Fiscal Year 2022 Department of Education Budget

By law, the biggest share of the National Budget goes to the education sector, which covers funding for
the Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and State Universities and Colleges (SUCs).

For Fiscal Year 2022, DepEd along with its attached agencies received 633.32 Billion or 80.32%
of the total Education Sector’s budget.

The sustained funding from the national government ensures that education continues despite the COVID-19 pandemic. For 2022, the Department of Education received 631.77 B or around 12.58% of the total National Budget of 5.02 T. This budget supports all the Department’s existing programs, activities and projects while putting special attention to programs that contribute to the implementation of blended learning modalities and the safe and gradual return to face-to-face schooling, such as Flexible Learning Options (FLOs), School Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE), Government Assistance and Subsidies (GAS), and the DepEd Computerization Program (DCP)MAJOR PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, AND PROJECTS (PAPs)

The Department’s big-ticket programs cover 21.37% of the Department’s budget or around 131.57 B. A considerable portion of this falls under Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses and Capital Outlay.

READ ASLO: DepEd announces the conduct of the SY 2021-2022 End-of-School Year (EOSY) (Date & Theme)