Deputy Speaker and SAGIP party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta has called for the resignation of Education Sec. Leonor Briones and other key officials of the DepEd who are responsible for DepEd’s plan to procure a P4.2 million worth of SLMs for Grade 4 to 10 for the fourth quarter.
They have neither reformed nor learned their lessons. From the time that I exposed the lack of learning modules for the 3rd quarter in my privilege speech on March 15, 2021, DepEd Central Office did nothing,
Marcoleta said.
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Marcoleta voiced his utter disbelief as he said that the procurement of the SLMs is a wanton waste of government money since there is no way the modules can be printed in time for the start of 4th grading in May 17 that will last until July 10.
In their 2020 budget hearing, DepEd was unable to tell us the exact number of SLMs actually printed per subject, per competency and per grade level and why the teachers were the ones tasked to produce these. I have called their attention many times, but Sec. Briones will simply say, I will refer this to the Execom. Today, DepEd is being operated like it is a sari-sari store,
Marcoleta protests.
They will have to first answer the basic question as to why they are procuring P4.2 million worth of modules very, very late in the day knowing only too well that they will not be able to deliver these to the schools in time for the 4th quarter,
Marcoleta said.
Marcoleta added that teachers, students and parents alike have already suffered a lot in the first and second quarters when the P10 billion fund for the production of SLMs suffered major setback and teachers were tasked and burdened to reproduce the modules with a very tight funding or none at all.
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