THE ALLIANCE of Concerned Teachers hit the Department of Education for the slow processing of documents that led to the delayed payment of the Performance-Based Bonus of teachers.

“Napagtrabahuan na ito ng mga guro noon pang 2021, DepEd has all the time to process it accordingly and timely. It’s 2 years delayed already yet madedelay pa ulit dahil sa kapalpakan ng DepEd na i-ensure ang forms na ipapasa nito sa DBM. Nasa payroll na ito bakit nagkakamali pa?” Vladimer Quetua, the group’s national chairperson, said.

The group called on DepEd to align its priorities and to immediately submit the needed forms to the Department of Budget and Management for the release of the bonus.

“Sa mga ganitong bagay dapat busy ang DepEd sa pagtitiyak na matatamasa ng mga kaguruan ang mga benepisyo. Overdue at longest delayed na itong PBB 2021 sa kasaysayan. Sa pagsasaayos nito dapat nakatuon ang atensyon ng kagawaran, hindi sa red-tagging at profiling,” Quetua added.

“Hamon ng mga guro sa DepEd na maipasa na agad ang mga forms na hinihingi ng DBM. Teachers deserve to be paid timely. Sobra-sobra na ang 2 years na delay, dapat maibigay na as soon as possible itong PBB 2022,” he said.

The DBM on Tuesday gave assurances that it will release the budget for the 2021 bonus as long as the proper documents are submitted.