Senator vows funding support for learners with disabilities in 2023 budget

Students of the Araullo High School in Ermita, Manila attend their first class during the opening of the new school year on June 3, 2019

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MANILA, Philippines — Despite the lack of funding on the part of the Department of Education, learners with disabilities will receive funding support under the 2023 national budget, a senator vowed Friday.

The DepEd earlier admitted it has no funding for special education programs under the proposed national budget. "Despite our earnest efforts to advocate for our learners with special needs, it was not considered in the National Expenditure Program," it said in a September release. 

In a statement sent to reporters, Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, outlined a number of proposals carried in the bicameral conference committee report on the 2023 national budget.

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