In line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.'s goal to ensure quality education for learners, Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Mina F. Pangandaman approved another batch of teaching positions to complete the 20,000 teaching items for creation for 2025.
Sec. Mina greenlights the creation of 4,000 new Teacher I positions (SG 11) under batch 2 of the Department of Education's (DepEd) request, with the following allocation: 1,658 for kindergarten/elementary, 391 for junior high school (JHS), and 1,951 for senior high school (SHS) for SY 2025-2026.
I am happy to share that we have already approved the creation of an additional 4,000 new teaching positions to support the hiring of more teachers in public schools. This is on top of the initial 16,000 positions under batch 1 that we've already approved in May this year. So, sa ngayon, kumpleto na po at buo na 'yung 20,000 na request po sa atin ng DepEd for 2025, Sec. Mina said.
Parte pa rin po ito ng hangarin ni Pangulong Bongbong Marcos na madagdagan ang ating mga guro at matutukan nang mabuti ang mga estudyante. Ang sabi po n'ya, tulung-tulong lahat ng ahensya lalo na sa pagbubukas muli ng mga klase sa bansa. So, that's what we're doing, the Budget Secretary added.
The funding requirements for this purpose shall be sourced from DepEd's Built-in Appropriations under the FY 2025 GAA, specifically lodged under the program/activity/project - New School Personnel Positions.
Moreover, it may be noted that the DBM also approved 10,000 non-teaching positions for DepEd in April 2025 to ease the burden of administrative work from teachers.