The country’s more than 720,000 public school teachers are already better off than their private counterparts.Teachers are migrating from private to public schools because of the disparity in pay. A private school in Isabela pays entry-level teachers P8,000 a month, way below the P23,000 monthly salary of a publicschoolcounterpart. Yet, even with their “higher salaries,” public school teachers are deep in debt. In New Zealand,the current starting salary for a trained secondary school teacher with a Level 7 subject or specialist qualification is NZ$51,200. The five highest-paying states for high school teachers (annual mean wage) in the US are: Alaska, $82,020; New York, $81,410; Connecticut, $76,260; New Jersey, $75,250; and California, $74,940.

Source: Manila Times October 29, 2017 17:03 UTC