(Teachers March in National Capital Region)
ACT national chairperson Antonio Tinio pointed out that salaries of uniformed personnel had overtaken those in the teaching profession since the passage of legislation such as R.A. 8551, passed in 1998, which provided the basis for upgrading salaries of police personnel, and R.A. 9166 in 2002, which upgraded the pay of personnel in the armed forces.
Tinio ticked off these numbers:
■ A public school teacher receives a basic monthly salary of P12,026.
■ A mere cadet in the Philippine National Police Academy receives P15,992.
■ A 2nd Lieutenant in the armed forces, with academic qualifications similar to that of a teacher, receives P17,629. Aside from this, the lieutenant receives subsistence and other allowances and longevity pay amounting to an additional P5,333.
■ Even a private receives more per month, at P15,036, than a public school teacher.
"Our demand for a P9,000 increase seeks to address this situation which has downgraded the teaching profession and demoralized teachers.”
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