P45,269 starting salary for Teacher I pushed

P45,269 starting salary for Teacher I pushed

Under the bill, the minimum salary grade level of teachers will be adjusted from Salary Grade 11 to 19, or double their current monthly base pay of P20,754 to P45,269.

Reelectionist Senator Sonny Angara said the government should pay teachers more if it wants to improve the quality of education in Philippine public schools.

Last year, the President also vowed to raise the salary of teachers after the basic pay of military and police personnel had been doubled.

Angara expressed hope that the teacher's pay adjustment would be equivalent or close to the rate he has been pushing since 2016 when he filed Senate Bill 135.

Under the bill, the minimum salary grade level of teachers will be adjusted from Salary Grade 11 to 19, or double their current monthly base pay of P20,754 to P45,269.

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"Our teachers are considered to be the heart of the educational system. The government needs to give priority to their welfare and interests," Angara pointed out.

"Definitely, this would lead to an improvement in the quality of education in our public school system," he added.