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Vice President and outgoing Education Secretary Sara Z. Duterte and incoming Education Secretary Sen. Sonny Angara interact with employees during the Department of Education Turnover Ceremony at the Bulwagan ng Karunungan, Department of Education Central Office in Pasig City on July 18, 2024. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News

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DepEd Turnover Ceremony

Pia Gutierrez

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172345783773520240718-deped-duterte-angara-turnover-JV9925.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Vice President and outgoing Education Secretary Sara Z. Duterte and incoming Education Secretary Sen. Sonny Angara interact with employees during the Department of Education Turnover Ceremony at the Bulwagan ng Karunungan, Department of Education Central Office in Pasig City on July 18, 2024. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/file</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Monday said the government actually allocated a &quot;significant increase&quot; in the budget of the Department of Education (DepEd) for 2024.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/19/sara-duterte-resigns-from-marcos-cabinet-palace-1450">• Sara Duterte resigns from Marcos Cabinet</a></div><p>“Hindi ko nakita ang loob pa ng budget pero nakita ko na nagkaroon pa ng increase ang budget ng DepEd, in fact from National Expenditure Program, parang P711 billion and then nung naging GAA na sya naging P715 billion,” Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said.</p><p>Pangandaman was responding to a recent interview of former Education Secretary and Vice President Sara Duterte, where she claimed that issues over the budget allocation for DepEd were among the reasons she resigned from the Cabinet.</p><p>“Ang masasabi ko lang po ang P700 billion it was quite a huge increase po from previous level nya noong 2023 because it was then kung kailan po ginawa at nilaunch ng ating VP ang ating Matatag Program kaya binigyan po natin yan ng pondo noong 2024.” </p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ts7JI1M4c-I?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></div>

<p>The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Monday said the government allocated a "significant increase" in the budget of the Department of Education (DepEd) for 2024.</p>

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on Monday said the government allocated a "significant increase" in the budget of the Department of Education (DepEd) for 2024.

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DBM chief says DepEd got huge budget rise before VP Duterte quit post

Pia Gutierrez,

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Published August 12, 2024 06:39 PM PHT

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