PBB Update | PBB FY 2016 for Other Regions – Before March Ends

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PBB Update: March 5, 2018. The Department of Education (DepEd) on Monday reported to the Committee on Basic Education and Culture of the House of Representatives that school-based personnel will be among the first to receive the Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 this March. As of March Read More …

K to 12 Basic Education Program End of School Year Rites for SY 2017-2018

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DepEd Order 06, s. 2018 | School Year 2017-2018 K to 12 Basic Education Program End of School Year Rites   For School Year (SY) 2017-2018, the Department of Education (DepEd) announces the conduct of the following End of School Year Rites: Grade Level Completers Ceremony Proof of Completion Kindergarten Moving Read More …

Statement of DBM Secretary Benjamin Diokno on the issue of increasing the salaries of Teachers

Statement of DBM Secretary Benjamin Diokno on the issue of increasing the salaries of Teachers

Members of the media, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. As you know, I called this press conference to shed more light on the issue of increasing the salaries of public school teachers. Let me state categorically that I am not opposed to increasing the salaries of our teachers. However, I Read More …

Teachers to Benefit from TRAIN, Receive More Allowances in 2018 | DepEd Press Release

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Consistent with the Department of Education’s (DepEd) support of the Duterte administration’s Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) as a means to significantly develop the country’s human capital and with Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones’s commitment to continuously provide adequate compensation for the invaluable contribution of teachers to nation-building, educators Read More …

Legarda: Education a Top Priority of 2018 National Budget

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Senator Loren Legarda today said that the education sector remains a top priority of the government in the 2018 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), which had been ratified by both houses of Congress and is expected to be signed by the President on December 19, 2017. Legarda, Chair of the Senate Read More …

DBM Released Guidelines on the Grant of Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI)

PEI of PhP 5,000

Earlier today, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) issued Budget Circular No. 2017-4 outlining the guidelines on the grant of Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI) to government personnel. The PEI of PhP 5,000 shall be given to government employees not earlier than December 15, 2017, provided that they are still Read More …

Deped: 100% Of PLI Service Fee Goes To Provident Fund For Lending To Personnel

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PASIG CITY, November 25, 2017 – Contrary to claims that the Department of Education (DepEd) allowed private lending institutions (PLIs) to offer loans to its teaching and non-teaching personnel because it receives “commission,” that small fraction actually goes to the Provident Fund from which all DepEd personnel may benefit. The service Read More …

Sen. Legarda Vows More Funding Support for Teachers and Education Personnel

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Senator Loren Legarda today committed to ensure funding for public school teachers in their pursuit for further studies as well as for their chalk allowance for next year. Legarda made the statement in light of the observance today, October 5, of National Teachers Day, as stated under Republic Act No. Read More …

Sen. Recto: Teachers Can Have Higher Allowances, Take-home Pay by Jan. 1

Teachers Can Have Higher Allowances, Take-home Pay by Jan. 1

Threatened by a P30 billion cut, Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto today called for the rechanneling of DepEd’s 2018 budget to “low hanging fruits” which can be used to increase a number of teacher’s allowances. If these “benefit amelioration” items will be added to the income retained when bigger Read More …

Update on the Implementation of P4,000 Net Take Home Pay

Implementation of P4,000 Net Take Home Pay

Statement of the Department of Education on the proposed House probe on Deped Order 38  October 28, 2017 The Department of Education (DepEd) duly recognizes the intent of legislators to conduct a probe on the nullified DepEd Order No. 38, series 2017 (DO 38), or “Further Clarifications to DepEd Order Read More …

Deped Order 55, s. 2017 | Deped Reiterates Observance Of P4k Net Take Home Pay Threshold

Revised Guidelines on the Implementation of P4,000.00 Net Take Home Pay for Department of Education Personnel

Deped Order 55, s. 2017 – Revised Guidelines on the Implementation of P4,000.00 Net Take Home Pay for Department of Education Personnel PASIG CITY, October 26, 2017 – The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday moved to ensure that teachers will receive no less than P4,000 as Net Take Home Pay Read More …

Secretary Briones urges teachers: “Learn something new every day”

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Anchored on the theme, Gurong Pilipino: Kaakbay sa Progreso, the World Teachers’ Day (WTD) celebration in Legazpi City, Albay on October 5 highlighted the vital role, hard work, and commitment of teachers in developing globally-competent learners, strengthening communities, and building the nation. During the event, Department of Education – DepEd Secretary Read More …

Guidelines on the Grant of Performance Based Bonus for Teachers, DepEd Employees and Officials for Fiscal Year 2016

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DepEd Order 53, s. 2017 : Guidelines on the Grant of Performance Based Bonus for the Department of Education Employees and Officials for Fiscal Year 2016 The Department of Education (DepEd) issues this DepEd Order with the enclosed Guidelines on the Grant of Performance Based Bonus for the Department of Education Employees Read More …

#WalangPasok October 16 2017 | Palace Suspends Classes Due to Transport Strike

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#WalangPasok October 16, 2017. Classes at all levels in public and private schools nationwide, as well as work in government offices, will be suspended on Monday, October 16, due to the planned transport strike. Malacañang made the announcement on Sunday, October 15. Classes in all levels, both public and private Read More …

Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones Message for World Teachers’ Day

Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones Message for World Teachers' Day

I am deeply honored and privileged to lead the celebration of World Teachers’ Day with the very opportune theme, “Gurong Pilipino: Kaakbay sa Progreso.” While progress is often associated with high levels of gross domestic product (GDP), technological advancements and towering infrastructures, the principal measure of a country’s progress and Read More …

What really happened to DepEd ‘s huge budget allocation?

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Recto: DepEd needs new procurement ‘lesson plan’ to avoid failing grade Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto said he feels sorry for his former teacher, Education Secretary Leonor Briones, as the “latter had inherited a culture of underspending and a broken system of procurement which delays the delivery of equipment Read More …