Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone yesterday asked the Department of Education (DepEd) to reduce its programs so it could save money and focus on “the basics to improve the quality of education.”

Evardone, member of the House committee on basic education, said at present DepEd has 54 different programs grouped under the categories of access to basic education, quality and relevance to basic education, teacher competence, school-based management, alternative learning system, health and nutrition, and other programs and projects.

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