THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved the allocation of P5.1 billion funds for the hiring of 10,000 non-teaching positions to augment the current education workforce nationwide.
In a statement yesterday, Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said this is on top of the 16,000 newly created teaching positions in public schools recently approved for school year 2025 to 2026.
“I am happy to confirm that we’ve approved a total of 10,000 non-teaching positions to provide our teachers with necessary support,” Pangandaman said.
The approved positions will occupy Administrative Officer (AO) II posts with Salary Grade 11 to be distributed in elementary schools, junior high schools and senior high schools nationwide.
In a Viber message, DBM undersecretary Goddes Hope Libiran said the annual personnel services cost of the 10,000 non-teaching posts is P5.1 billion.
“Therefore, if those items were filled in by January 2025, it will require P5.1 billion until December this year. However, if those AO II items will be filled up on October 1, for instance, we shall only need P1.2 billion to support their personnel services cost covering October to December 2025,” Libiran said.
“Hence, the exact computation shall be dependent on the date when the Department of Education is able to fill up the positions. An issued appointment is one of the documents required prior to the release of additional funds,” she added.
The concerned DBM-regional offices shall issue the corresponding Notice of Organization, Staffing and Compensation Action directly to the DepEd – Schools Division Offices based on the deployment report that the DepEd will submit.
“When we opened these positions, we also spoke with Education Secretary Sonny Angara. We requested that the teaching and non-teaching positions we opened be filled soon, especially since the start of classes is approaching. There are many of these positions, so we understand that it’s not going to be easy,” Pangandaman said.
