“Teachers are made to work like tireless machines stripped off of dignity in exchange for meager salaries.”
‘Free teachers from non-teaching tasks to ensure quality education’ – ACT
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Salary increases for soldiers, police, but not for teachers, government employees
“Civilian employees will be left far behind by their armed counterparts although they have similar, even higher qualifications, or have spent equal, even more years in government service.”
Public school teachers assert continuing professional dev’t as right
ACT asserts that CPD is a right and should given as free social service, instead of adding burden to already-cash-strapped professionals, particularly, public schools teachers. The group was apprehensive that the program will be privatized as it was not explicitly stated in the recently-issued IRR that CPD program could be given free.
Public school teachers, making do with limited resources
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA — It was not until I transferred my children to a public school did I see first hand the struggle of public school teachers to provide quality education to their students given the limited resources at their disposal. As front liners, teachers have to deal with lack of…
Still struggling to teach with so little
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“Not only is it a dishonor, it is also an injustice to our teachers to teach amid conditions of scarcity and slave-like compensation. This is something that President Aquino should have learned in his years of study in Ateneo.” – Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan
Educators Call On Lawmakers To Increase Teachers’ Salaries
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Some 300 teachers from all over Quezon City, Manila, Taguig, Malabon, Caloocan and Pasig marched from the Sandigan Bayan offices to the House of Representatives on March 15, 2011 and called on lawmakers to support, approve and pass House Bill 2142, or” An Act Upgrading the Minimum Salary of…
For Poorly Paid Public-School Teachers, a Daily Struggle to Make Ends Meet
By JUAN ANGELO A. HONGO Bulatlat MANILA — The working class regards the 15th and 30th day of the month as their best days. But for Marissa Martinez, it means having to look for ways to tighten her belt even more to prepare for more difficult days ahead. “Life is very difficult nowadays. You have…