Lawmakers refile bill seeking pay hike for teachers, education personnel

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A public school teacher records a lesson for her class under DepEd's distance learning this school year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MANILA, Philippines — Progressive lawmakers from the House of Representatives' Makabayan bloc refiled a measure on Thursday seeking to raise the salaries of teaching and non-teaching personnel.

 

Rep. France Castro (ACT Teachers Party-list), Rep. Arlene Brosas (Gabriela Women's Party) and Rep. Raoul Manuel (Kabataan Party-list) refiled House Bill 203 on the first day of the 19th Congress. A previous version of the bill, House Bill No. 5990, failed to advance from committee review during the 18th Congress. 

 

The bill aims to upgrade the salary of entry-level teachers from Salary Grade (SG) 11 to SG 15. It also seeks to raise the basic salary of non-teaching personnel to P16,000, which Castro said was a result of past consultations. Castro added that "discussions are ongoing to further raise this to P25,000 for other government employees."

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/07/01/2192307/lawmakers-refile-bill-seeking-pay-hike-teachers-education-personnel

 

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