DBM approves creation of over 1,000 positions for SPED teachers

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved the creation of over 1,000 positions for special education (SPED) teachers.

The 1,310 positions for SPED Teacher I will have a Salary Grade 14 or a total annual compensation of P455,839, the department said on Monday.

The new positions were approved on Friday, August 3.

“These positions were requested for by the Department of Education (DepEd) to address the faculty requirement of Special Education Centers or schools which aim to provide access to basic education among children with special needs,” the DBM said in a statement.

The positions are part of the 81,240 teaching and teaching-related positions approved to be created under the 2018 national budget.

“This will be charged against the P17-billion allocation for the creation of all teaching and teaching-related positions under the New School Personnel Positions line item of the DepEd budget in the FY 2018 General Appropriations Act,” the DBM said. —Jon Viktor Cabuenas/VDS, GMA News