DepEd needs about 4,000 guidance counselors

To fill up the job vacancies for guidance counselors in public schools, the Department of Education (DepEd) is working to reclassify their current pay grade and make the requirements easier for applicants.

Education Secretary Sonny Angara on Friday acknowledged the lack of mental health practitioners catering to students, with about 4,000 plantilla positions still unfilled in public schools nationwide.

“We want to reclassify the position and we’ll ask for permission from the Department of Budget and Management. From Salary Grade 11, we’ll make it Salary Grade 13,” Angara said in a radio interview.

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