Can DepEd buy over 267,000 laptops in 2027? That’s up to Congress

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In its wish list to the Senate, the Department of Education is asking for P13 billion to purchase more laptops in 2027. Will the DepEd get its wish?

NEW LAPTOP. Education Secretary Sonny Angara presents to reporters one of the over 170,000 MacBook Neo laptops that will be distributed to public school teachers, during a Palace briefing on November 10, 2026.

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The Department of Education (DepEd) is far from done with purchasing laptops for public school teachers and administrative staff.

With funding of P10.68 billion in 2026, the DepEd is buying over 172,000 MacBook Neo laptops from Apple and more than 62,000 Windows-based units. These Windows-based units are Acer Swift Air 14 laptops, as announced by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

The total figure for 2026 is nearly double the 140,430 laptops procured and delivered to teachers from 2022 to 2025.

The DepEd, however, will need a much bigger budget to supply laptops for all public school teachers, estimated to be at least 840,000 to 900,000 across the country.

The agency is already listing who will be prioritized for the distribution until March 2027, covering the latest batch of procured laptops.

The next question: How many laptops are expected to be secured in fresh deals next year?

In a Palace briefing on Tuesday, November 10, Education Secretary Sonny Angara could only answer: “Hopefully, mabigyan kami ng budget for this (we will be given a budget for this).”

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