterte-eyes-heading-defense-dept-spox">Sara Duterte eyes heading defense dept: spox</a></li></ul><p>Nag-agree naman siya (She agreed to it),&quot; Marcos said. </p><p>&quot;Palagay ko, kasama na diyan, dahil (I think this is also because) she is a mother and she wants to make sure that her children are well-trained and well-educated. That&#x27;s the best motivation that we can hope for,&quot; he added.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2033275" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><p>Marcos spokesman Vic Rodriguez noted Duterte-Carpio is qualified to lead the Department of Education as she is a lawyer.</p><p>&quot;Is she qualified? Definitely. She’s a lawyer. She has the confidence of the 31 million Filipinos who voted her into office. She enjoys the trust and confidence of President-elect Bongbong. Let’s give her a chance so that she can run ably the Department of Education,&quot; Rodriguez said.</p><p>&quot;He (Marcos) believes that Vice President-elect Sara Duterte can lead the Department of Education well and he believes she is up to the challenge.&quot;</p><p>Duterte-Carpio, during the campaign, said she would push for mandatory military service for all Filipinos after they turn 18 years old.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/19/22/duterte-carpio-to-push-for-mandatory-military-service">Duterte-Carpio to push for mandatory military service for Filipinos if she wins as VP</a></li></ul><p>Duterte-Carpio will be overseeing the agency responsible for the K-12 curriculum taught to over 27 million students. This includes how it discusses the history of her running mate&#x27;s father as well as her own father&#x27;s administration.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/21/20/human-rights-abuses-during-martial-law-taught-in-schools-deped">Human rights abuses during martial law taught in schools: DepEd</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/09/13/21/philippines-learning-crisis-as-kids-face-second-year-of-remote-schooling">Philippines &#x27;learning crisis&#x27; as kids face second year of remote schooling</a></li></ul><p>The DepEd is also trying to improve education quality following the Philippines&#x27; poor standing in international learning assessments, and is in the process of gradually reopening schools for in-person classes, which were banned in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>In her statement, Duterte-Carpio thanked Education Secretary Leonor Briones and the entire DepEd organization &quot;for their readiness to work with our team for the transition of leadership after the proclamation.&quot;</p><p>Teachers&#x27; Dignity Coalition (TDC) chairperson Benjo Basas said his group would have preferred if the next education secretary had a public school background.</p><p>But the TDC is open to working with Duterte-Carpio, whom Basas hoped would be willing to listen to teachers.</p><p>&quot;We are willing to sit and we are willing to discuss our advocacies, our plans and we are also willing to hear her plans,&quot; Basas said.</p><p>Asked about a possible historical revisionism under Duterte-Carpio, Basas acknowledged that there could be a conflict but said, &quot;Naniniwala kami na ang history natin ay recorded na, ang history natin ay established na, may facts na ito, hindi na ito puwedeng baguhin.&quot;</p><p>(We believe that our history is recorded, our history is already established, there are facts and these cannot be changed.)</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2032476" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Vice-presidential frontrunner Sara Duterte Carpio quashed talk of a possible rift with her running-mate, presidential forerunner Bongbong Marcos Jr.