DepEd: Over 640k personnel to serve as poll workers for May 9 elections (Sabong News)
Author
Merlina Hernando-Malipot
Date
APRIL 29 2022
More than 647,000 personnel of the Department of Education (DepEd) will serve as poll workers during the election day on May 9.
Given this, DepEd assured that it will provide support and necessary assistance to the participating personnel as part of the agency’s commitment to free and clean elections.
“We want to ensure that the necessary assistance to the field offices and schools, especially to teachers who will serve as BEIs, will be provided by the Central Office,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said in a statement issued Friday, April 29.
“We want our personnel to be equipped with adequate information and technical and legal assistance along the way,” she added.
DepEd also shared the current preparation of the Election Task Force (ETF) 2022 to assist the field office during the national and local elections.
“During the upcoming elections, we are also prioritizing the health, safety, and welfare of the personnel who will participate in the election through enough financial assistance since we are still in the middle of the pandemic,” Briones said.
Based on the report presented by Director IV and ETF Head Atty. Marcelo Bragado, Jr. during the virtual pressers on April 28, around 647,812 DepEd personnel will serve as poll workers during the election day.
Of this number, 319,317 are members of the electoral boards (EB); 200,627 are EB Support Staff; 38,989 are DepEd Supervisor Official (DESO); 87,162 are DESO Support Staff; and 1,717 are DepEd members of the Board of Canvassers.
To help ensure the safety of the electoral board members and voters during the election period, DepEd said that it also actively coordinates and engages with Commission on Elections (Comelec), the Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
