The starting salary of public schoolteachers is currently at P19,000 per month, but may total to P23,000 when allowances and benefits are included. Like any other private employer, salary rates in the private schools are regionalized. Since 2010, around 192,000 teachers have joined the public school system, bringing the total number of public school teachers to 692,000 as of 2015, compared to only 177,474 private school teachers. The moral lessonThe biggest moral one can draw from this debate on public school teachers vs. private school teachers’ salary gap, is that it isn’t just about salaries, your honors! There are also more serious problems with students in the public schools compared to those in the private schools, e.g.

Source: Manila Times March 13, 2017 16:18 UTC