Public school teachers to get salary increases; asked to wait a bit

Duterte asked the teachers to wait for the Salary Increase

President Duterte has appealed to public school teachers to “wait for a little” longer for the increase in their salaries he proposed this year.

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During a recent campaign rally in Cebu City, Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that there was no sufficient budget yet to fund his plan of doubling the wages of public school teachers, but assured that their salaries would eventually be doubled just like the police. He added that he had talked to Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno about the funds needed for the proposed salary adjustment for public school teachers, but had given priority to doubling the pay of government troops since they were in the frontline in addressing national security threats.

It can be recalled that last January, the President pledged to raise the salaries of public school teachers this year after approving the pay hike to soldiers and policemen. According to Diokno, government workers are expected to get a pay increase as part of the fourth tranche of the Salary Standardization Law. Once the budget bill is signed into law, the salary adjustment will be applied retroactively from January 2019.

Source: Manila Bulletin