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Senator Edgardo J. Angara said he was confident of the passage of a measure institutionalizing early childhood education in the country as stakeholders in the government, non-government and private sector expressed their support for said measure.  
 
Congress earlier passed the Early Years Act (EYA), which was later vetoed by Malacanang. This month, Angara authored and filed a new version of the EYA under SBN 3176.
 

Senator Edgardo J. Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Education, Arts and Culture and author of Senate Bill No. 3176 or the Early Years Act (EYA), stressed that early childhood education is seen to significantly reduce repetition and dropout rates in the country.

Angara said quality early childhood education has been shown to improve the scholastic abilities and school readiness of young children, thereby preventing school dropouts.

Senator Edgardo J. Angara underscored that changes to the Early Years Act (EYA), now filed under Senate Bill No. 3176, will address concerns about the proposed shift in the management of early childhood care and development (ECCD) programs in the country.

PRESS RELEASE: Improve Health Well Being Filipinos Universal Healthcare - Angara

by Senator Edgardo J. Angara
Published on May 13, 2012, Manila Bulletin


According to a study of former Harvard professor, Burton White, each of the four educational foundations—the development of language, curiosity, intelligence, and socialness—is at risk during a child’s eight month to two years development.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Ronald Kotulak argues in his book Inside the Brain, the first three years of life are vital because this is when the foundations of thinking, language, vision, attitudes, and aptitude are laid down.

Senator Edgardo J. Angara said more public funds and resources should be directed towards improving the health and well-being of Filipinos during his speech at the presentation of a paper on financing universal healthcare by Dr. Ramon P. Paterno for the UP President Edgardo J. Angara (UPPEJA) Fellowship.

Senator Edgardo J. Angara lauded the huge increase in the government’s Science and Technology (S&T) scholars for the coming school year, reiterating that improving the country’s S&T capacity should be prioritized.

“This large number of incoming science students is very heartening. It shows growing interest of these bright young minds towards the fields that we are trying so hard to develop,” said Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Education, Arts and Culture.

Senator Edgardo J. Angara renewed his calls for the country to boost its capacity for innovation, as he welcomed the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and IBM, the world's largest technology company, for the establishment of a Philippine Systems and Technology R&D laboratory.

Senator Edgardo J. Angara called the motion of the defense panel seeking his inhibition from the impeachment trial a malicious, delaying tactic that will not stop him from fulfilling his duty mandated by the Constitution.

"I consider this a constitutional task, a constitutional duty in my part to act as a judge. No argument can persuade me to inhibit because this is a duty that I will not abdicate," said Angara during his manifestation on the floor today.