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VINTAR, ILOCOS NORTE TEACHERS GET P3K GIFT – FORONDA

Teachers in Vintar, Ilocos Norte were elated as they received P3,000 each from the Vintar local government unit as a token of recognition. “A resolution of appreciation was unanimously approved by members of the municipal council in time for the culmination of the 2020 National Teachers’ Month celebration,” Vintar Mayor Larisa Foronda said. “Thank you […]

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GORDON PUSHES FOR TEACHING SUPPLIES ALLOWANCE

While senators are still debating the amount for the proposed teaching supplies allowance for public school teachers, Senator Dick Gordon called on his colleagues to ensure that allocations for the said allowance would be included in the annual general appropriations bill (GAB). Gordon said this is to ensure that Senate Bill No, 1092, or the […]

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DEPED TO TEACHERS: NO NEED TO BUY LAPTOPS, COMPUTERS

Despite the shift towards other alternative learning delivery modes, the Department of Education (DepEd) reminded teachers that there is no urgent need to buy laptops or computers. Undersecretary Alain Pascua clarified that despite the availability of online learning as a teaching mode this coming school year, there is no urgent need for teachers and students […]

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INSTITUTIONALIZE TEACHERS’ P5K CHALK, SUPPLIES ALLOWANCE – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian is eyeing the institutionalized increase of the annual teaching supplies allowance from P3,500 to 5,000, a measure that would spare about 840,000 public school teachers from shelling out more money for classroom activities. While the teaching supplies allowance or ‘chalk allowance’ is provided for annually under the General Appropriations Act (GAA), Gatchalian […]

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MAKE SALARY OF TEACHERS IN PHILIPPINES AT PAR WITH ASEAN – GATCHALIAN

As one of his priority legislations for the 18th Congress, Senator Win Gatchalian filed a bill seeking to increase the salaries of public school teachers in elementary and secondary schools with the rank of Teacher I, Teacher II, and Teacher III. Gatchalian’s Senate Bill No. 178 increases the salary grade of public school teachers currently […]

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IT IS TIME FOR TEACHERS TO GET SALARY INCREASE – ANGARA

Senator Sonny Angara has filed a bill that seeks to increase the salaries of public school teachers – a move that dovetails with the promise of President Rodrigo  Duterte – to the country’s 800,000 public school mentors that it will be their turn to get salary increases following the ones given to soldiers and police […]

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PAY HIKE OF TEACHERS, GOV’T EMPLOYEES TOP MY LEGISLATIVE AGENDA – GO

Senator-elect Bong Go laid down his priority bills for the Filipino people once he is seated in the Senate, with the increase of public school teachers’ salaries on top. Go bared his plan to increase the salary of public-school teachers after the implementation of the fourth and final tranche of their compensation adjustment in 2019 […]

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IMPROVE MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR TEACHERS – TOLENTINO

Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chair and administration Senate bet Francis Tolentino on Sunday said that if given the chance to serve as a senator, one of his urgent priorities would be to “improve and escalate the benefits of teachers “way more than what they are receiving right now.” “We need to talk more […]

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LOWER OPTIONAL RETIREMENT AGE OF TEACHERS TO 55 – ANGARA

While instruction time is officially six hours a day, most teachers work much longer hours doing multiple tasks at school. They even have duties during vacation months and even beyond the classroom and school premises. It is in this context that Senator Sonny Angara wants to lower the optional retirement age of public school teachers […]

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PAY PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WELL – ANGARA

Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said government should pay teachers better if it wants to improve the quality of education in public schools. “Quality education begins with quality teachers. And to have good quality teachers in our public schools we need to pay them well,” Angara said, as he reiterated his appeal to the government to […]