The House of Representatives, led by Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, passed House Bill (HB) 9764 on its second reading. This bill, introduced by representatives Edwin L. Olivarez, Angelo Marcos Barba, Paul Ruiz Daza, Kristine Alexie B. Tutor, Marissa “Del Mar” P. Magsino, Ciriaco B. Gato Jr., and Gabriel H. Bordado Read More …
The House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure institutionalizing support and protection mechanisms for public school teachers and personnel in matters of student discipline for classroom management. The bill aims to institutionalize measures to implement in all public schools clearly defined regulations on appropriate student behavior towards other students, teachers, Read More …
Rep. Precious Hipolito-Castelo (2nd District, Quezon City) made the proposal through House Bill 1020. Hipolito-Castelo underscored that the country’s public school teachers are underpaid and undervalued, despite the Constitution stipulating that there must be the “highest budgetary priority to education and the guarantee that teaching will attract and retain its rightful Read More …