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Given his affiliation to a Catholic religious order [ sic ], his constitutionally mandated obligation to uphold secular education will immediately be put to the test on the issue of sex education. Is he prepared to stand up to opposition from the Catholic church?

— Antonio Tinio (ACT spokesperson), Manila Bulletin [16]

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) have expressed skepticism over Luistro's stand on sex education citing his religious background. Meanwhile, Luistro's predecessor, Mona Valisno expressed her confidence with Luistro. [16]

The Department of Education has included sex education in its curriculum for grade 5 to fourth year high school. Roman Catholic groups have criticized it for allegedly not covering the emotional, psychological and spiritual dimensions of sexuality. [17] Likewise, former Roman Catholic Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan Oscar V. Cruz criticized Luistro for his alleged lack of comment regarding the Reproductive Health Bill, which proposes to integrate sex education in public schools. He appealed Luistro to "stop teaching lewd studies [sex education] in schools" (trans.). [23]

Luistro stated that sex education was not his priority. [17] He instead wanted to focus on streamlining the bureaucracy of DepEd, which employs 600,000 employees (501,158 of which are teachers). [24] In line with this, he announced on December 28, 2010, that DepEd would terminate all of its 67 consultants by the end of the year. The DepEd-National Employees Union, in response, has called for his resignation. Luistro argued, however, that "streamlining is a must" as bulk of the department's budget goes to funding the salary of its employees. [25]

K+12 Basic Education Program

Luistro is a major proponent of the K+12 Basic Education Program in the Philippines. The program seeks to add two years to the current 10-year basic education curriculum, and make graduates more competitive. The program involves kindergarten, six years of elementary, four years of junior high school, and two years of senior high school. Kindergarten was required in 2012 while senior high school is planned to be included in the curriculum by 2016. [26] DepEd said that 77 percent of its participants in fora are in favor of the change. [18] [19] Before its implementation in 2012, the Philippines was the only country in Asia which employed 10 years of basic education—all other countries had 12. [27] Numerous parties have opposed the plan including Ateneo de Manila University President Bienvenido Nebres and progressive groups of students, teachers and parents. [20] A spokesperson of No To K–12 Alliance said:

The fact that it will aggravate the financial burden of parents and that the Aquino proposed education budget cannot resolve the shortages even under the current 10-year system clearly explains the program's foolishness. The education budget clearly explains why the K-12 program is a stupid move. Education budgets for the past years were unable to resolve the ballooning shortages in basic education and with the current proposed budget under Aquino, the shortages will continue to balloon. Adding two years will just add salt to the already rotting wound of basic education.

— Ayla Garduce, The Daily Tribune [20]

Indigenous framework of education

Luistro signed on behalf of the Deped the national policy framework for Indigenous peoples education in 2011. [28] The framework aims to address Indigenous peoples' lack of access to "culture-responsive basic education". [29] [30] The framework directs DepEd offices and units to ensure that textbooks and other learning materials are free from discriminatory and erroneous content that misrepresent the history and culture of Indigenous peoples. [28]

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The Honorable Br.
Armin A. Luistro
FSC
Armin Luistro 2016.jpg
Luistro in 2016
28th Superior General of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 18, 2022
Armin Luistro succession and navigation boxes
Academic offices
Preceded by
Raymundo Suplido
 Provincial of De La Salle Brothers Philippine District
1997–2003		Succeeded by
Edmundo Fernandez
Preceded by President of De La Salle University System
2004–2006		Deprecated by
De La Salle Philippines
New office President and CEO of De La Salle Philippines
2005–2009		Succeeded by
Ricardo Laguda
Preceded by
Carmelita Quebengco
 Chancellor of De La Salle University
2006–2010
President of De La Salle University
2006–2010		Succeeded by
Narciso Erguiza
Government offices
Preceded by
Mona Valisno
 Secretary of Education
2010–2016		Succeeded by
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