The Department of Education (DepEd) on Wednesday, December 3, welcomed strong support from the country’s major private school associations during the Philippine Education Conference (PhilEd) 2025, emphasizing the crucial role of private schools in advancing nationwide education reforms. Speaking...
Think tuition hikes are just a way for schools to make more money? Think again. In Philippine private schools, tuition fee increases are not arbitrary—they’re carefully regulated. A large portion of any approved hike - 70percent are allocated for increases in teachers and staff, salaries,...
While private school teachers welcomed the Department of Education’s (DepEd) decision to raise the Teachers’ Salary Subsidy (TSS), a group on Tuesday, August 5, expressed concern that the current P24,000 ceiling remains insufficient—excluding the vast majority of instructors from low-income...
In a bid to advance education equity and uplift the welfare of private school teachers, the Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday, August 1, announced a substantial increase in the annual Teachers’ Salary Subsidy (TSS) under the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private...
Leading private education organizations are rallying behind the continued leadership of Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Francisco Benitez amid the recent Cabinet revamp by President Marcos....
Calling it an added burden, a group of private school teachers strongly condemned the planned Social Security System (SSS) contribution hike set to take effect in 2025. (MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Private Schools, in a statement issued on Jan. 5, called...
Passing the bills banning schools from implementing a “No Permit, No Exam” rule will force many private schools to close, thousands of teachers and school staffers to lose their jobs, and thousands of students to be disenfranchised. The Coordinating Council of Private Education Associations...
Colegio de San Lorenzo (CdSL), a family-owned private school in Quezon City, expressed hope that it will be the last private school that will cease its operations due to financial woes brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. CdSL logo “This was not an easy decision, and we fought hard to the end...
Returning Senator Loren Legarda has filed a proposed Magna Carta of Private School Teachers to safeguard the rights and welfare of the teaching force in private institutions. The measure, Senate Bill 3, aims to improve the social and economic status of private school teachers by protecting their...
Albay 2nd District Representative Joey Salceda on Friday called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to clarify the definition of “unrelated activities” under its Revenue Regulation 3-2022 to ensure that private schools and hospitals to reduce the any tax uncertainty. Salceda, chair of the...
The enactment of the law granting one percent preferential tax rate to private schools will bring the much needed assistance these institutions deserve as they continue to deliver quality education to Filipino learners, Senator Pia Cayetano said. Cayetano made the remark following reports of...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the measure that seeks to clarify that all private schools –both non-profit and for profit—are entitled to the one percent preferential tax rate under the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises (CREATE) Law. Senator Pia Cayetano,...
