Education Secretary Sonny Angara announced the approval of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) of the funding for the additional 20,000 teaching positions to boost the country’s public education system.
The positions will be distributed to all regions and will include Teacher I, Special Needs Education Teacher (SNET), and Special Science Teacher I.
Based on the updated school directories, enrollment data and validated teacher gaps, the highest number of positions was allocated to Region IV-A with 2,655 items, followed by Region III with 2,152, and Region VII with 1,774.
“Sa 20,000 bagong teaching items, may 20,000 bagong pagkakataon para maabot ang mas maraming learners, maibsan ang bigat ng trabaho ng mga existing teachers, at mapaganda ang learning delivery sa field,” Angara said.
“Hindi lang ito tungkol sa dami. Ang mahalaga, mas marami ang buong pusong magseserbisyo para batang Pilipino.”
“Hindi lang ito tungkol sa dami. Ang mahalaga, mas marami ang buong pusong magseserbisyo para batang Pilipino,” the education chief added.
The 20,000 new positions were opened as DepEd is boosting the deployment of teachers. In less than eight months, the Department has reduced unfilled positions from
72,964 in August 2024 to 38,862 in Abril 2025. The current national filling rate of position is now at 96.03%, a marked increase from 94.78% in 2022.
“Bawat bakanteng posisyon ay sayang na oportunidad para sa mga bata.”
To hasten the deployment, the DBM Regional Offices are directly sending Notice of Organization, Staffing, and Classification Action (NOSCAs) to Schools Division Offices (SDOs) for all positions from Kindergarten, Elementary, and Senior High School (SHS), including Implementing Units (IUs) for Junior High School (JHS).
“Bawat bakanteng posisyon ay sayang na oportunidad para sa mga bata,” Angara stressed.
“Kaya ginagawa namin ang lahat para ma-close ang gap na ’to. Hindi lang sa mabilis na hiring, kundi sa mas maayos at matalinong pag-deploy,” he concluded.
