DBM OKs new teaching positions in public schools to address backlog

Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno INQUIRER file photo

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved 75,242 new teaching positions to address the lack of teachers in public schools nationwide.

The DBM said the funding to cover the salaries and other forms of compensation for the new positions would be charged against the Fiscal Year 2018 Built-in Appropriations (New School Personnel Positions).

“DBM Regional Offices and the DBM Organization, Position Classification and Compensation Bureau (OPCCB) shall issue the corresponding Notice of Organization, Staffing, and Compensation Action (NOSCA) direct to the DepEd – Division Offices for Kinder, Elementary, and SHS and to the DepEd- Implementing Units for JHS positions based on the deployment reports submitted by the DepEd,” the agency said in a statement.

Among the country’s regions, region IVA or Cavite, Batangas, Rizal, and Quezon (Calabarzon) has the most number of available teaching positions at 11, 186 followed by Reagion III or Central Luzon at 8, 109.

The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) will get the least number of new teachers at 811. /jpv

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