ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook)

Makabayan solon ACT Teachers Party-List Rep. France Castro has empathized with the viral angry teacher, and says she's glad that the latter only received a reprimand from the Department of Education (DepEd) for her actions. 

"Alam naman natin na napakabigat ng working conditions ng mga guro sa ngayon at namomroblema pa sila sa liit ng sahod, sa laki ng class size, mga hinahabol na urgent reports at dagdag na mga administrative at ancilliary tasks," the teacher-solon said in a statement Friday, March 22. 

(We know the difficult working conditions that our teachers currently face as well as their problems pertaining to meager wages, huge class sizes, the urgent reports they need to accomplish, as well as the additional administrative and ancilliary tasks.) 

"Kaya minsan ay napupuno na din talaga ang mga guro pero dapat ay sa mas maayos na paraan ito nailalabas," noted Castro. 

(That's why teachers really get fed up sometimes, although the grievances should have been vented in a better manner.) 

The House deputy minority leader was referring to the viral TikTok video of a public school teacher who rather passionately scolded her students online. 

At any rate, Castro said she was relieved that the particular teacher was simply reprimanded and not sanctioned by DepEd. 

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"Dapat dagdagan na din talaga ng guidance councilors at psychologist sa mga paaralan at maglunsad ng mental health activites para di nagkakaroon ng outbursts o mental breakdown ang mga guro, estudyante at iba pang mga nasa paaralan," she added. 

(There's a need to hire additional guidance councilors and psychologists in schools, as well as launch mental health activites in order to avoid outbursts or mental breakdowns of teachers, students, and other people in school.) 

"Aside from these, we are calling on the House leadership to expedite the passage of a substitute bill that consolidates different proposals seeking to protect teachers and instructors from wrongful accusations of child abuse which was already approved at the committee level May last year but is yet to be scheduled for plenary discussions up till now," she said. 

"We have been filing the Teachers Protection Bill since the 16th Congress, so when I chaired the technical working group (TWG) we made sure that when returned to the mother committee it will speedily be passed by the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture chaired by Cong Roman Romulo," Castro further said.