DepEd to fund connectivity and communication expenses of its staff

On Tuesday, the Department of Education (DepEd) annouced its intention to fund the connectivity and communication expenses of both its teaching and non-teaching staff.

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In a memo posted from Education Undersecretary Alain Pascua's Facebook page, it says that DepEd is "preparing for the provision for monthly connectivity and communications expense from the major telecommunications companies for employees across the Department."

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To qualify for the connectivity and communications expense and to determine the appropriate quantities, all regional, division and school employees (teaching and non-teaching) are tasked to register and update their information in the DepEd Commons. The deadline for registration is on September 21, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.

It further said in the memo that only those who have registered and activated their accounts will be qualified as beneficiaries of the connectivity and communications expense.

DepEd hasn't revealed yet if how much will the teaching and non-teaching staff may receive per month. It will be determined as soon as the fund is implemented.

For further questions regarding the DepEd Commons account activation you may contact, commons.helpdesk@deped.gov.ph.

As for queries regarding DepEd email address issuance, contact your respective Information Technology Officers (for School, DO, and RO personnel) and support.accounts@deped.gov.ph (for CO Personnel).

Link to DepEd Commons:

https://commons.deped.gov.ph/

Here's a link on How to Access DepEd Commons:

https://commons.deped.gov.ph/user_guide

Meanwhile, as of September 15, 2020, the total number of enrollees for SY 2020-2021 has reached 24,456,766 nationwide (88.06% of SY 2019-2020) for Kindergarten to Grade 12, including ALS and non-graded learners with disabilities.

The data showed that 22,321,903 learners have enrolled in public schools (98.88% of SY 2019) and 2,082,101 registered in private schools (48.37% of SY 2019).DepEd is still anticipating an increase in enrollment figures as reports from the field continue to come in.

In earlier announcements, DepEd said that students who have yet to register in both public and private schools for the upcoming school year will be accommodated until November.