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Senator Alan Peter Cayetano welcomed the President’s signing of a new law aimed at strengthening early childhood care and development (ECCD), emphasizing that investing in the early years is crucial to shaping the country’s future. “The highest return on investment is in early childhood,” Cayetano said. “By focusing our efforts on the formative years, we […]
Senator Win Gatchalian hailed the signing of the Early Childhood Care and Development System Act (Republic Act No. 12199), a landmark law that seeks to promote the optimum growth and development of children younger than five years old. The new law applies the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) System to all provinces, cities, municipalities, […]
Senator Win Gatchalian sounded the alarm on the budget cut to the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Council and its consequences to young learners and their long-term development. For Fiscal Year 2022 the ECCD Council, an attached agency of the Department of Education (DepEd), is allocated P71.9 million, 59% lower than its P173.5 million-budget […]