Benise Balaoing

Students of Pinyahan Elementary School, supervised by their respective teachers, initiate their 'Catch-up Fridays' program by reading storybooks inside their classrooms on January 12, 2024. The Department of Education has designated all Fridays starting  January 12 and throughout the school year as Catch-up Fridays, focusing on operationalizing the National Reading Program (NRP) in the first half of the day’s schedule and on fostering Values, Health, and Peace Education in the second half, to address learning gaps among grade school and high school students. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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<p>MANILA -- The Department of Education (DepEd) is releasing the P20,000 service recognition incentive for teachers and non-teaching personnel.</p><p>In a statement, the DepEd said the amount would be sent to its regional offices nationwide on December 20 for immediate disbursement.</p><p>DepEd said the P20,000 is the maximum amount that can be given to employees, and is the highest ever given to them. The service incentive used to be at P18,000. </p><p>Education Secretary Sonny Angara thanked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman for ensuring that teachers and non-teaching personnel are given the full SRI allowed for them.</p><p>&quot;We are deeply grateful to President Marcos Jr. for his steadfast support in prioritizing the welfare of teachers and staff who serve as the backbone of the education sector,” Angara said.</p><p>About a million personnel of the DepEd are set to benefit from the incentive.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2024/12/11/how-supply-meets-the-demand-of-consumers-1351" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Public school teachers to receive higher service incentive</a></div><p>Marcos said in his <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/22/marcos-jr-promises-better-benefits-allowances-for-public-school-teachers-1747" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">State of the Nation Address (SONA)</a> in July that public school teachers would receive additional benefits that could make their lives easier while performing their duties.</p><p>Teachers have been calling for a salary increase. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/8/gatchalian-calls-for-incentives-for-well-performing-teacher-education-schools-2057" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Incentivize well-performing teacher education schools to help improve LET passing rate: Gatchalian</a></div><div><strong>RELATED STORY:</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/2ilkp5Q6GUw?&amp;ab_channel=ANC24%2F7autoplay=1&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Teachers and non-teaching employees alike will be receiving their service incentive this Christmas. </p>

Teachers and non-teaching employees alike will be receiving their service incentive this Christmas.

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DepEd to release P20,000 incentive for teachers, personnel

Benise Balaoing,

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Published December 16, 2024 12:42 PM PHT

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