MANILA, Philippines – In 2025, the Department of Education (DepEd) moved from laying down reforms to making them felt. Guided by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s directives, Education Secretary Sonny Angara’s first full year in office saw the Department’s 5-Point Agenda gain real traction—most visibly through the Expanded Career Progression system, which promoted around 16,000 public school teachers, and the continued rollout of the Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (ARAL) Program to support more than three million learners needing targeted academic recovery. Together, these reforms signaled a shift toward a system that supports both those who teach and those who […]... Keep on reading: WrappEd 2025: Angara’s first year delivers teacher, learner reforms