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Teachers' complaints on 'overly delayed' benefits are valid, legitimate --- group
Philippines
Teachers' complaints on 'overly delayed' benefits are valid, legitimate --- group
Teachers' complaints on 'overly delayed' benefits are valid, legitimate --- group
Published Apr 19, 2023 11:46 am
A group of education workers on Wednesday, April 19, said that teachers have all the “rights and reasons” to complain about their overly delayed benefits such as the Performance-based Bonus (PBB).
(Photo courtesy of ACT Philippines)
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) - National Capital Region (NCR) said that the complaints of teachers about the overly delayed release of PBB 2021 are “valid and legitimate.” ACT said this a day after the Department of Education (DepEd) issued an official statement about the release of the PBB 2021. In the statement issued by DepEd on April 18, the agency noted that it is coordinating with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Harmonization of National Government Performance Monitoring, Information and Reporting Systems (AO25 Secretariat) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on the PBB of its personnel. DepEd said that it has “already completed” the submission to the AO25 Secretariat of the requirements for staff eligible to receive the PBB for 2021. “We understand that it is undergoing assessment now, and we look forward to its release as soon as possible,” DepEd said. ACT-NCR President Ruby Bernardo said that DepEd has left teachers in the “dark and the status of our benefits remained in the shadows.” Bernardo noted that even before the year 2022 ended, teachers have been asking about the PBB 2021. “Finally, the DepEd has given an update, and, at last, it has reportedly submitted the requirements for the release of our benefits,” she said. However, ACT - NCR said that it did not understand where DepEd’s “animosity to teachers who speak up for their rights is coming from” --- especially when the agency is “yet to explain why there is delay” in the release of their PBB 2021. DepEd, in its statement, urged its personnel “not to fall into the treacherous tales intended to ignite distrust and anger against the agency —whipped up by shadowy groups whose intentions to cause harm and destroy are disguised as concern.”
(Photo courtesy of ACT Philippines)
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) - National Capital Region (NCR) said that the complaints of teachers about the overly delayed release of PBB 2021 are “valid and legitimate.” ACT said this a day after the Department of Education (DepEd) issued an official statement about the release of the PBB 2021. In the statement issued by DepEd on April 18, the agency noted that it is coordinating with the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Harmonization of National Government Performance Monitoring, Information and Reporting Systems (AO25 Secretariat) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on the PBB of its personnel. DepEd said that it has “already completed” the submission to the AO25 Secretariat of the requirements for staff eligible to receive the PBB for 2021. “We understand that it is undergoing assessment now, and we look forward to its release as soon as possible,” DepEd said. ACT-NCR President Ruby Bernardo said that DepEd has left teachers in the “dark and the status of our benefits remained in the shadows.” Bernardo noted that even before the year 2022 ended, teachers have been asking about the PBB 2021. “Finally, the DepEd has given an update, and, at last, it has reportedly submitted the requirements for the release of our benefits,” she said. However, ACT - NCR said that it did not understand where DepEd’s “animosity to teachers who speak up for their rights is coming from” --- especially when the agency is “yet to explain why there is delay” in the release of their PBB 2021. DepEd, in its statement, urged its personnel “not to fall into the treacherous tales intended to ignite distrust and anger against the agency —whipped up by shadowy groups whose intentions to cause harm and destroy are disguised as concern.”
Delayed PBB
In the past years, the group said that the release of PBB has always been “delayed.” For instance, the PBB 2013 was released in January 2015; the PBB 2014 was released in September 2015; the PBB 2015 was released in December 2016; the PBB 2016 was released in March 2018; the PBB 2017 was released in February 2019; the PBB 2018 was released in April 2020 and the PBB 2019 was released in June 2021. The group added that the PBB 2020 was released in February 2022 and the PBB 2021 is “still processing” to date. “As such, It is only our duty to demand an explanation and an improvement in the system,” Bernardo said.