Uniform/Clothing Allowance UPDATE

for
School Year 2021-2022

MARCH 1, 2021
DepEd Uniform Committee (DUC)
has met today (with 11 deped
teaching and non-teaching
Organization representatives, as
regular members)
 to discuss the release and use of
the FY 2021 clothing allowance of
P6,000 per eligible employee.
 It was chaired by Usec Revsee
Escobedo, with myself (as Vice Chair
of DUC) and Usec Jess Mateo.
Here are the agreements made in the
DUC meeting, which shall be
presented for final approval by Sec
LMB and execom members:
1. release of clothing allowance
shall be done not earlier than
first working day of every
year.
This shall be April 5, 2021
for this SY21-22.
 2. New sets of uniform for SY 21-22 shall
be issued before the release of the 2021
clothing allowance with due consideration
to the ff factors: (general availability of the
textile materials in the market;
 comfort and durability of the
textile materials; and presentable,
modest and with integrity over-all
outlook of the uniform design).
 3. In consideration with the current
crisis/pandemic and the continuing
implementation of the blended learning
delivery and alternative working
arrangements,
 SY 21-22 shall be considered a “transition
period” to allow ample time for employees to
prepare for the new set of prescribed uniforms
and will be lenient to personnel who will still
opt to use the old uniform design.
 But starting SY22-23, all
employees should wear the new
set of uniforms.
 Let us wait for the final and official
issuance on the design and details of the
new set of uniforms for teaching and non-
teaching personnel for SY21-22, which will
come out before April 2021.
 Thank you for the relevant and
constructive inputs of the teaching
and non-teaching organisations
present during today’s meeting.