Malacañang assures salary increase for teachers

On May 30, 2022

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Acting and outgoing presidential spokesperson and Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said an increase in teachers’ salaries might soon be realized despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I’m sure mayroon ding pagtaas ng suweldo sa mga guro natin. Mahal ni Tatay Digong ang ating mga guro (I’m sure there will be an increase in the salaries of our teachers. Tatay Digong loves our teachers),” he said during the “Ask Me Anything, Anywhere” segment aired on his Facebook page.

Duterte, in several speeches, said teachers are very important to him because his late mother Soledad was also a teacher.

Andanar said he would ask for an update from Education Secretary Leonor Briones on the plan to increase teacher salaries.

Furthermore, Senator Win Gatchalian, the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts, and Culture chairman, is calling for a salary increase for Teacher I either to Salary Grades 13 or 14 (P29,798 or P32,321) from Salary Grade 11 (P25,439).

The government will need an additional P58.6 billion to compensate teachers if their salary is raised to Salary Grade 13 under the third tranche of the Salary Standardization Law V.

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