Hon. Sherwin Gatchalian

Senator Win Gatchalian is the Chair of the Senate Committee on Basic Education. Education has become the hallmark of his distinguished nineteen year-career in public service. He set in motion a holistic education program for the Valenzuelanos—including the development of a world-class Valenzuela City School of Mathematics and Science; accessibility to college education; school-based feeding program that mobilized communities; empowerment of parents through the Nanay-Teacher Program; and continuous mastery of skills to strengthen competencies of teachers, among others. Also, as Representative of the First District of Valenzuela City, he filed in 2015 the original version of the bill that would radically expand access to college education for millions of Filipinos—House Bill Number 5905, more commonly known as the Free Higher Education Act. One of the many monumental bills filed by Senator Gatchalian is the Alternative Learning System Act— which provides strong and adequate support for the out-of-school youth and adults through access to quality basic education.