06/09/2026
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๐ก๐ผ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐: ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ท๐๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ
๐๐ฆ๐ค. ๐๐ช๐ฎ: ๐๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ; ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ทโ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ
Government employees, including thousands of public school teachers who are promoted or reclassified, may soon no longer have to wait for their agencies to formally request additional funding before receiving the corresponding adjustments in their salaries.
Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Acting Secretary Kim Robert C. De Leon is moving to replace the existing request-based process for Personnel Services (PS) deficiencies with a more proactive system that will allow the DBM to determine funding gaps from updated agency plantilla records and release the necessary funds without waiting for a separate request.
The reform is targeted for live testing across government agencies beginning in the fourth quarter of 2026.
In an interview on DZRH News program Special on Saturday on September 5, Secretary De Leon explained that under the current system, agencies such as the Department of Education (DepEd) must first provide information on personnel who have been promoted or reclassified before the DBM can compute and release the corresponding additional funding.
โYung DepEd, for instance, kailangan nilang ipadala yung information. Sino yung na-promote? Anong level sila na-promote? Para makuwenta yung kailangan na additional na funding. So ipapadala nila โyan sa aming regional office, at yung regional office ng DBM ida-download naman sa DepEd yung kakulangang pondo para dun sa promotion,โ Secretary Kim said.
Under the planned reform, the burden of initiating a separate funding request will be removed. Once an agency updates its plantilla master list and the DBM detects a salary funding deficiency, the Department will be able to act on the deficiency and release the required funding.
โHindi na kailangan pang i-request. Kailangan lang i-update ng ahensya yung master list na tinatawag namin ng kanilang plantilla, at โpag nakita namin na may kulang, kahit walang request, kailangan i-download namin sa kanila yung kakulangan nung pambayad ng pondo,โ the Budget Secretary said.
๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐
Secretary De Leon said the DBM is now drafting the formal policy for the new system, with the circular targeted for signing before the end of September.
The Department intends to put the reform to an actual test in the fourth quarter, when many government agencies traditionally submit requests for PS deficiencies or additional funds needed to cover salaries and related personnel requirements.
โHopefully bago matapos โtong buwan. Dahil ini-expect namin, ang target namin ngayong 4th quarter, hindi lang DepEd, maraming ahensya yung magre-request sa amin ng tinatawag na PS deficiency o yung kakulangan sa pangsweldo. So sabi ko nga, ngayong fourth quarter, i-testing natin. I-update lamang nila yung master list, hindi na kailangang i-request, at pwede nating i-release sa kanila automatically,โ he added.
The reform is particularly significant for public school personnel as the government accelerates the implementation of the Expanded Career Progression (ECP) System for public school teachers.
The DBM recently released P8.68 billion to cover salary differentials of more than 93,000 qualified public school personnel whose positions were reclassified under the ECP System. The funding covers salary adjustments arising from the reclassification of 93,344 positions for Fiscal Years 2025 and 2026.
Under the proposed FY 2027 National Budget, the Marcos administration is also providing P12.09 billion for the continued implementation of the ECP System, opening more opportunities for teachers to advance professionally while receiving compensation commensurate with their higher positions and responsibilities.
The proposed DepEd budget for 2027 stands at P975.963 billion, including funding for higher salaries, the P10,000 annual teaching allowance, career progression, training, medical allowance, and other personnel benefits and support.
For Secretary De Leon, however, providing the funds in the national budget is only one part of the job. Government systems must also make sure that employees actually receive what is due them without unnecessary paperwork and delay.
The planned automatic release mechanism forms part of the DBMโs broader push to simplify government processes, use available personnel data more effectively, and shift from a system that waits for agencies to request action to one that proactively identifies and addresses funding requirements.
For teachers who have worked for a promotion or moved up the career ladder, the objective is simple: once the promotion is properly reflected in government records, the funding for the corresponding salary should follow as quickly as possible.
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ-๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ
The initiative supports President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.โs push for a faster and more responsive bureaucracy and complements the DBMโs ongoing digitalization and process-reengineering reforms.
By eliminating an additional request in the salary deficiency process, the DBM aims to reduce paperwork for agencies, ease processing bottlenecks, and help ensure that government workers receive the compensation due them faster.
The fourth-quarter test will cover not only DepEd but other national government agencies that require additional PS funding, allowing the DBM to assess the mechanism before its broader institutionalization.
The reform reflects the Departmentโs continuing shift toward a more proactive and people-centered budget systemโone where government does not merely wait for paperwork to move, but uses the information already available to act faster for the people who serve the country.
