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EDUCATION Secretary Sonny Angara has expressed dismay over the P12 billion reduction in the Department of Education budget allocation for 2025.In an Instagram post on Sunday, December 15, 2024, Angara raised the importance of prioritizing education funding.He said out of the P12 billion budget cut, P10 billion was intended for the agency’s computerization program.Earlier, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
“Teachers and students are the heart of the education sector—not computers,” she said.However, Angara expressed optimism that Marcos would provide remedy to the matter.Meanwhile, in a statement on Sunday, December 15, 1-Rider Party-list Representative Rodge Gutierrez stood firm on cutting down the DepEd’s budget, noting the delayed procurement in its computerization program which affected the efficiency of the program.He said the agency only used P2.075 billion of its P11.
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