President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. wants to allocate funds for the key programs of the Department of Education (DepEd) as the agency disclosed the reduction in its budget for fiscal year 2025.
In a meeting with the DepEd on Thursday, Marcos noticed the budget gaps on DepEd’s projects, with the agency saying it may worsen the country’s problem on shortage of teachers.
“We have to be able to show that that’s (education) the priority,” Marcos emphasized during the review of DepEd’s 2025 budget.
According to the Presidential Communications Office, the approved DepEd budget for 2025 is P737 billion which is lower than its proposed P748 billion.
The allocations…