DepEd starts release of year-end incentives for about 1M personnel

The Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Saturday, December 20, that it has begun releasing year-end incentives for approximately one million employees nationwide, following the directive of President Marcos.

- By MERLINA HERNANDO-MALIPOT

The release covers teachers, non-teaching personnel, and contract-based workers.In a statement, DepEd said the incentive package includes the Service Recognition Incentive (SRI), Productivity Enhancement Incentive (PEI), and Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) incentive for eligible personnel, as well as gratuity pay for Contract of Service (COS) and Job Order (JO) workers.

Under the incentive program, teachers and non-teaching personnel will receive ₱20,000 in SRI and ₱5,000 in PEI, while eligible non-teaching staff are set to receive an additional ₱10,000 in CNA incentives.