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Today during his appearance before the #GallopInquiry @pasi_sahlberg suggested five ways to improve NSW schools and the work of teachers. pic.twitter.com/RCSJVd0G0X — Teachers Federation (@TeachersFed) September 2, 2020

LOANS FROM GSIS, ACCREDITED LENDERS By: Matthew Reysio-Cruz, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 10, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Public school teachers owe a combined debt of at least P319 billion, an increase of P18 billion in just over two years, according to the Department of Education (DepEd).

by Ni MERLINA HERNANDO-MALIPOT, Balita Online, Oct 29, 2017 “Pay your debt or lose your license to teach?” Matapos maghirap sa malaking kaltas dulot ng mga utang kamakailan, nahaharap naman ngayon ang public school teachers sa panibagong pagsubok— ang posibilidad na mawalan sila ng lisensiya sa pagtuturo kapag hindi nila nabayaran ang kanilang utang sa…

by Balita Online, Jun 29, 2016 Bilang tugon sa pagbabagong ipatutupad ng paparating na administrasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, inumpisahan na ng Professional Regulations Commission (PRC) ang pagsuspinde sa mga gurong hindi marunong magbayad ng utang, na karaniwang sinasamahan pa ng panloloko sa kanilang inutangan.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will soon come out with guidelines that will protect the rights of teachers and other school personnel who might be adversely affected by the implementation of the K to 12 program.

RODRIGUEZ, Rizal – The Malasya-Uyungan Elementary School sits on top of a mountain, the only concrete structure in a sparsely inhabited community. Constructed in 1991, the school closed down in 1997. For the next 15 years, no teacher was willing to work there.

Some teachers in Rodriguez, Rizal also struggle to reach a school that is on top of a mountain. And, it appears their difficult journey will continue for some time because the road that has been planned has yet to become a reality.

You’ve all heard of the soaring dropout rate among elementary and high schoolers. But did you know that the dropout rate of teacher trainees is just as bad?

MANILA, Philippines – Graduates of the University of the Philippines, Central Mindanao University and Xavier University topped the licensure examination for teachers, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced yesterday.

MANILA, Philippines—Two public school teachers’ groups have called on the Bureau of Internal Revenue to change “outdated” tax exemption levels that have made them lose a large part of their salaries to taxes.

MANILA, Philippines – Close to 410,000 public school teachers can expect to receive their performance-based bonus next week, an official of the Department of Education (DepEd) said Tuesday.

MANILA – Teachers pay more taxes than doctors or lawyers in some areas, fiscal authorities on Monday said, adding that this discrepancy raises the absurd conclusion that those practicing medicine or law are minimum wage earners.

MANILA, Philippines – Public school teachers want the Aquino administration to further hike their pay instead of pushing ahead with the implementation of the Department of Education’s ambitious K (Kindergarten) to 12 basic education curriculum (BEC) reform program that will add two years of senior high school in 2016.

THE GOVERNMENT withheld P571.89 million from 19,063 kindergarten teachers who remain unpaid since June, ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio said Thursday.

FILIPINO professors in state universities and colleges are the lowest paid in Asia, a lawmaker said Wednesday as the country marked World Teachers’ Day.

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of Filipino teachers in Prince George’s County in Maryland face the prospect of being sent home, some as early as June, when their visas expire and are not renewed because of a bureaucratic tangle, officials said.

CALIFORNIA, United States—Nimfa and Margaret are both special education teachers who obtained “J1” visas to teach in two different school districts in the United States.

Additional representation for teachers in the board of the state-pension fund, Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), is being pushed by Sen. Ralph Recto in the hope of helping and resolving concerning their welfare especially the alleged non-remittance of their premiums estimated at P6 billion.

On the eve of World Teachers’ Day, a party-list group urged the government to honor teachers by giving them salary raises and increasing the budget for education.

President Benigno Aquino III promised to give Filipino educators better training, classrooms and related equipment on Tuesday during the celebration of World Teachers’ Day. Aquino said the bigger budget allocation for the education sector next year aims to help teachers, who he called his administration’s “partners” in facing the challenges he inherited from the past…

MANILA, Philippines – Public school teachers lamented that the second tranche of the salary increase due them under the Salary Standardization Law III, or Republic Act No. 6758, has not yet been issued in their recent salaries.

Education Secretary Armin Luistro said Friday he would push for the prompt release of the adjusted teachers’ salaries as part of the department’s plan to upgrade the quality of education in public schools.

A senator is pushing for the salary of public school teachers to be increased by almost 80 percent, bringing their monthly pay to almost P22,000.

CEBU, Philippines – The Department of Education confirmed Wednesday that teachers shall be entitled to Proportional Vacation Leave (PVL) relative to their service during vacation time.

Member of the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) warned on Sunday that they would not perform poll duties in the May 10 elections if the Commission on Elections (Comelec) failed to address their most urgent concern—their right to vote.

CEBU, Philippines – The Integrated Bar of the Philippines and the Department of Education once again signed a Memorandum of Agreement that would enable IBP to provide legal assistance to public school teachers who will be facing legal suits in relation to their duties, especially during elections.