TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
)
SENATE
s. No. 335
25 JUL -9 P5 :21
Introduced by Senator JV Ejercito
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A TEN THOUSAND PESOS (P10,000) ACROSS-THE-BOARD 
INCREASE IN THE BASIC MONTHLY SALARY OF ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY 
AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
According to the Department of Education (DepEd), there are 16,005,291 
students enrolied in public schoois for the school year 2024-2025.1 Millions of Filipino 
iearners are entrusted to our public teachers, the modern heroes guiding these young 
minds in pursuing their dreams with good principles and character, soon becoming 
responsibie citizens of our nation.
Teaching is a demanding job. It requires both professionai and practical skill 
sets with strong physical, mental, and emotional foundations. They are ali-rounders. 
Aside from faciiitating ciasses, they prepare course materials, assess learners, 
collaborate with parents, and manage non-teaching and other extracurricular activities 
in schoois.
1 Malipot, M. H. (2024, July 26). DepEd: Enrollment for SY2024-2025reaches 18 million. Manila Bulletin. 
https://mb.com.ph/2024/7/26/dep-ed-enrollment-for-sy-2024-2025-reaches-18-million


Despite their weli-recognized efforts, teachers receive iess than what they 
deserve. According to Macaiisang & Tagapuiot (2024), our teachers are subject to 
financiai burdens in providing the needs of their families, made more difficult by the 
increasing costs of goods and services in the country. Even with the financial 
difficulties that our public teachers experience, they are stili compeiled to maximize 
their personal budget and resources to prepare instruction materiais, such as schooi 
suppiies and visual presentations, to deliver a proper iearning experience for their 
students.2
They had to resort to ioans, soon struggling to settie such finances due to iow 
saiaries and other financial obligations. In 2019, it was reported that pubiic school 
teachers have a combined debt of at ieast P319 biliion, of which P157.4 biilion is owed 
to the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) and P162 biilion to accredited 
private ioan programs.3
These figures oniy represent the amount deducted from their salaries, hence 
the overali amount of debt can stiil be higher, including loans from unaccredited 
ienders that require higher interest rates. It wouid take years for a teacher to settie 
these loans, and some retired teachers use their pensions to pay these loans, 
sacrificing their hard-earned retirement benefits.
Our teachers are the builders of our nation. They dedicate their everyday iives 
in honor of imparting knowledge and guiding our iearners. This measure, proposing a 
10,000-peso across-the-board increase to their basic salary, corresponds to their 
sincere commitment to honing the skiils and character of our learners.
2 Tagapuiot, S. A. & Macaiisang, D. S. (2024). Financial Challenges Among Public School Teachers: Basis for
Proposed Program. Journal of Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 217), 494-499. 
https://doi.org/10.69569/jip.2024.0194
3 Reysio-Cruz, M. (2019, June 10). Public School Teachers'debts rose to P319b in 2 years - DepEd.
INQUIRER.net. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/H28387/public-school-teachers-debts-rose-to-p319b-in-2- 
years-deped


In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this measure is earnestly
sought.
JV EJERCITO


TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
)
SENATE
S. No. 335
25 JIJL -9 P5 :21
Introduced by Senator JV Ejercito
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A TEN THOUSAND PESOS (P10,000) ACROSS-THE-BOARD 
INCREASE IN THE BASIC MONTHLY SALARY OF ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY 
AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS 
THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Short Title. -This Act shaii be known as the "Dagdag Suweldo Para
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sa mga Guro" Act.
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Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It Is the policy of the State to ensure that the
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education sector receive the highest budgetary priority. Along this end, the State shall
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promote and improve the economic status of teachers to attract and retain the best
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available talents and assist them in providing quality education to their students
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through adequate renumeration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment.
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Sec. 3. Increase In the Basic Monthly Salary. - All public elementary and
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secondary school teachers, regardless of their length of service, are entitled to an
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across-the-board increase of Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) to their basic monthly
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salary.
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Sec. 4. Appropriations. - The amount necessary to implement the provisions of
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this Act shall be provided in the General Appropriations Act.
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Sec. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Department of Budget and
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Management (DBM), in consultation with the Department of Education (DepEd) and


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the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) shail promuigate within ninety (90) days
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after the effectivity of this Act the necessary ruies and regulations for its effective and
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immediate impiementation.
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Sec. 6. Repealing Clause - Ail laws, decrees, executive orders, ruies and
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reguiations, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repeaied,
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amended or modified accordingly.
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Sec. 7. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
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publication in the Officiai Gazette or in a newspapers of generai circulation.
Approved,