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Operating Expense (MOOE), where we charge the honoraria,” Luistro said. According to Luistro, MOOE funds are released quarterly or every six months, depending on the nature of the expenses. “We have found a way to solve that. We are now in the course of discussing the matter
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with DBM, and we are proposing to transfer the item from MOOE to the salary item, so that it can be regularly released monthly,” he said. This month, DepEd targets to pay all the volunteer teachers who have rendered their services since June this year. This is already
an improvement because last year, DepEd paid the honoraria in December, Luistro said. DepEd hopes the passing of the “Kindergarten Education Act” will institutionalize the program and eventually provide regular funds for the salaries of the kindergarten teachers.
“Most typhoon affected schools have already recovered”--DepEd By Andrea Renevera-Bancud epartment of Education (DepEd) Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro today explained that most of typhoon affected schools in the country have already recovered. He made the statement during today’s edition of Communication and News Exchange Forum (CNEX), held at Philippine Information Agency (PIA). “We are not affected much, although (the effect was more widespread; we were really able to handle this,” he said. “These past two typhoons were different 20
compared to typhoons in the past years, when the schools sustained mostly structural damages (like roofs or buildings were destroyed),” Luistro said in Filipino. “(This time)
what was critical were the rains. There were a lot of flooded buildings; there were less structures affected.” But Luistro said that they need to look into the possibility of 21 Monday, October 10, 2011