MANILA, Philippines — The Alliance of Concerned Teachers said Tuesday that the government should involve teachers in proposals to hike their salaries. Duterte, in January, said he would dialogue with representatives of teachers' group on the salary hike. 'Salaries should allow teachers a decent life'She raised the concern that the Budget department would base the increase in public teachers’ salaries on their counterparts in private schools, as was done for previous salary adjustments. “Basic education is dominated by the state sector with 90% of the teacher population being public school teachers. She also pointed out that the Duterte government has doubled salaries of police and military personnel but public teachers’ salaries remain low.

Source: Philippine Star June 04, 2019 08:48 UTC