Career advance for teachers pushed
A PHILIPPINE senator on Sunday pushed a career progression system for public school teachers, citing the need to give them more benefits such as longevity pay.
“Our teachers are pivotal to the success of the education system, which is why we will continue to advocate for legislation that increases their benefits and promotes their welfare,” Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian said in a statement in Filipino.
He also cited the need to fast-track committee hearings on the proposed Magna Carta for Public School Teachers Act, which seeks to provide public school teachers calamity leave and special hardship allowance.
In his third address to Congress last week, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said his government would promote public school teachers’ career development, saying no teacher would retire as Teacher 1, the lowest level public school teacher. — John Victor D. Ordoñez