ICYMI: More than 300,000 private school teachers may also need to be given social aid, especially those whose work is based on the number of teaching hours, Senator Ralph Recto said
Recto said that this number was obtained during a senate hearing where Department of Education Secretary Leonor Briones and Commission on Higher Education chair Popoy de Vera attended. According to Briones, the income of around 263,000 teachers in private-run elementary and high schools are affected when classes were suspended due to the lockdown measures.
De Vera on the other hand said that 36,000 part-time faculty staffers are affected, while another 17,000 part-time instructors in state universities had their salaries disrupted. But industry association COCOPEA, in a report to the Senate, estimates that about 77,000 private “higher education institutions” faculty are affected because of the “no work, no pay” rule or the imposition of reduced pay by owners.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, work except for essential frontline industries was suspended. However, this has left several workers — including teachers on a work-for-pay scheme, without income through the lockdown.Recto urged the government to place its attention on the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on the educational system, as it is also a huge industry.
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