MANILA, Philippines — The largest organization of teachers in the country will push through with their protests on World Teachers’ Day on Tuesday until the Duterte administration acts on their demands. “We call on the [Department of Education (DepEd)] and the rest of the Duterte administration [to] spare us your empty messages of gratitude for teachers this World Teachers’ Day,” said Raymond Basilio, secretary-general of ACT. Currently, base pay for public school teachers is at Salary Grade 11 or P23,877. ACT demanded that the DepEd fulfill its promise to pay teachers 87 days of unpaid overtime work in the last school year as agreed upon. It also called out the “failure” of the DepEd to give laptops to 1 million public school teachers as the agency implemented distance learning amid the pandemic.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 02, 2021 21:33 UTC