Manila, June 26 -- An additional 20,000 new teaching positions that are ready for deployment serve as a "considerable" boost to the country's public education system, the Department of Education said on Thursday.

"Sa 20,000 bagong teaching items, may 20,000 bagong pagkakataon para maabot ang mas maraming learners, maibsan ang bigat ng trabaho ng mga existing teachers, at mapaganda ang learning delivery sa field (In 20,000 new teaching items, there are 20,000 new opportunities to reach more learners, alleviate the workload of existing teachers, and to improve the learning delivery in the field)," DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara said in a news release.

The DepEd confirmed that the DBM approved all requested positions in line with President F...