Press Release
October 3,2011
Davao City – Teachers from private and public schools here have joined hands in declaring its participation to a Nationally-coordinated commemoration of the World Teachers Day on October 5, Wednesday.
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers will hold nationally-coordinated activities to commemorate the said international red-letter day for teachers.
Teachers in the National Capital Region will chalk walk and chalk talk with President Aquino at Malacañang. ACT chapters in different regions have also prepared activities for the teachers day.
In Davao, ACT and its affiliate, the Kahugpungan sa mga Magtutudlo ug Kawani sa Edukasyon sa Mindanao (KAMKEM) have linked up with faculty clubs and associations and iwith the students to spearhead a Davao Teachers Chalk Parade and a tribute for teachers on said day.
“The campaign for additional chalk and teaching supplies allowance is part of our 10-point demand that essentially calls for Greater Budget in Education and Other Social Services,” said Mr. Elenito Escalante, chairperson of KAMKEM-ACT Davao.
Other demands include regularization of all volunteer/contractual teachers; 104,000 new permanent teacher items; Salary Grade 15 for Teacher 1, Salary Grade 16 for Instructor 1 in the State Colleges and Universities and P6,000 Increase in Base Pay of non-teaching personnel; increase in base productivity pay to P5,000; Increase Clothing Allowance to P6,000; P91.5 Billion for Classroom Shortage & Other School Facilities; Adequate Budget for Universal Kindergarten program; Greater State Subsidy for PNU (Philippine Normal University) and All SUCs (State Universities & Colleges); and 100% Increase in MOOE in All Levels of Education.
“Budget deliberations in the House of Representatives has been finished and this will be submitted to the Senate for review. The budget approved for education and other social services is very much lower than what is needed. We are bringing this to the President because he can make amendments to such budget as the Chief Executive of our country,” declared Ms. Castro, Secretary-General of ACT.#####
for reference:
Sir Elenito Escalante
Chairperson, KAMKEM-ACT Davao
0923-852-8506
France Castro
Secretary General
09178502124
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September 26, 2011
Davao City – In a consultation sponsored by City Councilor Leah Librado of the Committee on Education last Friday (September 23), private school teachers expressed support for the crafting of the Magna Carta for Private School Teachers.
The consultation followed the initiatives by Congressman Antonio Tinio of the ACT Teachers Partylist to pass a house bill providing for the Magna Carta intended to protect the rights of the private school teachers.
According to Dr. Regina Sonia Amiscua, as she gave participants a peek into the situation of Davao City private school teachers through a research tool that out of more than 40 private schools in the city not all have associations or clubs for teachers.
“Worse not even a fourth of these schools have faculty or employees union that protect their rights,” she said.
Dr. Amiscua, faculty club officer of the Holy Cross of Davao College during her speech also pointed that currently, there are no documents or laws that guarantee the protection of the rights and welfare of private school teachers.
“It is high time that teachers from private schools unite and push for the recognition, protection, and advancement of their rights and welfare,” said Reneboy Libot , Vice Chairperson for Private Schools of the KAMKEM-ACT Davao.
Libot added that forming associations and union help ensure the protection and advancement of the rights and welfare of every school employee, specially teachers.
Initial data gathered by the Private School Teachers Movement for the Magna Carta through a survey reveal that there are cases of teachers being terminated from teaching due to failure in evaluation.
“We have a case, where we found that one teacher did not actually fail evaluation, but ended up her contract with the school. Contractualization is a big problem among private school teachers,” Libot said.
The consultation, co-sponsored by the Kahugpungan sa mga Magtutudlo ug Kawani sa Edukasyon sa Mindanao– Alliance of Concerned Teachers (KAMKEM-ACT) Davao was attended by more than 30 representatives from faculty clubs and unions from private schools of the city.
Teachers came from various private schools including Ateneo Grade School, Holy Cross of Davao College, Holy Cross of Agdao, University of Immaculate Conception – Main and Annex Campus, Rizal Memorial Colleges, Thompson Christian School, Davao Wisdom Academy, Philippine Women’s College, and Assumption College of Davao.
For reference:
Mr. Reneboy Libot
ACT Teachers Davao
0935-977-6641
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