The Department of Education (DepEd), along with teachers’ groups, decried the P12-billion budget cut for 2025, warning of its “severe” impact on students' access to quality education.
The Department of Education , along with teachers’ groups, decried the P12-billion budget cut for 2025, warning of its “severe” impact on students' access to quality education.
Angara noted that this reduction in DepEd’s budget “reverses a trend in recent years where Congress has added even more to the education budget,” except for one year during the pandemic. Basas noted that Angara’s dismay over the budget cut is a “sentiment that resonates with stakeholders across the education sector who have tirelessly advocated for increased support to address persistent deficiencies in our schools.”
“This program could have provided the needed gadgets and technology to bridge the digital divide, which became glaringly evident during the pandemic,” Basas said. “By deprioritizing this initiative, Congress risks exacerbating existing inequalities and leaving millions of students unprepared for the demands of a modern, technology-driven world,” he added.
“Our teachers, who ensure the daily operation of DepEd, are often neglected, particularly when it comes to their calls for substantial salary increases, better working conditions, professional development, and other rights and benefits,” he said.Basas reiterated that teachers and learners are the “lifeblood of the education system,” yet their welfare is often “sidelined in favor of programs with limited impact or, at times, purely controversial.
ACT noted that the final version of the GAB “does not reflect the genuine and urgent needs of the education sector and the Filipino people.”
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