Mayor Honey signs allowance payroll for public SHS, PLM, UdM students
Manila Mayor Maria Sheila “Honey” Lacuna- Pangan said the city government has already approved the payroll for the allowance of all public senior high school (SHS), Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM), and Unibersidad de Manila (UdM) students.
"And bawat estudyante ng PLM at UdM ay makatatangap ng P1,000 at ang bawat SHS student naman ay makatatanggap ng P500 kada buwan para sa buwan ng Mayo at Hunyo (Each student of PLM and UdM will receive P1,000 each while SHS student will receive P500 per month for the months of May and June," Lacuna said.
"Ito po ay bahagi ng ating social amelioration program na may kabuuang badyet na halos 117 milyong piso na naglalayong makapagbigay ng tulong pinansyal sa mga kabataang Maynila na nagsisikap sa kanilang pag-aaral (This is part of our social amelioration program which has a P117 million budget which aims to provide financial assistance to the youth of Manila who are striving in their studies)," she added.
The mayor reminded the beneficiaries to continue persevering in their studies and to always follow their parents. She gave assurance that the city government will continue to create and roll out programs for the improvement of the lives of every Manileño.
On July 14, Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte confirmed that School Year (SY) 2022-2023 is set to open on Aug. 22.
In an interview, Duterte said that the incoming school year will start next month while full face-to-face classes will be implemented by November.
“Approved na po ito ng ating Pangulo at meron na po itong DepEd Order No. 34 so tutuloy na po tayo doon (It has been approved by our President and it already has DepEd Order No. 34, so we will push through with it),” Duterte said.
Duterte was referring to DepEd Order No. 034, Series of 2022, dated July 11 or the “School Calendar and Activities for the School Year 2022-2023.”
The school calendar sets the start of classes on Aug. 22 and will end on July 7, 2023. The incoming school year will consist of 203 school days or as may be determined by further issuances “in case of changes in the school calendar due to unforeseen circumstances,” DepEd said.
The DepEd Order also contained guidelines for SY 2022-2023 which highlighted the resumption of full face-to-face classes among students in schools that offer basic education.
The issuance also provided direction and guidance in the re-opening of classes and the gradual introduction of five days of in-person learning modality classes.