FACT CHECK: No ‘allowance program’ offered by DepEd

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The Department of Education provides tuition subsidies to eligible students, but does not offer a program providing allowances to them

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The claim was posted on March 17 by the Facebook page “DSWD Landbank Pay out” in a group with over 704,200 members. As of writing, it has 1,500 reactions, 2,400 comments, and 95 shares. The post shows the DepEd logo and a photo of Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte, along with the text “DepEd Allowance.” According to the post, elementary students can receive P3,000, while high school and college students can receive P5,000 and P7,000, respectively.or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act. Eligible students were entitled to either a P3,000 allowance or subsidies of up to P5,000 to offset outstanding tuition fees.

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