ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro is calling for the abolition of the government’s performance-based incentive system, which has had a...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave an enthusiastic response when asked about the calls on Congress to prioritize the proposed legislated wake hike for teachers. Romualdez told...
(Rio Deluvio/MANILA BULLETIN) Batangas 2nd district Rep. Gerville “Jinky Bitrics” Luistro envisions the newly-signed “Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act" as a platform to uplift public school teachers from dire financial straits. In a statement,...
To ensure that public school teachers can devote more time to classroom teaching, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced the issuance of a policy that rationalizes public school teachers’ workload and defines ancillary tasks and assignments that can be given to them. NOEL PABALATE / FILE...
Angara gave this assurance to the country’s public school teachers. Previously known as the chalk allowance, the teaching supplies allowance is meant for the purchase of tangible or intangible supplies and materials, the payment of other incidental expenses, and the implementation or...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has renewed his push for the passage of Senate Bill (SB) No. 2493 or the Revised Magna Carta for Public School Teachers in a bid to improve teachers’ welfare. This, after the Department of Education (DepEd) issued a directive removing administrative tasks from...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte is pushing for the passage of a measure that he believes would complement the proposed law increasing public school teachers' teaching supplies. Villafuerte and fellow...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has filed a bill that seeks to amend the 57-year-old Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, or Republic Act (RA) No. 4670. In a statement, Gatchalian said that the bill sought to address new and persisting challenges that public school teachers face because of the...
Vice President Sara Duterte congratulated the winners of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (BSKE) Elections 2023, and urged the defeated candidates not to lose their will to serve the people. Vice President Sara Duterte takes a selfie with her fellow Davaoeños after she casts her vote in the...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte visited the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) command center at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) head office to check on the adequacy of measures for the protection of public school teachers, as well as provisions for...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the government will continue to provide career advancements and allowances to public school teachers next year. Budget Secretary Amenah F. Pangandaman said the DBM has proposed an allocation of P38.63 billion to support over 900,000 teachers in the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Thursday, October 5 said he would soon file a bill that seeks to update the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, or Republic Act No. 4670 to provide them better pay and benefits. Gatchalian said among the new provisions the bill will introduce is the...
