The Department of Education (DepEd) said on Friday that about 100,000 teachers will be promoted this year through the Expanded Career Progression (ECP) system to address long-standing promotion backlogs.
“In 2026, because of the big budget given by the President and the Congress, we are targeting to promote 100,000,” Education Secretary Juan Edgardo “Sonny” M. Angara told reporters in an interview.
“The program by President Bongbong streamlines the promotion and rank of our teachers because we saw that there are teachers who have not yet been promoted from Teacher 1 for a decade,” he added.
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