DepED releases advisory on the payment of Cash Allowance for Teachers for FY 2020

DepED releases advisory on the payment of Cash Allowance for Teachers for FY 2020

The Department of Education (DepED) released Memorandum OUF-2020-0167 to Regional Directors, Schools Division Superintendents, Heads of Finance Divisions/Units and all other concerned titled Advisory on the release and payment of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 cash Allowance for Teachers signed by Undersecretary Annalyn M. Sevilla and Undersecretary Ramon Fiel G. Adbcede dated May 4, 2020.




Advisory on the release and payment of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 cash Allowance for Teachers


Please be advised of the following directives on the payment of the Cash allowance to Teachers amounting to Three Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (P3,500) per classroom teacher for the purchase of teaching supplies and materials for the School Year 2020-2021.

1. The P3,500 cash allowance shall be released to teachers in June 2020;

2. The Department of education (DepED) Regional Offices (ROs) must ensure that the allotment shall be released to Schools Division Offices (SDOs( on or before May 15, 2020;



3. It is expected that DepED ROs and SDOs shall have the cash allocation ready for the payment of the cash allowance and that such is included in the 2nd Quarter Notice of Cash Allocation and Monthly Disbursement Plan by coordination with its respective Department of Budget and Management Ros; and

4. The DepED Central Office shall also release a separate policy guidelines on the grant of the Cash allowance to teachers to include teaching supplies and materials related to the preparations to the shift to the learning Continuity Plan, as among the allowable uses of the cash allowance for teachers.

Please be guided accordingly.





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