DepEd chief thanks PBBM, DBM for hire of 16K new teachers

MORE EDUCATORS NEEDED. A teacher calls her student during class at Aurora A. Quezon Elementary School in Manila in this photo taken on July 30, 2024. Thiring hiring he Department of Education on Tuesday (May 20, 2025) thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and the Department of Budget and Management for supporting the hiring of 16,000 additional teachers in public schools. (Photo courtesy: Yancy Lim / PNA / FILE)

By Stephanie Sevillano | Philippine News Agency

The Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara on Tuesday thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for supporting the hiring of 16,000 additional teachers in public schools.

This is still in line with the Marcos administration’s goal to ensure quality education for learners alongside easing the workload of public school teachers.

Sec. Angara said in a statement, “We thank President Marcos for his firm instruction to prioritize our teachers and learners. These new teaching items directly respond to his call to reduce class sizes and lighten the workload of our educators on the ground.”

The new positions will help address the need for specialized and subject-specific educators from kinder to senior high school (SHS); improve the teacher-student ratio; and enhance learning outcomes through optimized class sizes, among others.

The deployment of the new hires is expected at the opening of the school year, with a target timeline to fill the 16,000 positions by the end of the third quarter.

The DepEd earlier requested the recruitment and deployment of 80% of the 20,000 teaching positions created under the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) from the DBM. “We also extend our gratitude to Secretary Amenah Pangandaman and the DBM for acting swiftly on our request. Their support ensures that our schools will be ready to welcome more teachers before classes begin,” Angara said.

Besides the 16,000 new teaching positions, the DepEd said the DBM also commenced the issuance of the Notices of Organization, Staffing and Compensation Action (NOSCAs) for 10,000 Administrative Officer II items to help alleviate non-teaching loads of public school teachers.

To ensure there will be no delays in the hiring process, the DepEd will monitor compliance and the hiring pace in different regions.

All Schools Division Offices (SDOs) were also ordered to begin the publication, hiring, and appointment of the said items upon receipt of respective NOSCAs from DBM regional offices. 

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