DepEd approves 4-day work week for non-teaching personnelParents accompany students as classes open for the new school year at an elementary school in Manila on June 16, 2025. MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education has allowed its non-teaching personnel to work onsite for only four days a week starting Monday, March 9. In a memorandum issued Sunday, March 8, Education Secretary Sonny Angara designates Friday as a common work-from-home day for all covered personnel. In doing so, DepEd joins other government agencies in implementing four-day onsite work arrangements after President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s directive for government offices to conserve energy amid the conflict in the Middle East. The policy applies to non-teaching and related-teaching personnel, including contract-of-service and job order employees, under the department’s existing flexible work arrangements.

Source: Philippine Star March 09, 2026 22:50 UTC