WIRE — The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday said it aims to fast-track its hiring of mental health workers, targeting the deployment of about 15,000 school counselor associates (SCAs) by year-end. "We proposed, and the secretary approved, a compressed timeline for the hiring of SCAs," DepEd Undersecretary for Human Resource and Organizational Development Wilfredo E. Cabral
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