Speaker Faustino “Bojie” Dy III on Monday said the House of Representatives will use the Final Report of the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) as a guiding framework to craft laws and policies that would address long-standing problems in the education sector and improve learning outcomes nationwide.
During the turnover of the EDCOM 2 Final Report at the House, the Speaker said the document represents a clear government reckoning with the state of Philippine education and a call for sustained action.
“The report we are launching today is not simply the end of a commission. This is a government stance—an honest, clear, and unapologetic confrontation with the true state of education in the country,” Dy said in Filipino.
EDCOM 2 was convened to conduct a systemwide review of education amid persistent learning gaps, weak literacy outcomes, and concerns that reforms have not translated into real gains for learners.
The commission’s Final Report lays out a long-term roadmap aimed at strengthening foundational learning, teaching quality, and education-to-employment pathways.
“EDCOM 2’s Final Report shows that the education crisis is not new. We have long faced low literacy rates, poor foundations in the early years, and a culture that prioritizes process over real learning,” Dy said.
“The difference now is that the report clearly lays out the path for how to address these,” he added.
According to him, the responsibility now rests with lawmakers to ensure the recommendations are implemented.
“It is not enough to study and understand the problems before us—what is more critical is that we act on the recommendations of the EDCOM 2,” Dy said.
“The House accepts this report as a guide to the continued creation of laws, to thorough oversight, and to the wise spending of public funds—for the true learning of every Filipino child,” he added.
Dy credited EDCOM 2 co-chairpersons, Reps. Roman Romulo and Jude Acidre, along with commissioners Reps. Zia Adiong, Steve Solon, and Anna Victoria Veloso-Tuazon, for grounding the report in data and classroom realities.
He also thanked Dr. Karol Mark Yee and the EDCOM 2 Secretariat for producing what he described as the country’s first unified, long-term roadmap for education and workforce development.
“Under the current Congress, and under the clear direction of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., education has been made the centerpiece of the national budget,” Dy concluded, noting that this year’s P1.34-trillion allocation is equivalent to more than 4 percent of the country’s gross domestic product.
