PUBLIC school teachers and non-teaching personnel can look forward to receiving their 2019 Performance-Based Bonus after the Inter-Agency Task Force declared the Department of Education eligible for the annual incentive.

“For PBB 2019, DepEd met 13 out of the 15 indicators. We are eligible as an agency because we met all the good governance indicators,” Education Undersecretary Jesus Mateo said.

The DepEd submitted indicators promoting efficient government services, including Transparency Seal; PhilGEPS Posting; Streamlining and Process Improvement of Agency Services; Posting of Agency Review and Compliance Procedure of Statement and Financial Disclosures; Freedom of Information Compliance; Posting of Agency’s System of Ranking Delivery Units; QMS Requirement; Submission of Financial Reports; Compliance with at least 30 percent of Prior Years’ Audit Recommendations among others.

However, Mateo said that some non-teaching personnel in non-compliant regions might not be able to receive their incentive.

“PBB is not budgeted in DepEd because you can only get the PBB when the AO25 Task Force has evaluated the agency eligible for the PBB,” Education Undersecretary Annalyn Sevilla explained.

The two officials said that the DepEd is waiting for the confirmation of the department’s eligibility.

Once the confirmation of eligibility is sent, the Department of Budget and Management will facilitate the release of the bonus. School-based personnel will be the first to receive their incentive, followed by staff in Schools Division Offices, regional offices, and lastly, the Central Office.

The payment of the incentive will depend on the processing time and completeness of documents submitted during the validation period.

While waiting for the 2019 PBB, Sevilla urged DepEd personnel to continue providing quality service to the public.