MANILA, Oct. 16 -- The Teacher Education Council (TEC) on Thursday launched a 10-year roadmap that will serve as a guide to design relevant, responsive, innovative, creative, and collaborative programs to advance teacher education in the Philippines.

The 2035 Teacher Education Roadmap seeks to empower teachers through scholarships, training, upskilling, and reskilling, as well as to address employment mismatch through a harmonized database.

In an ambush interview, TEC Office of the Secretariat Executive Director V Jennie Jocson said the roadmap aims to help "reshape and reframe" the specializations of teachers in line with their actual functions.

"Halimbawa, ang guro ay nag-specialize sa English sa kanyang Bachelor's degree, pero sampu...