MANILA, Philippines — For years, one of the quiet frustrations in public education was that the best teachers often had to choose between promotion and staying close to the classroom. Leadership usually meant leaving it behind. Under the leadership of Secretary Sonny Angara, the Department of Education began fixing that long-standing problem through the Expanded Career Progression (ECP) System, allowing excellence to move up without moving out. The stories of Teacher Maribel M. Torreña in Sultan Kudarat and Teacher Evita Rose L. Busil in Capiz show what that fix looks like on the ground. READ: DepEd adds feeding program to […]... Keep on reading: Teachers advance, learners benefit under Expanded Career Progression