Malacañang assures salary increase for Teachers

There is a possibility of increasing the salaries of public school teachers in the country, Malacañang said.

During his “Ask Me Anything, Anywhere” segment aired on his Facebook page on Saturday, acting presidential spokesperson Martin Andanar said he will ask Education Secretary Leonor Briones regarding the matter.

“I’m sure mayroon ding pagtaas ng suweldo sa mga guro natin. Mahal ni Tatay Digong ang ating mga guro,” said Andanar.

Andanar said that he is sure that there will be a salary increase for our dear teachers because our President really cares about the welfare of teachers.

Duterte assured that he was saving funds to make the long-awaited hike in salary of teachers happen.

According to the proposed salary increase of Sen Win Gatchalian, the salary of a Teacher I position or Salary Grade 11 is at P25,439 under the third tranche of the Salary Standardization Law V. If the salary grade of Teacher I is raised to Salary Grade 13 under the current tranche, the starting pay would be equivalent to P29,798. Based on estimates by the Senator’s Office, this would require an additional P58.6 billion on top of the P379.6 billion annual compensation of Teachers I, II, and III.

When a Teacher I’s salary grade is raised to Salary Grade 14 under the third tranche of the Salary Standardization Law V, the pay would be equivalent to P32,321. This would require approximately P92.1 billion on top of the annual compensation cost of Teachers I, II, and III.

Under the fourth tranche of the Salary Standardization Law which will be effective next year, Step 1 of Salary Grade 13 would be equivalent to P31,320 while Step 1 of Salary Grade 14 will amount to P33,843.