Metro Manila, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will fix the budget cut of the Department of Education (DepEd), Secretary Sonny Angara said on Sunday, Dec. 15.
After a ₱12-billion slash, DepEd’s budget for 2025 is ₱737 billion.
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“In past years, Congress has increased the President’s proposed budget for DepEd and education. For whatever reason, nakakalungkot na hindi Ito mauulit sa [it is saddening that it will not happen again in the] 2025 budget,” Angara said in a statement.“Pero ang maganda dito, mismong si [President] Bongbong ang nagsabi sa amin na reremedyohan niya ito,” he added.[Translation: The good thing is President Bongbong told us that he will remedy it.]The education chief noted that ₱10 billion of the cut was supposed to be allocated for the computerization program.Angara recalled Marcos’ state of the nation address, wherein he asked Congress “to help bridge the digital divide.”
