Manila, March 28 -- The Department of Education (DepEd) is not heading to the dumpster following the recovery of PHP65 million from private schools, flagged for irregularities in the Senior High School Voucher Program (SHS-VP) for school years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, Malacanang said on Friday.

"With this result, we can now say that DepEd will not be put to dumpster. Hindi po mapupunta sa basurahan ngayon ang [DepEd] dahil may ginagawa (DepEd will not head to dumpster because it is taking an action)," Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary and Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said in a Palace press briefing.

Castro welcomed the recovery of the funds from 40 of the 54 private schools that were terminated from the voucher pro...