Duterte’s departure as DepEd chief in June 2024 has only deepened concerns about the agency’s ability to fully utilize its budget allocations. For instance, of the P18 billion allotted for the ...

Jimenez noted that while DepEd consistently receives the largest portion of the national budget, a substantial 70 to 75 percent is allocated to the salaries of over one million personnel ...

The Philippines fails to meet the recommended education spending benchmark of 4% to 6% of gross domestic product ...

While Marcos did not touch the bicam report’s P1.056 trillion budget for the education sector, the breakdown of the P168.241 billion in vetoed line items under the unprogrammed appropriations reveals ...

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. wants to allocate funds for the key programs of the Department of Education (DepEd) as the agency disclosed the reduction in its budget for fiscal year 2025.

Teachers from around the country marched along downtown Baguio on Sunday to back impeachment proceedings against Vice ...

Restrictive procurement processes have prevented the Department of Education from swiftly accessing its quick response fund ...

If before, the treatment was that the budget of education was only that which was allocated to DepEd (Department of Education)—that was the wisdom at that time,” Executive Secretary Lucas ...

Another urgent issue emerges in the wake of the nation’s pressing crossed wires of geopolitical and social issues. More ...

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is pushing for higher funding for the education sector, following the Department of Education's (DepEd) budget cut an ...