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DepEd adopts measure to cut travel costs
SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2008
MANILA (PNA) – The Department of Education (DepEd) has issued an order to officials and personnel to reduce travel expenses associated with attendance in national conferences and trainings and to stop solicitation of funds from any sources.
Education Secretary Jesli Lapus noted that numerous conferences, seminars and trainings are conducted on a national level, which entail huge costs on transportation particularly for those coming from distant places.
“DepEd personnel are not supposed to solicit from local officials, congressmen, and others to fund their attendance to seminars,” Lapus said.
He set guidelines to minimize travel expenses of teaching and non-teaching staff prescribing that the conduct of national events are now limited to those that require representation from all regions and divisions.
Lapus stressed that DepEd shall only approve request from various organizations for participation on official business which directly promotes the interests of the Department and its programs.
“Holding of activities shall be done on a division or cluster basis, and resource persons should be the ones to travel from one place to another instead of the participants,” he said.
“Services of a local support group should also be tapped in coordination with the DepEd division offices,” he added.
Lapus strongly discourages solicitation of funds from the local politicians stressing that this would preserve the non-partisan character of the agency.
“Should there be a need to a source funding from outside, written project proposals justifying the attendance in the activity and the expenses to be funded should be submitted,” he said.
He said that project proposals shall be evaluated and endorsed by the regional director, division superintendent or district supervisor. Reports on travel including insights learned will e submitted to the sponsor.
DepEd urges the maximum use of information and communication technologies in undertaking training programs and in facilitating distant meetings. (PNA)
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