Education Undersecretary and spokesperson Nepomuceno Malaluan disputed the report, saying a validation with DepEd officials in the province showed teachers in their jurisdiction do not harbor this sentiment. ADVERTISEMENT“Upon our validation, first, the so-called thousands of public school teachers in elementary and junior high school having urged President Rodrigo Duterte to fire Education Secretary Leonor Briones, that is fake,” he told a press briefing. Malaluan said the alleged statement of three district supervisors from Dagupan City Schools Division Office who supposedly described Briones as incompetent and too old to hold a Cabinet office was likewise fictitious. However, Malaluan said DepEd could not verify two school principals’ supposed statement from Pangasinan 2 Schools Division Office as it could not speak with all the principals under the concerned jurisdiction. Further, Malaluan also denied that DepEd Ilocos Region director Tolentino Aquino had instructed teachers to stop using the self-learning modules from the DepEd central office amid reports of errors.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 23, 2020 07:41 UTC