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DepEd admin officers to face 'extreme' overwork amid understaffing, group warns

Published May 30, 2024 01:09 pm

A group of education workers on Thursday, May 30, reiterated the need to hire approximately 94,540 additional education support personnel nationwide.

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The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) issued a statement urging the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Budget Management (DBM) to address creation and filling backlogs.

DBM, this week, approved the creation of 5,000 administrative officer positions for the DepEd to relieve teachers of administrative tasks.

However, ACT pointed out that DBM’s target “falls short” for over 47,000 schools nationwide.

The group also warned of administrative officers’ “extremely probable overworked conditions due to understaffing” as the DepEd initiates the transitory period of DepEd Order No. 2, s. 2024’s implementation.

READ:

https://mb.com.ph/2024/1/26/dep-ed-orders-immediate-removal-of-administrative-burden-for-public-school-teachers

Citing the DBM 2024 Staffing Summary, ACT Chairperson Vladimer Quetua explained that as of 2024, the current number of administrative officers in public schools nationwide stands at 42,665.

“With the projected addition of 5,000 administrative positions in 2025, the total would only reach 47,665, translating to an approximate 1:1 ratio, considering the current number of over 47,000 public schools in the country,” Quetua said.

“This will evidently prove inadequate, especially in schools with large student population, and will undeniably result in workload overload for our education support personnel,” he added.

READ:

https://mb.com.ph/2024/2/5/enforcing-admin-task-removal-directive-requires-more-personnel-dep-ed-told-1

Quetua pointed out that even EDCOM2 pointed out that the “massive shortage” in teachers is due to DBM’s “failure” in the actual creation of teaching items --- compounded by its low yearly target of 10,000 new teaching positions.

ACT also called out DepEd for its hiring process which “caused delays” in filling up teacher positions.

Quetua argued that DepEd's clustering plan will not work because it will “undoubtedly burden” administrative officers who will be assigned to handle tasks for at least three schools each.

The group stressed that DepEd Order No. 2 s. 2024 is also “pointless” without enough Education Support Personnel (ESP) to take on the administrative duties being removed from teachers.

READ:

https://mb.com.ph/2024/1/26/dep-ed-urged-to-ensure-full-implementation-of-new-policy-removing-admin-tasks-from-teachers

Quetua then urged the DBM and DepEd to “establish a yearly target that will address the significant shortage of teachers and education support personnel, and ensuring the efficient creation and filling of teaching and administrative positions.”

Aside from hiring additional education support personnel, ACT is also pushing for an entry-level pay of P33,000 for ESP, doubling the budget allocated for school Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOEs), and employing registrars, librarians, accounting clerks, custodians, utility workers, health/nutrition officers, and other medical personnel.

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https://mb.com.ph/2024/1/30/dep-ed-relieves-teachers-of-administrative-tasks-why-is-this-important-1

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