MANILA, Philippines – A teachers' group on Wednesday called the government to increase the monthly salary of teachers to Php 50,000 this year.
“Nakakabahala na 'yung ating mga teachers, nabubuhay na lang sa pagre-renew ng mga utang,” said Raymond Basilio, secretary general of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT).
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“P50,000 is not that much with the recent increases sa mga suweldo, basic commodities,” he added.
Last year, a similar petition was raised when ACT Teachers party-list legislators France Castro and Arlene Brosas, together with Kabataan party-list legislator Raoul Manuel, filed House Bill 9920 for a P50,000 entry-level salary for public school teachers.
Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara said he fully supports the Php 50,000 entry-level salary for teachers and would study the proposal.
“Maybe in the future, if the government's fiscal condition improves," Angara said in a statement.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s executive order no. 64 adjusted the salaries of all government workers, including public school teachers, but that only gave an increase of P50 a day, said ACT chairperson Vladimer Quetua.
But in December 2024, the bicameral conference committee reduced DepEd’s 2025 budget by around Php 12 billion.
— The Summit Express
