DepEd Basic Information on Plantilla Positions FY 2021

Attached herewith are the Department of Education (DepEd) Basic Information on Plantilla Positions as of February 15, 2021. The tables below are best viewed on desktop or laptop devices.

Definition of Terms

For purposes of the DepEd Basic Information on Plantilla Positions, the following terms are defined and understood as follows:

Number of Authorized Positions

Positions	Authorized Positions
Teaching Positions	862,108
Related-Teaching	62,465
Non-Teaching	62,279
TOTAL AUTHORIZED POSITIONS	986,852

Breakdown of Plantilla Positions

Date of DBM Report on Unfilled Position	Unfilled Position	% to Authorized Position
January 19, 2019	76,496	7.92%
December 5, 2019	52,602	5.39%
May 22, 2020	43,780	4.49%
August 31, 2020	55,804	5.65%
November 5, 2020	51,315	5.18%
February 15, 2021	45,600	4.62%

Unfilled items are 4.62% of the 986,852, total authorized DepEd plantilla.

Particulars	Filled Positions	Unfilled Positions
Teaching	835,944	26,164
Related-Teaching	53,501	8,964
Non-Teaching	51,807	10,472
TOTAL	941,252	45,600
Percentage of Authorized	95.38%	4.62%

Workforce Diversity by Age Group

Age Group	Teaching	Related- Teaching	Non-Teaching	Total
66 and above	457	85	71	613
65	901	255	153	1,309
62 to 64	9,731	2,636	1,513	13,880
57 to 61	50,992	9,526	4,561	65,079
56	12,813	2,368	1,009	16,190
45 to 55	186,416	25,830	12,727	224,973
35 to 44	264,091	11,093	14,721	289,905
34 & below	310,542	1,708	17,053	329,303
TOTAL	835,943	53,501	51,808	941,252

Retirement Schedule

13,880 for Retirement of the next 3 years (2022, 2023, 2024)

Plantilla Type	Outlier-should have retired	Mandatory retirement (Age 65 this 2021)	For Retirement (next 3 years)
Teaching	457	901	9,731
Related-Teaching	85	255	2,636
Non-Teaching	71	153	1,513
TOTAL	613	1,309	13,880

Retirement Schedule by Office/Region

Office	Mandatory Retirement (Age 65 this 2021)	For Retirement (next 3 years)
Central Office	7	71
I – Ilocos	53	640
II – Cagayan Valley	52	549
III – Central Luzon	117	1,176
Cordillera Administrative (CAR)	8	310
National Capital (NCR)	229	1,634
IV-A – CALABARZON	84	996
IV-B – MIMAROPA	45	494
V – Bicol	64	1,042
VI – Western Visayas	98	1,443
VII – Central Visayas	165	1,023
VIII – Eastern Visayas	95	1,038
IX – Zamboanga Peninsula	108	812
X – Northern Mindanao	62	782
XI – Davao	36	710
XII – SOCCSKSARGEN	39	592
XIII – CARAGA	47	568
GRAND TOTAL	1,309	13,880

Breakdown of Unfilled Teaching Positions

Teaching Position	Total Unfilled	% from Total Unfilled
Instructor I	7	0.03%
Instructor II	8	0.03%
Instructor III	2	0.01%
Master Teacher I	1,376	5.26%
Master Teacher II	760	2.90%
Master Teacher III	2	0.01%
Special Education Teacher I	222	0.85%
Special Education Teacher II	22	0.08%
Special Education Teacher III	18	0.07%
Special Science Teacher I	566	2.16%
Teacher I	12,549	47.96%
Teacher II	6,843	26.15%
Teacher III	3,789	14.48%
TOTAL	26,164	100.00%

Breakdown of Unfilled Related Teaching and Non-Teaching Positions

School Level and Schools Division Office (SDO) Level = 18,781

Position	Number
School Administration	3,845
Principal I-IV	2,251
Assistant School Principal I-III	440
Special Schools Principal	1
Head Teacher I-VI	1,149
Tech-Voc School Administrator	4
Finance & Admin Services for Schools (Shared)	6,009
Administrative Aide VI	259
Administrative Assistant I-VI	2,951
Administrative Officer II	2,889
Administrative Support for Schools	2,617
Administrative Aide I	1,166
Administrative Aide III	451
Administrative Aide IV-V	596
Security Guard I-II	316
Watchman I	88
Guidance Counselors	4,364
Guidance Counselors I-III	4,291
Guidance Coordinators I-III	73
Other Positions	1,946

Filled and Unfilled Positions by Office/Region

Office	Authorized Position				Unfilled Position
	Teaching	Non Teaching	Related-Teaching	Total	Teaching	Non Teaching	Related-Teaching	Total	% Unfilled
Central Office	0	895	294	1,189		233	81	314	26%
I - Ilocos	47,417	4,209	4,387	56,013	931	258	453	1,642	3%
II - Cagayan Valley	34,052	3,068	2,876	39,996	493	401	263	1,157	3%
III - Central Luzon	87,930	6,088	6,509	100,527	1,729	909	733	3,371	3%
Cordillera Administrative (CAR)	17,328	2,094	1,748	21,170	339	182	131	652	3%
National Capital (NCR)	76,832	4,884	3,877	85,593	4,685	1,657	937	7,279	9%
IV-A - CALABARZON	103,893	6,131	6,322	116,346	2,618	1,113	1,170	4,901	4%
IV-B - MIMAROPA	33,531	2,394	2,898	38,823	887	363	396	1,646	4%
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula	38,222	2,128	3,524	43,874	603	222	315	1,140	3%
V - Bicol	66,734	4,824	4,656	76,214	1,798	837	665	3,300	4%
VI - Western Visayas	73,354	5,510	5,387	84,251	2,188	909	810	3,907	5%
VII - Central Visayas	71,771	4,671	4,409	80,851	3,237	978	728	4,943	6%
VIII - Eastern Visayas	53,058	3,973	4,306	61,337	1,409	614	575	2,598	4%
X - Northern Mindanao	43,588	3,563	3,101	50,252	1,507	820	411	2,738	5%
XI - Davao	44,671	2,701	2,994	50,366	2,331	500	553	3,384	7%
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN	39,837	2,475	2,555	44,867	840	206	446	1,492	3%
XIII - CARAGA	29,890	2,671	2,622	35,183	569	270	297	1,136	3%
GRAND TOTAL	862,108	62,279	62,465	986,852	26,164	10,472	8,964	45,600	5%

Source: DBMs Government Manpower Information System as of February 15, 2021 Net of BARMM

Ranking of Offices in Terms of Number of Unfilled Positions

Office	Regional Classification	Teaching	Related-Teaching	Non-Teaching	Grand Total	Rank
National Capital Region (NCR)	Large	4,685	937	1,657	7,279	1
VII - Central Visayas	Large	3,237	728	978	4,943	2
IVA - CALABARZON	Large	2,618	1,170	1,113	4,901	3
VI - Western Visayas	Large	2,188	810	909	3,907	4
XI - Davao	Medium	2,331	553	500	3,384	5
III - Central Luzon	Large	1,729	733	909	3,371	6
V - Bicol	Medium	1,798	665	837	3,300	7
X - Northern Mindanao	Medium	1,507	411	820	2,738	8
VIII - Eastern Visayas	Medium	1,409	575	614	2,598	9
IVB - MIMAROPA	Small	887	396	363	1,646	10
I - Ilocos	Medium	931	453	258	1,642	11
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN	Small	840	446	206	1,492	12
II - Cagayan Valley	Small	493	263	401	1,157	13
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula	Small	603	315	222	1,140	14
XIII - CARAGA	Medium	569	297	270	1,136	15
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)	Small	339	131	182	652	16
Central Office			81	233	314	17
GRAND TOTAL		26,164	8,964	10,472	45,600

Source: DBMs Government Manpower Information System as of February 15, 2021 Net of BARMM

Unfilled Teaching Positions by Position Title

Region	Instructor			Master Teacher			Special Education Teacher			Special Science Teacher	Teacher			Grand Total
	I	II	III	I	II	III	I	II	III	I	I	II	III
I - Ilocos				56	33		2		2	15	398	234	191	931
II - Cagayan Valley				34	20		8			8	240	78	105	493
III - Central Luzon				58	32		14		3	54	984	340	244	1,729
IVA - CALABARZON	2			88	89		20	1	2	73	1,383	663	297	2,618
IVB - MIMAROPA				31	17		8			7	418	253	153	887
IX - Zamboanga Peninsula				24	4	1	5			10	297	133	129	603
V - Bicol		1		93	62		9	4		24	857	468	280	1,798
VI - Western Visayas	1	2		77	47		5			59	987	700	310	2,188
VII - Central Visayas				133	64		19	1	2	84	1,625	828	481	3,237
VIII - Eastern Visayas	3			73	30		8	1		33	644	328	289	1,409
X - Northern Mindanao				63	37		12	2		48	742	347	256	1,507
XI - Davao				121	40		12			34	1,418	498	208	2,331
XII - SOCCSKSARGEN				75	15		3			19	341	209	178	840
XIII - CARAGA				20	10	1	10			7	166	200	155	569
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)	1	5	2	27	17		4			11	117	73	82	339
National Capital Region (NCR)				403	243		83	13	9	80	1,932	1,491	431	4,685
GRAND TOTAL	7	8	2	1,376	760	2	222	22	18	566	12,549	6,843	3,789	26,164

Source: DBMs Government Manpower Information System as of February 15, 2021 Net of BARMM

Unfilled Related-Teaching and Non-Teaching Positions

OFFICE	Regional Classifications	Authorized Positions Related-Teaching & Non-Teaching	% to the Total authorized Positions	Unfilled Positions	% of Unfilled Positions to the total authorized positions of the Region
Central Office		1,189	1.0%	314	26.4%
National Capital Region (NCR)	Large	8,761	7.0%	2,594	29.6%
Region VII – Central Visayas	Large	9,080	7.3%	1,706	18.8%
Region IV-A – CALABARZON	Large	12,453	10.0%	2,283	18.3%
Region VI – Western Visayas	Large	10,897	8.7%	1,719	15.8%
Region XI – Davao	Medium	5,695	4.6%	1,053	18.5%
Region III – Central Luzon	Large	12,597	10.1%	1,642	13.0%
Region V – Bicol	Medium	9,480	7.6%	1,502	15.8%
Region X – Northern Mindanao	Medium	6,664	5.3%	1,231	18.5%
Region VIII – Eastern Visayas	Medium	8,279	6.6%	1,189	14.4%
Region IV-B – MIMAROPA	Small	5,292	4.2%	759	14.3%
Region I – Ilocos	Medium	8,596	6.9%	711	8.3%
Region XII – SOCCSKSARGEN	Small	5,030	4.0%	652	13.0%
Region II – Cagayan Valley	Small	5,944	4.8%	664	11.2%
Region IX – Zamboanga Peninsula	Small	5,652	4.5%	537	9.5%
Region XIII – CARAGA	Medium	5,293	4.2%	567	10.7%
	Small	3,842	3.1%	313	8.1%
GRAND TOTAL		124,744	100.0%	19,436	15.6%

Top 15 Divisions with Highest Unfilled Positions

Region	Division Office	Division Classification	Teaching	Teaching Related	Non-Teaching	Grand Total
National Capital (NCR)	Division of Manila	Large	1,811	335	309	2,455
VII – Central Visayas	Division of Cebu Province	Very Large	1,606	283	348	2,237
XI – Davao	Division of Davao City	Large	948	156	170	1,274
VI – Western Visayas	Division of Iloilo	Very Large	624	228	147	999
IV-A – CALABARZON	Division of Rizal	Large	614	167	158	939
National Capital Region (NCR)	Division of Caloocan	Large	621	59	165	845
V – Bicol	Division of Camarines Sur	Very Large	487	157	193	837
X – Northern Mindanao	Division of Bukidnon	Large	555	89	167	811
IV-A – CALABARZON	Division of Laguna	Large	540	111	159	810
National Capital Region (NCR)	Division of Quezon City	Large	312	101	377	790
V – Bicol	Division of Albay	Large	451	159	155	765
IV-A – CALABARZON	Division of Quezon	Very Large	295	243	201	739
III – Central Luzon	Division of Bulacan	Large	381	145	198	724
IV-B – MIMAROPA	Division of Palawan	Large	406	156	150	712
XII – SOCCSKSARGEN	Division of Cotabato	Large	468	137	21	626

Top 15 Divisions with Lowest Unfilled Positions

Region	Division Office	Division Classification	Teaching	Teaching Related	Non-Teaching	Grand Total
VIII – Eastern Visayas	Division of Maasin City	Small	3	2	1	6
IV-A – CALABARZON	Division of Tayabas City	Small	2	6		8
VIII – Eastern Visayas	Division of Baybay City	Medium	1	6	2	9
XIII – CARAGA	Division of Tandag City	Small	2	4	3	9
X – Northern Mindanao	Division of El Salvador City	Small	2	3	5	10
I – Ilocos	Division of Candon City	Small	5	5	1	11
XIII – CARAGA	Division of Bislig City	Medium		5	7	12
National Capital Region (NCR)	Division of Navotas City	Medium		8	6	14
VII – Central Visayas	Division of Bogo City	Small	9	3	3	15
II – Cagayan Valley	Division of Santiago City	Small		9	7	16
XII – SOCCSKSARGEN	Division of Tacurong City	Small	2	5	9	16
I – Ilocos	Division of Alaminos City	Small	7	8	2	17
I – Ilocos	Division of Batac City	Small	8	5	4	17
III – Central Luzon	Division of Balanga City	Small	5	10	3	18
VI – Western Visayas	Division of Guimaras	Medium	5	13	1	19

DepEd Challenges in 2020

Kinder to Grade 6	508,496
Junior High School	282,237
Senior High School	74,459
TOTAL NO. OF TEACHING POSITIONS	865,192 (w/o BARMM)

Shortages based on Planning Standards: 78,947

Kinder to Grade 6	9,730
Junior High School	20,287
Senior High School	1,062
TOTAL NO. OF EXCESS TEACHERS	31,079 Excess breakdown by level (teaching)

Total Unfilled Teaching Positions: 30,887

Breakdown of Plantilla Positions

Unfilled Positions	Filled	Unfilled	Total Authorized
Teaching	834,698	30,960
Related-Teaching	52,655	8,765
Non-Teaching	51,303	11,590
TOTAL	938,656	51,315	989,971
Percentage of Authorized	94.82%	5.18%

Unfilled items are 5.18% of the total authorized DepEd plantilla.

Accomplishment on Filling-up of Newly Created Items FY 2016-2020

Fiscal Year	Proposal	No. of Items Created	Actual Allocation Due to Conversion	No. of Items Filled-up	% Items Filled-up	No. of Unfilled
2020	10,000	9,839	9,839	7,603	77.27%	2,236
2019	10,000	10,000	9,995	8,426	84.30%	1,569
2018	81,100	81,100	81,100	78,449	96.73%	2,651
2017	53,831	54,077	54,013	51,673	95.67%	2,340
2016	62,320	58,720	58,781	56,563	96.23%	2,218
TOTAL	217,251	213,736	213,728	202,714	94.85%	11,014

Breakdown of Unfilled Teaching Positions FY 2016-2020

Region	K-SHS	No. of Filled Up Items	% of Filled Up Items	Unfilled Items
BARMM	6,817	1,737	25.5%	5,080
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)	3,314	3,212	96.9%	102
National Capital Region (NCR)	12,381	11,109	89.7%	1,272
Region I – Ilocos	10,253	10,190	99.4%	63
Region II – Cagayan Valley	7,776	7,694	99.0%	82
Region III – Central Luzon	20,943	20,609	98.4%	334
Region IV-A – CALABARZON	27,002	26,312	97.4%	690
Region IV-B – MIMAROPA	8,584	8,369	97.5%	215
Region V – Bicol	16,539	16,169	97.8%	370
Region VI – Western Visayas	16,458	15,701	95.4%	757
Region VII – Central Visayas	19,005	18,497	97.3%	508
Region VIII – Eastern Visayas	12,471	12,231	98.1%	240
Region IX – Zamboanga Peninsula	9,218	9,039	98.1%	179
Region X – Northern Mindanao	11,249	10,955	97.4%	294
Region XI – Davao	12,574	11,878	94.5%	696
Region XII – SOCCSKSARGEN	11,160	11,071	99.2%	89
Region XIII – CARAGA	7,984	7,941	99.5%	43
TOTAL, PHILIPPINES	213,728	202,714	94.8%	11,014

Initiatives to Improve Filling-up of Authorized Positions

1. Career Advancement and Promotion

a. Sulong EduKalidad
b. NEAP Transformation to enhance management of professional development of teachers
c. Proposed Career Progression for Teachers

2. Improvements on the Workforce Planning of the Agency
3. Review of Staffing and Salary Structure for hard-to-fill items
4. Improved Processes for Plantilla Updating and Monitoring

a. DepEd Personnel Inventory
b. Capacity Building for Human Resource Management Officers (HRMOs)

5. Recruitment, Selection, Placement and Induction (RSPI)

a. Operationalization of the Interim Guidelines On Appointments And Other Human Resource Actions (IGAOHRA) For The Period Of State Of Calamity Due To Covid-19 Pandemic
b. Approval and Issuance of relevant RSPI Policies in the Department of Education

• Agency Merit Selection Plan (MSP) – awaiting CSC approval
• Hiring Guidelines for Teacher I Positions, Hiring and Promotion Guidelines of Other DepEd Positions (School Administration, Related-Teaching and Non-Teaching Positions)
• Revision of Qualification Standards (QS) of DepEd-unique Positions

c. Capacity Building of Human Resource Merit Selection and Promotion Board (HRMPSB) Members
d. Streamlining of the processes involving Special Hiring Arrangements for the beneficiaries of the following programs:

• DOST-SEI Scholar Graduates pursuant to RA No. 7687 and RA No. 10612
• DOLE-Sa Pinas Ikaw ang Ma’am at Sir (SPIMS)
• DSWD Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)
• Displaced HEI Faculties

Source: BHROD

DepEd Plans for 2021

FY 2021 Indicative Allocation of New Teaching Items

Region	Kindergarten-Grade 6	Junior High School (JHS)	Senior High School (SHS)	Total
I – Ilocos	63	171	334	568
II – Cagayan Valley	246	258	199	703
III – Central Luzon	148	467	498	1,113
IV-A – CALABARZON	72	456	463	991
IV-B – MIMAROPA	30	137	173	340
V – Bicol	25	330	282	637
VI – Western Visayas	74	300	434	808
VII – Central Visayas	68	256	299	623
VIII – Eastern Visayas	57	234	321	612
IX – Zamboanga Peninsula	32	220	285	537
X – Northern Mindanao	193	393	185	771
XI – Davao	22	237	204	463
XII – SOCCSKSARGEN	58	263	247	568
XIII – CARAGA	97	356	171	624
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)	65	130	119	314
National Capital Region (NCR)	29	81	153	263
Total, Philippines	1,279	4,289	4,367	9,935

FY 2021 Implementation Plan

Process/Activity	Timeline	Required Action	Responsible Office
Call for application of prospective applicants	Oct. 2020-January 2021	DepEd SDO -to accept applicants and undergo an evaluation process	SDO
Preparation of the deployment report	February-March 2021	DepEd CO – to prepare a deployment report based on teacher need	CO – PPD-PS
Submission of the request for creation to DBM	April 2021	DepEd CO- to submit the request for the creation of the items	CO – PPD-PS
Issuance of NOSCA	May-June 2021	DBM-RO to issue the NOSCA to SDOs and implementing units	DBM-ROs
Publication of the newly-created positions	June 2021	RO/SDO to publish the newly-created positions	SDOs
Appointment of qualified applicants from the RQA	August 2021	SDO to appoint newly-hired teachers	SDOs
Submission of relevant documents of the newly-hired to CSC for attestation	August onwards 2021	SDO to submit relevant documents to CSC	SDOs
Salary of newly-hired	August onwards
PMIS encoding/reporting on the profile and assignment of newly-hired teachers	August onwards	SDO/RO to submit the status of filling-up	SDO/ROs

Recommendations

• Equitable deployment of teacher items
• Assess the reasons for the slow filling-up positions (if any)
• Regular monitoring of unfilled positions
  • Regular Updating of the PSIPOP, SDOs and Implementing Units,
  • Regular Updating of the status of filling-up for the newly-created positions through PMIS

Data Sources:

DBMs Government Manpower Information System (GMIS)
Retrieved from https://psipop.dbm.gov.ph/gmis_agency/default.aspx

DepEd Human Resource and Organizational Development
DepEd Undersecretary Jesus L.R. Mateo

Date of Publication:

August 24, 2021

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