Less cash for schools in MoESD budget

This year, the ministry is requesting over P9 billion in recurrent budget and only P630 million is expected to go to the welfare of students and funding necessities such as feeding, utilities and stationery. The P630 million will be shared among the 239 schools the ministry looks after. Education Minister, Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi told Parliament this week that each school requires P5.5 million for basic necessities, but the ministry can only provide P2.6 million per school. “This actually makes it nearly impossible to adequately address the needs of the education sector at all levels, despite this seemingly large budget provision for the ministry,” she said when presenting her ministry’s budget proposals.