Philippines: DepEd to review procurement guidelines

09 Aug 19: The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday said it will review its guidelines regarding the procurement of educational materials to remedy the delays in the delivery of such materials to various schools in the country. "The DepEd management assured that they will revisit the existing DepEd guidelines on the procurement of instructional materials and will evaluate the controls on buffer stocks," Education Undersecretary Anne Sevilla said in a message to the media.