The Department of Education (DepEd) on Tuesday, Sept. 3, confirmed that public school teachers and non-teaching personnel will soon receive salary increase differentials.
Issuing a statement, DepEd said it has started processing salary increase differentials for public school teachers and non-teaching staff for Fiscal Year 2024 according to the guidelines outlined in Executive Order 64 issued by President Marcos.
During the House committee's deliberation on DepEd's proposed FY 2025 budget on Sept. 2, Education Secretary Sonny Angara also announced that DepEd received approval from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to proceed with the distribution of approximately P26.9 billion in salary differentials for eligible employees.
"As previously stated, both the President and the DBM have confirmed that funds will be released," Angara said.
“In fact, they have instructed DepEd to use any available funds to advance the payment of this P26.9 billion salary differential for Fiscal Year 2024, covering DepEd's plantilla positions,” he added.
Salary differentials
DepEd Undersecretary for Finance Annalyn Sevilla also confirmed that public school teachers and non-teaching staff can expect salary differentials from January to August 2024, starting September 2024.
“The September payroll is authorized to include these payments,” Sevilla said.
Sevilla also noted that as of Aug. 31, DepEd regions 1 (Ilocos Region), 3 (Central Luzon), and Mimaropa have “successfully secured” the release of their Notice of Official Salary Adjustment (NOSA) and are already processing the payment of salary differentials to their employees.
“Upon receiving the NOSA, the allotments—coordinated with the DBM—allow us to use our savings temporarily, with DBM committing to replenish these funds,” Sevilla said.
Meanwhile, DepEd noted that the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Region 7 (Central Visayas), Region 10 (Northern Mindanao), and Region 11 (Davao Region) have begun partial releases of their NOSA.