Under its proposed budget for 2020, the Department of Education (DepEd) plans to hire 10,000 additional teachers plus 5,000 non-teaching staff, announced Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones. DepEd plans to allocate Php1.27 billion for the hiring of 10,000 teachers and Php1.28 billion for the creation of 5,000 new non-teaching positions. …
Read More »Escudero Urges Gov’t to Prove it has Funds for Teachers’ Salary Hike, Not Just Promises
Is the salary hike for teachers in the Philippines really possible or is this just an empty promise from the government? This is what Sen. Francis Escudero wants the government to answer. It can be recalled that President Rodrigo Duterte has already doubled the salaries of the country’s cops, soldiers, …
Read More »Public School Teachers to Get Salary Increase, But Asked to ‘Wait a Little Longer’
During the PDP-Laban campaign rally held in Plaza Independencia, Cebu City, President Rodrigo Duterte promised teachers that he would double their salary just like what he did to the police and other uniformed personnel. The only catch is that teachers have to ‘wait a little longer’ because the budget is …
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