DepEd said it requested for a 2023 budget of P848 billion to oversee the safe return of students to schools after two years of distance learning, but the amount was pared down by the DBM. Read more:
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education said it requested for a 2023 budget of P848 billion to oversee the safe return of students to schools after two years of distance learning, but the amount was pared down by the Department of Budget Management .
Aside from this, Poa said that DepEd led by Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte already requested an additional P16 billion to cover repairs and construction of classrooms, although he said that an additional P2.1 billion is still needed to repair classrooms damaged by the recent earthquake.
Poa added that DepEd was looking into providing temporary learning spaces and coordinating with local government units for vacant areas.The original proposal of DepEd for 2023 was P217 billion more than its 2022 budget of P631.77 billion. “We are calling for the increase in budget for education, at least 6% of the GDP,” Philippine Business for Education executive director Love Basillote told Rappler in a previous interview. Currently, the Philippine government is only allotting 3% of its GDP for the education sector, lower than the global standard of 6%.
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