“The multitude of problems plaguing distance learning since its conception to its implementation has not been addressed by Secretary Briones and the rest of this administration. It's enraging to hear her gloat now about some survey while our calls and cries have been largely ignored."
It is the Duterte administration's responsibility to provide these basic demands for enough learning modules per student, available gadgets and laptops for both student and teachers for online classes, adequate health measures are in place to ensure health safety for both teacher and student, and sufficient teaching expenses allowances for our teachers in this new normal for education."
"'A little bit bigger' will not afford us decent lives and will not bring dignity to our profession."
“The COMELEC had senselessly put the lives and safety of thousands of public school teachers in grave danger by sending them to battle with defective armaments.”
“President Aquino’s inaction on EO 546 is tantamount to a presidential imprimatur on these killings and violations.”
MANILA – Public school teachers from the Manila Public School Teachers Association and the Alliance of Concerned Teachers held a protest action with a Halloween theme on Thursday, Oct. 30 at the Chino Roces Bridge (former Mendiola Bridge). President Benigno S....
“After class, we are bringing home our students’ academic outputs for us to evaluate and assess. We are also doing class preparations at home. It is ironic that we have no time to teach our own children.” – France Castro, Alliance of Concerned Teachers
The principal of a public school in a province in northern Luzon allegedly asked newly-hired teachers to pay P50,000 each.
Main story: Stop implementation of ‘divisive’ incentive system – public school teachers “An increase is what we need Pnoy [President Aquino] and not the PBB, which is not being distributed fairly. Although we received a higher PBB than other schools, but it’s sad...
“In truth, any rewards system that pretends to set apart the 'performing' from the 'non-performing' falls flat in the face of the shortages that continue to be unmet by this administration.” – Alliance of Concerned Teachers
Sidebar story: Teachers question basis for determining, taxing incentives
Despite government claims that it has been increasing the budget for education, still the public school system is hardly coping with the shortages, and state universities and colleges have been raising tuition, thereby making tertiary education inaccessible for the poor.
Teachers and Education Workers: Persist in the struggle for national freedom and democracy! ACT Statement on the 40th year of the imposition of martial law September 20, 2012 It was in the 23rd of September 1972 and not the 21st when Ferdinand Marcos declared...
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA -- “We are overworked but underpaid, but even so, I never think of quitting my job,” said Michelle Silva, a teacher of five years at the Demetrio Tuazon Elementary School. On this year’s World Teachers Day, Silva, like...
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY – Public school teachers demand a higher budget allocation for education as they joined here the nationally coordinated action that coincided with the budget deliberations in Congress. Some 300 mentors...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Some 300 teachers from all over Quezon City, Manila, Taguig, Malabon, Caloocan and Pasig marched from the Sandigan Bayan offices to the House of Representatives on March 15, 2011 and called on lawmakers to support, approve and...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Rep. Antonio Tinio of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers Party-List said the Aquino administration’s move to implement universal kindergarten education was a welcome move as it would help reduce the huge number of dropouts in the early elementary grades. But he also expressed reservations the policy of the Department of Education to hire kindergarten teachers as contractuals.
ACT Teachers Party-List on Wednesday filed House Bill 2142, "The Public School Teachers' Salary Upgrading Act," mandating an increase in salary grade level of public school teachers from Salary Grade 11 to Salary Grade 15.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Because of what teachers call as the "the lost decade of Philippine education" during the Arroyo administration, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers is calling for urgent and bold measures.
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and ACT Teachers Party-list held a protest action in Mendiola Monday, on the eve of the school opening in the country.
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