DepEd clarifies: Teachers not required to report beyond July 7
Teachers are required to submit reports but not to report to the station for unpaid work beyond July 7, the last day of School Year 2022-2023.
As stated in the DepEd School Calendar for 2022-2023, the last day of classes is July 7, 2023. It is understood that the school break starts on July 8.
"All public school teachers are required to comply with all the necessary reports concerning school matters but they should not be required to report during summer vacation unless directed by the School Division Superintendent in the exigency of the service and subject to existing rules on the grant of service credits," stated in previous DepEd issuances.
"But this directive does not exempt teachers from the obligations of accomplishing and submitting all required forms, especially the end-of-school-year reports," said the memorandum.
"School Heads are given broad discretion to issue an office memorandum containing the list of all valid reports and documents that are to be accomplished by the concerned teachers," the memo reads.
In the event of non-compliance with the submission of the required reports and documents, an appropriate disciplinary action or a reminder shall be issued to the concerned teacher.
According to a source, “It is not true that teachers will be marked absent during summer vacation. The salary we are receiving on these days is our proportional vacation pay (PVP). We have already earned this payment, and it is not true that we are being paid to report during this vacation period.”
However, in the exigency of public service, teachers may be required to report and render services, which shall be compensated with equivalent vacation service credits, as per DO No. 53, s 2003.
What is PVP or Proportional Vacation Pay
All government employees are entitled to LEAVE PRIVILEGES. Leave of absence is a right granted to us government officials in case we need to take time off from work. According to the Omnibus Rules on Leave (Rule XVI of the Omnibus Civil Service Rules), each employee is given 15 days of vacation leave and 15 days of sick leave with full pay. These total 30 days of leave can be used within a year so that even if we are absent, our salary will not be deducted. If not utilized, these days accumulate.
As teachers, we are not included in the usual vacation and sick leave credits. Instead, it is called proportional vacation pay (PVP), which is equivalent to the salary of teaching personnel during Christmas and summer vacations, calculated based on the number of days they worked during the school year (Rule XVI of the Omnibus Civil Service Rules, Sec 6). If there are no absences, the full salary is received in April and May. If there are absences during the school year, it is deducted proportionally. Each year has a standard factor determining the full PVP. Typically, a ratio like 3:1 is used, where for every 3 days absent, one day is deducted from the PVP. If you only served in the middle of the year, you may receive only half of the PVP.
Proportional Vacation Pay (PVP) refers to compensation of teaching personnel during Christmas and summer vacation computed in proportion to the number of days they have served during the school year. The compensation the teachers receive during April and May are called PVP.
There are instances when we are required to render service beyond our official time. This is stated in RA 4670 Art III Sec. 14. Instead of receiving overtime payment in legal tender equivalent to 1.25% of the daily rate, what is given is called "SERVICE CREDIT," which is equivalent to one day's salary (with 25% deducted). The service credit is not readily given (DepEd Order 53 s. 2003). There are processes to be followed, such as obtaining a Special Order. These service credits can be used to offset absences due to illness, either our own or that of a family member. Service credits cannot be used for "vacation" type of absences.
While other employees have vacation leave with full pay, we teachers do not have it because of PVP. If we don't have service credits, whether we're sick or not, the days we are absent are considered Leave of Absence Without Pay (LAWOP). There is a deduction in the month we were absent, and there is also a deduction in the PVP. That's why we have the saying that we are not allowed to get sick if we don't have service credits.
The PVP we receive is a benefit similar to what the government provides to all government workers in the Philippines. The only difference is that many government workers are confused about the PVP we receive and consider us to have more advantages than them. In fact, they are the ones who can be absent with pay, they can even monetize their leaves, and they also have what they call forced leave (maximum of 5 days) that they can enjoy. Meanwhile, we rely on the number of service credits we have to be able to have leave with pay, which can only be applied when we are sick.
All government employees are entitled to LEAVE PRIVILEGES. Leave of absence is a right granted to us government officials in case we need to take time off from work. According to the Omnibus Rules on Leave (Rule XVI of the Omnibus Civil Service Rules), each employee is given 15 days of vacation leave and 15 days of sick leave with full pay. These total 30 days of leave can be used within a year so that even if we are absent, our salary will not be deducted. If not utilized, these days accumulate.
As teachers, we are not included in the usual vacation and sick leave credits. Instead, it is called proportional vacation pay (PVP), which is equivalent to the salary of teaching personnel during Christmas and summer vacations, calculated based on the number of days they worked during the school year (Rule XVI of the Omnibus Civil Service Rules, Sec 6). If there are no absences, the full salary is received in April and May. If there are absences during the school year, it is deducted proportionally. Each year has a standard factor determining the full PVP. Typically, a ratio like 3:1 is used, where for every 3 days absent, one day is deducted from the PVP. If you only served in the middle of the year, you may receive only half of the PVP.
Proportional Vacation Pay (PVP) refers to compensation of teaching personnel during Christmas and summer vacation computed in proportion to the number of days they have served during the school year. The compensation the teachers receive during April and May are called PVP.
There are instances when we are required to render service beyond our official time. This is stated in RA 4670 Art III Sec. 14. Instead of receiving overtime payment in legal tender equivalent to 1.25% of the daily rate, what is given is called "SERVICE CREDIT," which is equivalent to one day's salary (with 25% deducted). The service credit is not readily given (DepEd Order 53 s. 2003). There are processes to be followed, such as obtaining a Special Order. These service credits can be used to offset absences due to illness, either our own or that of a family member. Service credits cannot be used for "vacation" type of absences.
While other employees have vacation leave with full pay, we teachers do not have it because of PVP. If we don't have service credits, whether we're sick or not, the days we are absent are considered Leave of Absence Without Pay (LAWOP). There is a deduction in the month we were absent, and there is also a deduction in the PVP. That's why we have the saying that we are not allowed to get sick if we don't have service credits.
The PVP we receive is a benefit similar to what the government provides to all government workers in the Philippines. The only difference is that many government workers are confused about the PVP we receive and consider us to have more advantages than them. In fact, they are the ones who can be absent with pay, they can even monetize their leaves, and they also have what they call forced leave (maximum of 5 days) that they can enjoy. Meanwhile, we rely on the number of service credits we have to be able to have leave with pay, which can only be applied when we are sick.
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May memo po ba nito ang DepEd?
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