The Department of Education (DepEd) thanked President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for making the P20 per kilo rice program accessible to teaching and non-teaching personnel.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) will expand the “Benteng Bigas Meron (BBM) Na” program to the education sector, tentatively set for Oct. 15.
“We thank the Presidente and Sec. Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. The P20 rice program is really promising,” DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara said in a radio interview.
He said DepEd is ready to help address possible logistical challenges in distributing the subsidized rice to its personnel. Earlier, Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the DA is finalizing the list of beneficiaries within DepEd, with salary grades a consideration in the selection.
