President Marcos Jr. can tap over ₱36 billion in unused funds in the Department of Education (DepEd) to augment the agency’s budget after the bicameral conference committee of Congress moved to remove its ₱10 billion request for a computerization program.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. can tap over ₱36 billion in unused funds in the Department of Education to augment the agency’s budget after the bicameral conference committee of Congress moved to remove its ₱10 billion request for a computerization program.
“There are several unspent items in the budget that can be used, particularly from the funds allocated for DepEd’s computerization program from 2022 to 2024,” Escudero said, citing figures from the submissions of the education department to Congress during the budget hearing. In 2022, some ₱13.068 billion had been allocated to the education department for its computerization program, and yet about ₱10.03 billion had remained unobligated. Last year, DepEd only spent 50 percent of its ₱20.4 billion allocation under the 2023 GAA. Under the current budget, the agency has yet to spend ₱15.9 billion of its ₱18.08 billion earmarked for computerization.
The senator from Bicol lamented, however, that due to the failure of DepEd to fully use its 2022 computerization budget, the ₱10.034 B in unobligated funds will revert to the National Treasury by the end of 2024.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
P38, P36 per kilo rice at Kadiwa stalls in January 2025 -DALatest Philippine news from GMA News and 24 Oras. News, weather updates and livestreaming on Philippine politics, regions, showbiz, lifestyle, science and tech.
Read more »
PBBM can ask bicam to reconvene, fix contentious items in 2025 budget—ZubiriAll is not lost as President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. still has the power to ask the bicameral conference committee to reconvene and fix all the contentious items in the final version of the P6.532 trillion national budget for 2025, Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said.
Read more »
'Nakikiusap ako': Imee Marcos appeals to PBBM to scrutinize 2025 budgetSenator Imee Marcos appealed to his brother, President Marcos to scrutinize the proposed P6.352-trillion 2025 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) before signing it.
Read more »
PBBM urged to review 2025 national budget before signing it into lawSunStar Publishing Inc.
Read more »
PBBM giawhag pag-review sa 2025 national budgetSunStar Publishing Inc.
Read more »
Angara wa nakauyon sa 2025 DepEd budget cutSunStar Publishing Inc.
Read more »