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Without the public school teachers confronting the challenges of illiteracy in urban
poor areas, in far-flung and remote barangays, in hazardous circumstances, there
can hardly be an educated Philippines
Without the public school teachers taking time to teach, even just with meager
incomes, in precarious conditions, there can be no thinkers (no planners), in
government and in the private sector, who would manage and operate institutions
the way they are right now
Without the public school teachers commitment and dedication to educate the
greatest number of our people, ours would have been yet a nation of disadvantaged,
powerless and marginalized citizenry
INVESTING ON THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
TEACHERS
State of Philippine Education
1.Low salary
2.Overwork/overload
4.Highly politicized
bata-bata system
1. teacher localization versus merit and fitness
primary victim in electoral fraud
Exploited profession
Sexual harassment (Pass or pants-off)
Kapit-sa-patalim
Poverty-stricken profession
1. Teaching cum entrepreneurial spirit
2. Grades for sale
ISSUES AFFECTING PUBLIC SCHOOL
TEACHERS
Legislative
June 18, 1966: Magna Carta for Public School Teachers was
enacted
Prohibition
By the DepED
By the public school teacher
(1) unjustified habitual absenteeism
(1)substandard/bad working
willful disobedience of DepEDs conditions within the school
rules or insubordination to
superiors lawful order (2)repeated contract violations by
competent authority
(1) poor physical condition, permanent
disability or prolonged illness (3)cruel or inhuman treatment by
which incapacitates the teacher the competent authority or any
person within the school
(2) prolonged classroom inefficiency, structure;
poor performance despite warnings
(4)personal problems that prevent
engaging in violence or other forms teacher from satisfactorily
of gross misconduct inside the performing his job
school premises
(5)serious health problem or
lingering illness
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE
AMENDATORY
7. Guarantee LAW
-Prohibition against terminating permanent teachers except for just
causes and only after due process
Advancement
Subject to qualification standards, teacher is assured of
opportunities to move from one type or level of school
to another within the education service
Revision
Prohibiting
Proposed Amendatory Law
1966 Magna Carta -prohibits publicity of
- prohibits publicity of teachers being teachers being probed during
probed during pendency of case pendency of case
-butallows publication of
specific cases to stop possible
perpetuation of crime or
misdeamor
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE
AMENDATORY LAW
Proposed Amendatory Law
14. Prohibiting
-prohibits and defines specific
1966 Magna Carta discriminatory acts vs teachers
civil or economic status,
- prohibits but did not define gender, religious belief, political
specific discriminatory acts as well as sexual orientation in
job application procedures,
hiring, promotion, or discharge
of employees, employee
compensation, job training, and
other terms, conditions,
privileges, benefits, fringe
benefits, incentives or
allowances due him
-identifies
schemes of
discriminations common
among teachers
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE
AMENDATORY LAW
15. Reaffirming
18. Reiterating
19. Reiterating
Provided, that:
Difficulty differential
- 10% of basic salary in addition to travel incentive allowance
- Considerations in granting difficulty differential:
Mode of access and distance
Absence of electricity
Absence of running water/waterworks system
Absence of primary health care facility
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE
AMENDATORY
24. Safety
LAW
-Applicability of travel incentive allowance and difficulty
differential
-Applicable only for those officially transferred and/or
re-assigned per DepED lawful orders and directives
25. Longevity
- Qualified dependents of
teachers can avail of
benefits while teacher is in
active service
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE
AMENDATORY
28. Expanded LAW
-monthly pension entitlement of at least P 500.00 for
teacher and legal dependents for permanent partial
disability due to work-related sickness or injury if
teacher is in service for 5 years
31.Provided, That:
children-beneficiaries meet the academic
requirements for admission at the desired SUC/HEIs
continuity of educational benefits is subject to the
academic standards set by DepED
32. Exemption
teachers salaries (with regular, temporary or probationary
appointments) will be tax exempted for the first three years of
service
SALIENT FEATURES OF THE
AMENDATORY LAW
34. Reiterating
35. Reiterating
1966 Magna Carta Proposed Amendatory Law
- right to freely establish and to join -right to freely establish and to join
organizations of their choosing organizations of their choosing and
and without previous without previous authorization
authorization
-freedom and right to form
cooperatives
36. Exempting
37. Budgetary
Consolidation
Long way
Hindrances
congressional priorities (investigations, etc.)
Malacanang pre-occupations (political instability due to anomalies)
political turmoil
less priority in budget allocation
Call for
Not enough just to seat back, relax and wait for enactment
Participation and active involvement is necessary