Gatchalian is pushing to increase access to early interventions and diagnosis for learners with disabilities amid the celebration of National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week.
Gatchalian sees the need to heighten the campaign on the adverse effects of continued use of cigarette and tobacco products among the youth to lessen the risk of COVID-19 infection.
Gatchalian raised the urgency of giving government aid to struggling private schools as enrollment in these institutions reached only 24.3 percent from last year's 4 million.