TEACHERS assigned to multigrade classes, mobile teachers, and Alternative Learning System (ALS) coordinators are set to receive their P977.4-million special hardship allowances for the last year, the Education Department said Thursday.
Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones approved the issuance of Sub-Allotment to Regions/Operating Units (Sub-ARO) for the downloading of additional SHA fund to cover the deficiencies in the initial release for fiscal year (FY) 2016 to the Regional Offices.
The incoming SHA will covers a total of 14,896 recipient schools (for Teachers Assigned in Hardship Posts and Multigrade Classes) and 2,395 recipient school districts and community learning centers (CLCs) (for Mobile and ALS Teachers).
The department requested the SHA, amounting to P977,405,080, from the Department of Budget and Management on Nov. 8, 2016 to cover the deficiency in compensation to teachers exposed to hardship or difficulty in the place of work, computed based on the guidelines in the DBM National Budget Circular No. 514, series of 2007.