ABOUT 25,000 teaching and non-teaching personnel are set to be displaced by the full implementation of the Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-to-12) program, a report from the government’s education cluster stated Monday.

In the report submitted by Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education (CHTE) on Monday morning, it was revealed that a total of 13,634 teaching personnel (2,794 permanent and 10,840 non-permanent) and 11,456 non-teaching personnel (5,702 permanent and 5,754 non-permanent) will lose their jobs in 2016 because of “reduction in college enrolment” that “may adversely affect the operational viability of various higher education institutions.”

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