The Negros Oriental government is allocating P30 million for education this year, provincial treasurer Danilo Mendez said yesterday.

The amount will be taken from the Special Education and general funds of the province, Mendez said.

He also said 50 percent of the real property tax paid by taxpayers will also be allocated for the SEF, which will be divided equally by the province and the municipality where the taxed property is located.

This year, Mendez said the SEF is about P24 million, to be added to the P6 million from the general fund.

The SEF will increase when the collection of real property tax also goes up, he explained.

Mendez said the funds will be spent for the construction and rehabilitation of public school buildings and facilities, and scholarship and salaries and honorarium of personnel of the Department of Education.

Daisy Vamenta, human resource officer of the Capitol, said the province has hired eight regular teachers, 40 para-teachers and allocated an amount for 250 teacher-aids.

The regular teachers are receiving all the benefits given to Capitol employees, on top of their salaries, which is not less than P9,000 a month, Vamenta said.*RA

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