Palace: Marcos unfazed by education crisis amid It’s Showtime incident

Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Atty. Claire Castro during a press briefing with the Malacañang Press Corps (MPC) on March 3, 2025. | PHOTO: Screengrab from RTVM

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is unfazed by the supposed education crisis highlighted when a noontime show contestant admitted she is not knowledgeable about the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Claire Castro said.

At a Palace briefing on Thursday, Castro was asked if the Palace is bothered by the infamous video clip and what the government plans to do about it.

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“Hindi po nababahala ang ating Pangulo dahil sa atin po, sa panahon po ngayon, lahat po ng paraan ay ginagawa po natin para maiangat po ang lebel ng ating edukasyon,” she said.

(Our president is not worried because of us; in today’s time, we are doing everything possible to raise the level of our education.)

Castro added that the shortcomings of one do not translate as the overall fault of the government’s efforts to improve the education system of the country.

“Sa ating pagkakatingin dito, siguro ang pagkukulang ng isang tao ay hindi naman ito agad-agad magri-reflect ng kakulangan ng ginagawa ng pamahalaan para maiangat ang lebel ng ating edukasyon,” she said.

(The way we look at it, the lack of one person may not immediately reflect the lack of what the government is doing to raise the level of our education.)

“Kung may pagkakamali or pagkukulang ang isa ay maaari naman niyang i-level up iyong kaniyang sarili lalung-lalo na marami na po tayong mapag-aaralan through the internet, using Google search, and lahat ng maaari nating i-search using the computer system,” she continued.

(If there is a mistake or shortcoming, he can level himself up, especially since we can learn a lot through the internet, using Google search, and everything we can search using the computer system.)

On Tuesday, “It’s Showtime” hosts allayed concern over the “systemic and educational problem” in the Philippines when one of its segment contestants failed to give a message to the Comelec during the question and answer portion.

The contestant said she was unfamiliar with the poll body, a response that the show host found “bothersome.”