Nearly 23 million students are going to 47,025 public schools throughout the country this year. ADVERTISEMENTThe Department of Education marks the total enrollment at 27 million, including private school students. The education department insists its preparations are sufficient, but two teachers’ groups — the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC)—lament never-ending problems that afflict students and educators alike. Both the ACT and the TDC called on the govenment to deal with the “biggest shortage this school [year]”—the paltry salaries of the country’s 800,000 public school teachers. They pointed out that the entry-level salary at public schools is P20,754, which they noted President Duterte has failed to raise despite repeated promises.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 02, 2019 23:26 UTC