THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAYS-- teachers are VERY MUCH READY

TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES-- FOR THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS.

MORE THAN HALF A MILLION DEPED PERSONNEL-- WILL BE DEPLOYED

FOR ELECTION DUTY..

WHILE MORE THAN 36-thousand SCHOOLS-- WILL BE USED AS POLLING

CENTERS.

here in the studio to talk to us some more about this-- is our correspondent paolo
barcelon.

1) so paolo, you've been monitoring the deped's election preparations-- how

ready are they??

MAI, READY NA SILA.

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531,307 – Total Number of Personnel Mobilized
257,304 – Number of Teachers as Electoral Boards
36, 830 – Number of Schools Used as Polling Centers
***source: Department of Education]

MORE THAN HALF OF WHICH, OR MORE THAN 257 THOUSAND, ARE

TEACHERS SERVING AS MEMBERS OF THE ELECTORAL BOARD… IN THE 36,
830 SCHOOLS THAT WILL BE USED AS POLLING CENTERS.

DEPED HAS ALSO FORMED ITS OWN ELECTION TASK FORCE AND COMMAND
CENTERS NA MAGMOMONITOR NG REPORTS FROM DEPED PERSONNEL ON
THE GROUND

Tasks:
- Transpo allowance on time, may mga nasira ba?
- Di nakatanggap, kakalampagin ang comelec

2) as you know all agencies are gearing up for election day-- many started
preparations as early as last year-- but i understand, they were somehow
delayed--
what did you find out??

THEY HAD TO CRAM THEIR PREPARATIONS FOR THE 2019 ELECTIONS

DAHIL NAGKAROON NG IMPASSE IN CONGRESS.
AS A RESULT, PLANS IN MOBILIZING ELECTION TASK FORCES AND THE
MONITORING APP WERE DELAYED WITHOUT THE BUDGET.

KAYA, THEY HAD TO ACT WITH THE RE-ENACTED 2018 BUDGET AND
CRAMMED PREPARATIONS IN 2-3 WEEKS

SUMABAY PA SA PALARONG PAMBANSA, KAYA NADELAY

THIS IS WHAT EDUCATION UNDERSECRETARY ALAIN PASCUA HAD TO

SAY ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE BUDGET ON ELECTION
PREPARATIONS.

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IN: 17:11:18
OUT: 17:11:33
“It is because that line item in the general appropriations act for DepED, for election
purposes like the election task force, has never been there in the previous budget. So we
could not advance funds for that.]

ALL IN ALL TOTAL BUDGET NG DEPED IS 501.1 BILLION PESOS

OF WHICH 50 MILLION PESOS ARE ALLOCATED FOR THE MAINTENANCE

OF SCHOOLS.
ITS IMPORTANT TO NOTE TOO THOUGH THAT THE HONORARIA AND
ALLOWANCES FOR TEACHERS WILL BE FUNDED BY COMELEC

3) so now that preparations are in place-- what can we expect from teachers,
deped personnel in terms of montoring reports on the ground
alam mo naman napaka-importante ang role ng teachers, they're serving as beis,
etc.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, DEPED WILL USE AN ELECTION MONITORING APP
THAT WILL ENABLE TEACHERS TO SEND PRE- AND POST-ELECTION
REPORTS IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES.

THE APP IS DOWNLOADABLE SA DEPED WEBSITE AT ANDROID LANG

MAKAKAGAMIT FOR NOW. SIMPLER OPTION THAN TAWAG, TELEBABAD,
ETC

INFO SENT BY DEPED PERSONNEL FROM THE APP WILL BE

CONSOLIDATED NAMAN FOR QUICKER INFO DISSEMINATION AND
RESPONSE.

USE OF THE APP IS NOT REQUIRED.

4) let's talk about something of concern-- yung allowance ng Teachers-- are they
going to be taxed??

YES, SUBJECT TO 5% TAX AS STIPULATED IN THE TRAIN LAW.

HOWEVER, DEP-ED ALSO SAYS, NOT ALL PERSONNEL WILL BE TAXED.

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54% - Number of DepED Personnel Registered as Teacher I or Salary Grade 11 (SG-11)

Teacher 1 Monthly Salary: Php 20,754.00

***source: Department of Education]

THAT IS BECAUSE ONLY 54 PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE DEPED

WORKFORCE ARE COMPOSED OF TEACHER Is OR SALARY GRADE 11
WHO EARN AROUND 20,754 PESOS MONTHLY…

MAKING THEM ELIGIBLE FOR TAX EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE CURRENT

TRAIN LAW, AS THEY EARN LESS THAN 250,000 PESOS A YEAR.

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ELECTION ALLOWANCES AND HONORARIA FOR ELECTORAL BOARD MEMBERS UNDER R.A.
10756 (Election Service Reform Act)

Election Official Honoraria Travel Allowance

Chairperson PHP 6,000.00 PHP 1,000.00
Member PHP 5,000.00 PHP 1,000.00
DepED Supervisor Official PHP 4,000.00 PHP 1,000.00
(DESO)
Support Staff PHP 2,000.00 PHP 1,000.00
DESO Technical Support Staff PHP 2,000.00 PHP 1,000.00 + PHP 1,000.00
Communications Allowance

**NOTE: BOTH HONORARIA AND ALLOWANCES SUBJECT TO 5% TAX AS STIPULATED IN THE

TRAIN LAW

***source: Department of Education]

HISTORICALLY, WALANG TAX ANG ALLOWANCES

PERO DUE TO THE TRAIN LAW, NAIMPLEMENT ANG 250k RULE
WHICH MEANS PERSONNEL THOSE EARNING HIGHER THAN THAT
AMOUNT ANNUALLY WILL HAVE THEIR ALLOWANCES SUBJECT TO A 5%
TAX AS STATED IN THE TRAIN LAW.
HONORARIA ARE GONNA BE PAID IN CASH DAHIL NAGKAKAPROBLEMA
DATI SA BANK CHARGES
IT SHOULD BE GIVEN AFTER THE WORK HAS BEEN DONE, ALONGSIDE
50% OF TRAVEL ALLOWANCE

50% OF TRAVEL ALLOWANCE (P500) SHALL BE GIVEN TO ELECTORAL

BOARD MEMBERS FROM MAY 6-MAY 11

DAPAT DI LUMAMPAS NG 15 DAYS BEFORE ELECTIONS