Senator Juan Edgardo Angara said yesterday his Committee on Finance will work to increase the budgets for education and health
Meanwhile, to ensure the continuity of education even amid emergencies, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian pushes for the institutionalization of alternative delivery modes, including online learning.
“But these budgets usually go up by the time we have gone through the budget process in the House and Senate,” he added. In the 2024 NEP, the MAIP was provided with a proposed budget of P22.3 billion, down from the P32.6 billion under the 2023 GAA. In the case of education, Angara said increases to the NEP are also expected, particularly with the budgets of the state universities and colleges , including the University of the Philippines system.
Under the proposed measure, the Department of Education mandates all schools to enhance and strengthen their Information and Communication Technologies capacity to implement distance learning.
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