Senators back restoration of funding for DepEd’s Aral Program

Screengrab Senate of the Philippines / YouTube MANILA, Philippines — Senators are eyeing the restoration of funding for the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Academic Recovery and Accessible Learning (Aral) program. During the Senate Committee on Finance’s hearing on DepEd’s 2027 spending plan on Friday, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian and Sens. Bam Aquino, Joel Villanueva, and