The Department of Education (DepEd) cited the employment of greater than 11,000 lecturers as considered one of its accomplishments for 2022, Malacañang mentioned Sunday.
The Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) mentioned DepEd’s year-end report, which was offered to Malacañang, confirmed {that a} whole of 11,580 lecturers had been employed and a few 5,000 administrative officer objects had been created in a bid to alleviate lecturers of their administrative hundreds.
DepEd spokesperson Atty. Michael Poa earlier admitted that among the many challenges they confronted within the present educational yr was the shortage of lecturers, on high of a scarcity of college infrastructure and furnishings.
Thus for School Year 2023-2024, he mentioned DepEd deliberate to rent round 10,000 extra lecturers.
According to DepEd information, 15,331 lecturers and faculty leaders additionally acquired graduate scholarships, whereas 17,636 had been educated in early-grade language literacy.
Additionally, a complete of 161,700 lecturers additionally accomplished the National Educators’ Academy of the Philippines (NEAP) sponsored instructing programs, and 31,700 went by the Teacher Induction Program.
NEAP is an hooked up company inside DepEd and is accountable for the design, improvement, and supply {of professional} improvement for lecturers, college leaders, and different teaching-related personnel.
Poa beforehand mentioned DepEd would give attention to offering extra non-financial advantages to lecturers. They had been additionally trying to upskill the lecturers and ease their administrative work and rent extra non-teaching workers to assist the lecturers with their duties.
Further, in keeping with the OPS, DepEd mentioned it ready the National Learning Recovery Plan to information areas, divisions, and colleges in addressing studying deficiencies as a consequence of disruptions introduced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This proposed coverage is anchored on studying remediation and intervention, skilled improvement, well being, security, and psychological wellness.
“DepEd Assistant Secretary Ruby Torio earlier said the plan includes extending the school calendar, establishing a learning support center in schools and community-based learning spaces, conducting summer learning remediation and intervention programs, and hiring additional learning support aides,” the OPS mentioned in a press release. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
