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Though the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Special Education (SPED) program received a budget allocation for the first time under its current administration, Senator Win Gatchalian underscored the need for adequate and dedicated funding to address current gaps in the program including the shortage of teachers. Citing estimates from the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), a […]
As the registration for the May 2022 polls opened on January 20, Senator Win Gatchalian is urgently calling for the passage of a bill granting tax exemption to the honoraria, transportation allowance, and other benefits of poll workers, especially public school teachers. Gatchalian’s proposed measure, Senate Bill 1193, introduces amendments to the National Internal Revenue […]
A lawmaker at the House of Representatives is pushing for a bill that seeks to unburden public school teachers of non-teaching responsibilities. Biñan City Rep. Marlyn Alonte said House Bill 5562, or the “Bawas Non-Teaching Load Act”, provides that appropriate and qualified administrative personnel shall be responsible for the performance and discharge of non-classroom teaching functions […]
Senator Bong Revilla is calling on his fellow legislators to support Senate Bill No. 1092, or “An Act Institutionalizing the Grant of Teaching Supplies Allowance for Public School Teachers,” under Committee Report No. 14 jointly submitted by the Committees on Civil Service, Government Reorganization and Professional Regulation; Basic Education, Arts and Culture; Ways and Means; […]
Senator Bong Go aided victims of a fire incident in Brgy. Sun Valley, NAIA, Pasay City where 60 houses were razed and 102 families, comprising of 798 individuals, were affected. Accompanying Go to provide government assistance to the victims were representatives from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO), […]
Several senators have joined the mounting call to increase the salaries of public school teachers in recognition of the critical role they play in the lives of the youth and in nation-building. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri vowed to prioritize bills that propose pay hikes and additional grants for teachers that have been filed […]
Senator Francis Tolentino has proposed the conversion of the East Avenue Medical Center in Quezon City into a specialty hospital for educators to provide them free hospitalization and medical care. Tolentino, who introduced Senate Bill No. 210 or the National Teachers Medical Center Act, said the establishment of a specialty hospital for teachers and their […]
Senator Sonny Angara said government should set a higher minimum pay for teachers if it wants to recruit and retain highly effective educators who will prepare Filipino students for the challenges of the future. “If we value education and we intend to create a more educated generation of Filipinos, then we need to pay teachers […]
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 […]
Teaching personnel in state universities and colleges (SUCs) across the country will be able to receive this year part of their long-overdue salary adjustment with the approval of the 2019 national budget that included funding for job promotion, Senator Sonny Angara said. “The wait is over,” said Angara, vice chair of the Senate Committee on […]