Eligible teaching and non-teaching personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) will receive P3,000 “milestone anniversary bonus,” the agency announced on Thursday, June 22.
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“As part of the weeklong celebration of the agency’s 125th founding anniversary, DepEd announced the grant of P3,000.00 anniversary bonus to all eligible teaching and non-teaching personnel,” the agency said in a statement.
Based on DepEd Order no. 11 s. 2023 entitled “Policy on the Grant of Anniversary Bonus in the Department of Education,” eligible DepEd personnel shall receive an anniversary bonus not exceeding P3,000 provided that they have rendered at least one year of service in the department as of the date of the milestone year.
The grant of the anniversary bonus, DepEd said, shall not be earlier than June 23 of the milestone year.
The issuance stated that all DepEd officials and employees employed on a full-time or part-time basis, permanent, coterminous, provisional, temporary, casual, or contractual, whose employment is like a regular employee, are eligible for the grant of anniversary bonus.
Meanwhile, DepEd noted that those who are absent without leave (AWOL) or no longer in the service as of June 23, were found guilty of any offense in connection with their work during the five-year interval between the milestone years, as well as Consultants, Contract of Service, Job Orders similarly situated, are not covered by the grant.
The latest DepEd issuance also aims to provide a multi-year policy guideline on the grant of anniversary bonuses (AB) to all DepEd officials and employees for every milestone year starting FY 2023 and the milestone years thereafter.
As per DepEd, milestone years are defined as the government agency's 15th anniversary and every fifth year after that.
Founded on June 23, 1898, DepEd was mandated to provide quality basic education to learners.