Clothing Allowance of ₱7,000 per Eligible Employee for FY 2024
Clothing Allowance of ₱7,000 per Eligible Employee for FY 2024
Starting with the transition phase of the School Year (SY) 2024-2025, the Department of Education (DepEd) announces the implementation of four new sets of DepEd national uniform designs for teaching and two new national uniform designs for non-teaching personnel.
Section
58 of the General Appropriations Act (GAA) FY 2024:
Uniform
or Clothing Allowance. An amount not exceeding Seven
Thousand Pesos (P7,000) per
year is hereby authorized for the payment of uniform or clothing allowance to
each qualified government employee.
The guidelines were established by the Executive Committee based on the recommendations of the DepEd Uniform Committee (DUC), which is made up of teaching and non-teaching employee organizations, with the following considerations:
a. General availability of the textile materials in the market;
b. Comfort and durability of the textile materials; (The quality of the
fabric should be adaptable to the weather conditions and the environment of
concerned personnel.)
c. Over-all look of the design of the uniform; and (The design should be presentable, convey modesty and integrity, and should be in its simplest form to allow unrestricted movement.)
d. Skin tone, age, body built will also be considered in the design.
Release of clothing allowance shall be done not earlier than the first working day of every year. This shall be April 1-5, 2024, for this SY24-25.
In 2021, due to the crisis/pandemic and the continuing implementation of the blended learning delivery and alternative working arrangements, SY 21-22 shall be considered a “transition period” to allow ample time for employees to prepare for the new set of prescribed uniforms and will be lenient to personnel who will still opt to use the old uniform design. But starting SY22-23, all employees should wear the new set of uniforms.
Both teaching and non-teaching personnel should wear only the approved national uniforms. To ensure uniformity in all offices, there will be no regional or school division uniforms.