(UPDATE) EDUCATION Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara has taken to social media to express his misgivings about the P12 billion that was slashed from the 2025 budget of the Department of Education (DepEd).

Both the Senate and House of Representatives had approved a P748.65-billion allocation for DepEd, but the Bicameral Conference Committee pared it down to P737.08 billion.

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