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Fast track hiring of teachers – Gatchalian
By Nidz Godino
“Number of teachers we need continues to grow with our student population and filling 26,000 vacant positions would help address teacher shortage,” Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said during Senate finance committee hearing on Department of Education (DepEd)proposed 2025 budget.
With 46,703 unfilled positions in DepEd, Gatchalian has reiterated need to expedite hiring of teachers and non-teaching personnel.
Hiring teachers could take up to six months, Gatchalian said, with involvement of agencies such as Civil Service Commission and Department of Budget and Management.
As of May 24, DepEd’s unfilled positions are 46,703, with teaching positions comprising 58 percent or 26,984.
For fiscal year 2025,DepEd plans to create 20,000 new teaching positions.
While National Expenditure Program (NEP) allocates P5.50 billion for these new positions, DepEd says it is short of 56,050 teachers, requires P15.4 billion.
Administrative officers also need to be hired to reduce teachers’ non-teaching workload, Gatchalian noted.
In its Year One report, Second Congressional Commission on Education highlighted public school teachers are burdened with over 50 administrative and ancillary tasks.
DepEd Order No. 02 s. 2024 ordered immediate removal of public school teachers’ administrative tasks.
“Next year, we will be hiring 10,000 administrative officers, considering that we have about 43,000 schools… about fourth of our schools having administrative officers,” Gatchalian said.
NEP allocates P3.43 billion for hiring of non-teaching positions. DepEd needs 20,668 non-teaching personnel, would cost P7.9 billion.
Education Secretary Sonny Angara earlier assured Senate finance panel agency directed schools divisions, where hiring takes place to speed up process.
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