As President Marcos signs into law today the Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act, which doubles public school educators’ teaching supplies allowance, teachers’ groups yesterday called on the government to take more decisive steps to improve teachers’ working conditions.
Students attentively listen to their teacher during their class at Rafael Palma Elementary School in Manila on May 9, 2024.MANILA, Philippines —
The ACT campaigned and lobbied for increased teaching supplies allowance for teachers, with ACT-Teachers party-list representatives through the years pushing to increase the teaching supplies allowance from P700 in 2012.Meanwhile, the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition expressed its gratitude for the new measure, but stressed how P10,000 would not be enough to cover much of what public school teachers need for teaching supplies.
The TDC vowed to continue campaigning for a salary increase, with more than 30 versions of such proposals currently pending in both houses of Congress. Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian has dared Bamban Mayor Alice Guo to take a DNA test amid allegations that she lied about having a...The defense chiefs of the Philippines and Singapore have vowed to further strengthen bilateral cooperation in areas of mutual interest and regional security.
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