CHED to release K-12 transition allowances of 2,152 faculty scholars on Dec. 29, solon says

Iligan City Representative Frederick Siao announced on Monday that more than 2,100 faculty members will receive their K to 12 transition program allowances from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) by December 29.

In a press statement, Siao said CHED chairperson Patricia Licuanan allayed the good news to him. He said 1,011 faculty scholars will receive their allowances on January 5 while 933 are still pending.

"I thank the Commission on Higher Education for its action on my previous appeal on behalf of college faculty whose K to 12 Transition program allowances have been delayed," Siao said.

"According to CHED chairperson Patricia Licuanan, some 2,152 faculty members will receive their full allowances on December 29, while 1,011 will get their partial release on January 5, but 933 are pending with the CHED regional offices," he added.

Siao said the delay in the release of allowances was caused by the overwhelming set of 11,000 documents from more than 9,000 scholars who participated in the transition program.

Nonetheless, Siao said he is willing to cooperate with CHED for any budgetary concerns via their 2019 budget and help "address their internal weaknesses with external support on long term structural reforms."

"I am also open to addressing their agency ailments via the 2019 budget, the budget call for which is expected to be issued by the DBM as early as January 2018," the lawmaker said.

Siao said CHED has a bigger task ahead of them in 2018 when 9,500 faculty scholars and senior high school students are expected to graduate.

"CHED has to do much better than it has so far. The transition impact of senior high on our colleges and universities will be felt for about three to five years after the current school year," Siao said. — Joseph Tristan Roxas/RSJ, GMA News