Angara bewails P12B cut in DepEd budget

(UPDATE) EDUCATION Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara has taken to social media to express his misgivings about the P12 billion that was slashed from the 2025 budget of the Department of Education (DepEd).

Both the Senate and House of Representatives had approved a P748.65-billion allocation for DepEd, but the Bicameral Conference Committee pared it down to P737.08 billion.

Despite the cut, DepEd is still the government agency with the biggest budget allocation.

Education Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara. PHOTO BY MIKE ALQUINTO

In separate posts on his X account Thursday, Angara said the budget cut “revers