About 25,000 teaching and non-teaching personnel are expected to lose their jobs with the full implementation of the K to 12 education program, the government’s education cluster said.
Ang Kabataan Partylist Rep. Terry Ridon said the government’s education agencies reported to the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education (CHTE) that at least 13,634 teaching personnel will lose their jobs starting next year.
Meanwhile, 11,456 non-teaching personnel will also be laid off due to the reduction in college enrollment that may adversely affect the operational viability of various higher education institutions.
The new displacement estimates are lower than the 78,000 displacement assumption initially released by Commission on Higher Education last March.
“We’re talking about 25,000 employees suddenly losing their jobs due to the ambitious K to 12 program,” Ridon said.
To mitigate the impact of K to 12 in higher education, Congress is now deliberating a bill that seeks to establish a “tertiary education transition fund” that will provide financial assistance to affected academic and non-academic personnel in universities and colleges during the so-called transition period.
The bill initially proposes a P12-billion budget for the said transition fund.
Manila Bulletin
