DEPED BUDGET
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vowed to restore the P10 billion cut from the Department of Educations 2025 budget.
In an ambush interview in Malacanang, Marcos said he will find ways to restore the budget.
“On the subject of the DepEd, we are still looking into it. I think it is contrary to all our policy direction when we talk about the STEM development of our educational sector and then the continuing development,” Marcos said.
Marcos said he will not veto any line item in the approved budget.
“Because yung nawalan na P10 billion comes from the computerization item. So we’re working on it to make sure that we will restore it. I do not want to line item veto anything because that just gets in the way. So we’re still talking about it and trying to find a way,” the President added.
“And I think we’ll still be able to do it, to be able to do something. Maybe this is the first thing, hindi pa buo ang sagot ko pero sasabihin ko na sa inyo, tinatrabaho namin yan. At kailangan na kailangan. Hindi, you know… P12 billion request, the original request of the P12 billion to be reduced down to two. P12B is only sufficient to maintain what we’re already doing when in fact we have to do more. So yun na nga, we have to figure that out. But we are,” Marcos said.
