Dr. Brian Poe Llamanzares, the first nominee of the FPJ Panday Bayanihan party ticket, advocated that the government provide equitable remuneration to teachers as well as access to education for all young people in order to advance the country and its people.

He expressed gratitude for the annual global economic outlook report from the London-based Center for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) and expressed hope that the Philippines’ economy would move up from 33rd in 2024 to 23rd by 2039.

According to Christopher Breen, Head of Economic Insight at CEBR, this year’s report reveals that the outlook for the global economy is impacted by several new realities. The world is at risk of overadjustment toward wide-ranging tariffs that benefit nobody.

Breen noted that in many economies around the world, younger generations will be poorer than their parents due to the effect of aging populations on public finances.

But let’s meet these challenges with positive initiatives, Poe said, because we have advantages to build on and a lot to look forward to for the Philippines in 2025 and beyond.

Poe urged we need to move forward, especially this year, so students from the poorest households can continue to pursue their dreams instead of being forced to abandon their studies due to their families’ lack of funds. Poe acknowledged each Filipino family’s tenacity.

“Almost all parents work hard to ensure that their kids obtain a good education until they can finish an academic program and find employment that pays well”, Poe said.

The CERB well-researched optimistic perspective is consistent with our AmBisyon Natin 2040 vision of the Philippines as a “prosperous, predominantly middle-class society where no one is poor,” according to Brian Poe.

The AmBisyon 2040 represents the collective long-term vision and aspirations of the Filipino people for themselves and for the country in the next 25 years. This development plan was outlined by the Economic Development Authority (NEDA) and must be carried out by four successive administrations of the country.

As mandated by the constitution, the NEDA is the government’s independent socioeconomic planning body that provides high-level policy advice to the Executive and Legislative branches of government.

Students from the poorest households can continue chasing their dreams rather than be forced to abandon studies due to their families’ lack of funds, he further convince.

Learners with disabilities are also not left behind and, in fact, are better equipped through the Alternative Learning System with P634 million.

There’s also P28.06 billion for basic education facilities, dedicating resources for classrooms, libraries and laboratories for learners across the Philippines from kindergarten, elementary and secondary levels.