Republic of the Philippines 
House of Representatives 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
House Bill No. _____________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE ERIC L. OLIVAREZ 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
We all have witnessed how the Covid-19 pandemic forced the world to 
shut down and stay indoors at all times. All institutions had to adapt abruptly to 
the new reality that is the online performance of any and all operations.  
One of the institutions that felt this unprecedented turn of events is 
education. Physical schools in the country had to close down due to the 
necessary community quarantine impositions; yet the learning of its students 
must continue at once. Thus, schools had to suddenly, and without much 
preparation, shift to online learning in a matter of months leaving not just the 
students but also the teachers overwhelmed, pressured, and disconcerted, 
especially those who have seldom or have never used technology in the 
majority of their years of service, and have never relied on online tools to 
conduct their classes and perform their duties until now.  
Indeed, the number of “old-school” teachers in the service do abound; 
And our “old-school” teachers need to learn on their own how to navigate 
something as basic as MS Powerpoint to create interactive learning materials, 
to efficiently compute grades in MS Excel so as to save precious time and 
minimize human errors, to be capable of controlling misbehaving students in 
Zoom and Google Meet classes, and be able to assert their authority once again 
over the  students who are quite frankly, more tech-savy than they are.  
Since the pandemic has forced everyone to do everything online, it is only 
proper to now give our educators the proper training that they need in order to 
fully acclimatize themselves to the world of remote learning. Slowly but surely, 
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every single teacher in this country must now learn to use technologies, 
computer programs, tools, software, and other applications that will enable 
them to perform their duties effectively and efficiently. There is no turning back 
now from the new way of educating.  The “old school”, “pen-and-paper” style of 
teaching is becoming obsolete by the day and the reliance of the world on 
technology is only ever increasing.  Given this undeniable reality, we cannot 
just leave our educators behind. They, too, must be experts on utilizing these 
digital advancements not just for their own benefit, but also for the benefit of 
their students.  
 It is for these reasons that this Bill is being proposed. 
 ERIC OLIVAREZ 


Republic of the Philippines 
House of Representatives 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Third Regular Session 
House Bill No. _____________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE ERIC L. OLIVAREZ 
“AN ACT INSTITUTING A CONTINUOUS TECHNOLOGY USE AND 
UTILIZATION TRAINING FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AND 
 HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” 
Be it enacted in the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Republic of the 
Philippines in Congress assembled: 
. 
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Teachers’ 
Tech-Training Act of 2021” 
SECTION 2. Institution of a Continuous Technology Training 
for Public School Teachers. It is hereby instituted a continuous training 
program for public elementary and high school teachers on the use of 
recent technologies, computer programs, tools, software, and other 
applications that are deemed useful and related to the practice of their 
profession in the advent of online learning, and which they can utilize in 
order to smoothly facilitate online classes; effectively conduct online 
examinations, recitations, exercises, and other school-related activities; 
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and efficiently compute grades with the use of computer programs and 
tools, among other duties.  
SECTION 3.  Levels of Training. - The technology training for 
public school teachers shall be categorized in terms of the user’s 
proficiency level. At the very least, there must be: 
 
a. Basic or Beginner’s Level - for teachers who have seldom or 
never used technology in the majority of their years of service, 
and have never relied on online tools to conduct their classes and 
perform their duties.   
 
b. Intermediate Level - for teachers who are aware of but are not 
proficient in using recent technologies, computer programs, 
tools, software, and other applications to facilitate online learning.  
 
c. Advance Level - for teachers who are relatively younger and are 
therefore more adept in the use of recent technologies, computer 
programs, tools, software, and applications, but could benefit 
from advanced training in order to execute a better online 
learning environment and innovate better online teaching 
strategies/techniques.  
SECTION 4. Continuity of Training. - The technology training shall 
be continuous such that teachers move from one level to the next until 
they are comfortable, efficient, and skilled in the use of technology in the 
performance of their duties.  
Additional levels may be instituted, as necessary. Additional 
courses and topic-specific seminars may also be offered which shall be 
open to all public school teachers who are interested on learning the 
specific/specialized subject matter. 
SECTION 5. Conduct of Training During Work Days. The tech-
trainings shall be conducted during work days and within the work hours 
of the teachers. If it is not possible to hold such training on weekdays, 
attendance of teachers to trainings scheduled on weekends or on holidays 
shall be duly compensated. Compensation shall be equivalent to the 
corresponding salary of the teacher per day or pro-rated per hour.  
 


 
SECTION 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within 
ninety (90) days from the approval of this Act, the Department of 
Education shall adopt and issue the rules and regulations for the effective 
implementation of this Act. 
SECTION 7. Repealing Clause. - All laws, executive orders, 
presidential 
decrees, 
presidential 
proclamations, 
letters 
of 
implementation, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with 
the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SECTION 8. Separability Clause. - If any provision of this Act is 
declared invalid or unconstitutional, the provisions not affected thereby 
shall continue to be in full force and effect. 
SECTION 9. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect upon its 
approval fifteen (15) days following its publication in the Official Gazette 
or in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines. 
 
 
APPROVED.