MANILA, Philippines — Vice President and concurrent Education Secretary Sara Duterte on Monday said that teachers’ long-term salary increases are still being studied.
During the Brigada Eskwela in Victorino Mapa High School in San Miguel, Manila, the Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary said that Marcos had already asked for the review as soon as they took office.
“Noong pagpasok namin last year, pag-upo ko, nag-utos si Pangulong Marcos na mag-procure ng study ng hindi lang yearly increase but the long-term outlook kung paano ba dapat ang increases ng suweldo ng ating mga teaching and non-teaching na DepEd personnel,” said Duterte.
(When we came in last year, President Marcos asked to procure a study not just for the yearly salary increases but the long-term outlook on how the salary hikes of teaching and non-teaching DepEd personnel should be.)
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While the Vice President did not specify when the study would come out, she said it would also account for economic indicators.
“We are waiting for the result of that study na nandoon ‘yung increases and then nandoon din ‘yung pagkumpara niya sa inflation at sa mga economic indicators, forecast ng economic indicators sa mga darating na taon,” she said.
(We are waiting for the result of that study which shows the increases, and it will compare it against inflation and economic indicators and the forecast of economic indicators in the coming years.)
Duterte explained, however, that salary increases for teachers are already under the Salary Standardization Law, which mandated four rounds of yearly salary increases beginning in 2016.