• 2 days ago
President Marcos made an assurance that they are working to restore the P10-billion cut in the proposed budget for the Department of Education (DepEd).

READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/12/16/marcos-on-p10-b-dep-ed-budget-cut-we-will-restore-it

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Transcript
00:00On the subject of the DEPEDD, we are still looking into it. I think it is contrary to all our policy directions when we talk about the STEM development of our educational sector and then to the continuing development...
00:27...because yung nawala na P10 billion comes from the computerization item. So we're working on it to make sure that we will restore it.
00:41... I do not want to line item B to anything because that just gets in the way. So we're still talking about it and trying to find a way and I think we'll still be able to do something.
01:11On the original request of P12 billion to be reduced down to P2, P12 billion is only sufficient to maintain what we're already doing when in fact we have to do more. So yung nga, we have to figure that out.

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