PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. gave assurances he would address the reduction of the Department of Education's (DepEd) 2025 budget, Education Secretary Sonny Angara said Sunday.
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. gave assurances he would address the reduction of the Department of Education's 2025 budget, Education Secretary Sonny Angara said Sunday.Last week, the bicameral conference committee approved a budget of P737 billion for DepEd, lower by P12 billion than the P748 billion approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives.
But the president said he would try to remedy the situation, Angara said.Rep. Rodge Gutierrez of the party-list 1-Rider justified the P10-billion cut in the DepEd's computerization budget.Gutierrez said 'the Commission on Audit's report found that in 2023, DepEd disbursed only P2.075 billion of its P11.36-billion budget for ICT equipment.InvestmentsAngara has underscored the need for more investments in the country's education sector.
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