The Department of Education (DepEd) has advised its field personnel, including public school teachers and non-teaching staff, to continue adhering to the “existing dress code” until new internal guidelines are issued. (DepEd / MB Visual Content Group) In a memorandum dated Jan. 7, DepEd...
Citing its “impracticality” in public school settings, a group on Tuesday, Jan. 7, urged the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to exempt public school teachers from the requirement to wear ASEAN- or Filipiniana-inspired attire. (NOEL PABALATE / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO) “While we...
Makati City 2nd district Rep. Luis Campos Jr. (Facebook) A relatively small amount in budgetary terms is needed to fund the P2,000 increase in the Service Recognition Incentive (SRI) for the country’s 1,011,800 public school teachers and...
President Marcos has ordered the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to provide a higher service recognition incentive (SRI) for public school teachers. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman and DepEd Secretary...
Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan (Yamsuan's Facebook) Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Brian Raymund Yamsuan is proposing a measure in the House of Representatives that seeks to institutionalize a standard health...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian vowed to pursue measures that will give public school teachers more benefits and career opportunities as part of the continuing celebration of National Teachers’ Month. Gatchalian, Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Basic Education, graced last Sept. 27 the...
From 15 days, the vacation service credits (VSCs) of public school teachers have been increased to 30 days based on new guidelines issued by the Department of Education (DepEd). (DepEd file photo) In a statement issued on Friday, Sept. 27, the agency announced that DepEd Secretary Sonny...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – A 59-year-old school teacher was nabbed in a buy-bust operation in Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay on Friday, September 6. The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-9 identified the suspect as Gemma Lahaman Isnain, 59, of Laminusa, Siasi, Sulu. Isnain yielded three packs of suspected...
The number of teaching, teaching-related and non-teaching personnel in the country's public schools dwindled by 38,463 from 1,016,066 in 2022 to 977,603 in 2023. Despite the reduced number of teaching personnel, the Commission on Audit (COA) said its state auditors recorded an increase in the total...
ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Contributed photo) What's holding up the promised salary increase for public school teachers? ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro wants to know. "Bakit may EO na, may IRR na, pero...
The plenary hall of the House of Representatives (Dexter Barro II/MANILA BULLETIN) The House of Representatives has approved a measure establishing a career progression system for primary, secondary, and senior high public school teachers....
Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco (PPAB) Navotas City lone district Rep. Toby Tiangco says the increase to P7,000 of public school teachers' medical allowance is proof that the Marcos administration is committed to improving the welfare of...
