NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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Third Regular Session
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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
INSTITUTIONALIZING THE CAREER PROGRESSION SYSTEM FOR 
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The 1987 Constitution provides that the State shall enhance the right 
of teachers to professional advancement,1 assign the highest budgetary 
priority to education, and ensure that the teaching profession will attract and 
retain its rightful share of the best available talents through adequate 
remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment.2 Consistent 
with such declaration. Executive Order (EO) No. 500, series of 1978, entitled 
“Establishing a New System of Career Progression for Public School Teachers”, 
took effect on March 21, 1978. It emphasized the importance of classroom 
teaching and reduced the shifting of qualified and dedicated classroom 
teachers to administrative responsibility for them to have the benefit for 
higher compensation. As a result, more teachers entered public school 
teaching.
1 1987 Constitution, Article XIV, Sec. 5(4).
2 Id. at Sec. 5(5).


The past decade further showed a substantial increase in the number 
of public school teachers, mainly due to the additional two years in the Senior 
High School level. Data from the Department of Education (DepEd) show that 
the number of teachers has grown by 61%, from 547,574 in SY 2012-2013 to 
881,477 in SY 2022-2023.3 However, the pathway instituted by EO No. 500, 
s. 1978 failed to provide a seamless career progression system for teachers. 
About 92% of teaching personnel hold the positions from Teacher 1 to III, 
leaving only about 8% who hold Master Teacher (MT) I to IV positions4. 
Further data disaggregation shows that 32% hold the Teacher III position, 
while only 5% hold the next rank, MT I. This considerable gap indicates that 
even teachers who are otherwise qualified to be promoted to a higher rank 
and to receive higher pay are stuck at the Teacher III position given the limited 
number of MT I items. Even among master teachers, career progression is 
tight and inauspicious, as only about 1%, or 561 out of 65,402, master 
teachers in the country hold the MT III and IV positions.
On June 23, 2022, EO No. 174 was signed by then President Rodrigo 
Duterte. It established the Expanded Career Progression System for public 
school teachers to ensure them adequate opportunities based on merit and 
competencies. To fill the gap of EO No. 500, s. 1978, it created the positions 
of Teacher IV, V, VI, and VII and Master Teacher V to provide continuity and 
expansion of career stages for public school teachers.
This legislation institutionalizes such framework of career advancement 
- called as Career Progression System - to promote professional development 
and career advancement among public school teachers. It expands their 
prospects for a career path in teaching, school administration or supervision, 
authorizing the Department of Budget and Management to create the new 
teaching position titles of Teacher IV, Teacher V, Teacher VI, Teacher VII, and
3 DepEd Data Bits: Public School Teachers SY 2020-2021. 
4-Data-Bits-Public-School-Teachers-Apr.pdf (deped.gov.phi
4 Data from the Department of Education’ Basic Education Information System (SY 2022- 
2023).
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Master Teacher V, and include the same in the Index of Occupational 
Services, Occupational Groups, Classes, and Salary Grades. The positions in 
the Teaching Career Line, the School Administration Career Line, and the 
Supervision Career Line shall be equivalent in all salaries, benefits, and other 
privileges. This requires the harmonization of the qualification standards for 
teaching positions in all levels of the public school system, taking into 
consideration the Standards-Based Assessment as mandated under this 
proposal. The National Educators Academy of the Philippines is mandated to 
develop a special remedial program for teachers who do not pass the 
Standards-Based Assessment for two (2) successive assessments in order to 
aid in their development.
Finally, to ensure that the teaching profession will attract and retain its 
rightful share of the best available talents through adequate remuneration, 
this legislation proposes that the present minimum salary grade level of public 
school teachers under the DepEd be upgraded from Salary Grade 11 to Salary 
Grade 13. The salary grade levels of those occupying higher positions shall 
also be adjusted accordingly.
Our public school teachers find themselves at the forefront of national 
development, and they should be accorded appropriate recognition by the 
government by ensuring their professional development and through 
adequate remuneration. Hence, I earnestly seek the support of this Congress 
for the immediate passage of this legislation.
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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Third Regular Session 
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SENATE
s.B. No. 2827
24 SEP 17 P5 57
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Introduced by SENATOR WIN GATCHALIAN
AN ACT
INSTITUTIONALIZING THE CAREER PROGRESSION SYSTEM FOR 
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Career
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Progression System for Public School Teachers Act”.
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Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It is the declared policy of the State to
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enhance the right of teachers to professional advancement, and to ensure that
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the teaching profession shall attract and retain its rightful share of the best
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available talents through adequate remuneration and other means of job
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satisfaction and fulfillment.
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Towards this end, the State shall implement just and equitable measures
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to provide competency-based promotion and salary increases to expand the
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welfare and professional growth of public school teachers while advancing the
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right of each Filipino to quality education by ensuring that the system of
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professional advancement incentivizes the mastering of content and refining
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of pedagogy and teaching competencies in order to improve teaching and
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learning.
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Sec. 3. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Act:
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Career Progression shall refer to the professional advancement 
of a teacher in terms of, but not limited to, standards-based 
competencies and skills, position and stature, remuneration and 
incentives, and qualifications and development goals.
b. Career Progression Line shall refer to individual tracks of 
professional advancement available to teachers under the Career 
Progression System.
c. Career Progression System shall refer to a framework of career 
advancement based on relevant and material qualitative and 
quantitative assessment tools.
d. Teaching Career Line shall refer to the career pathway of teachers 
involved in teaching, including those under the alternative 
learning system (ALS).
e. Current Career Progression shall refer to the Career Progression 
Lines available to a Teacher, which are existing and implemented 
prior to the effectivity of this Act.
f. Expanded Career Progression shall refer to the Career 
Progression Lines for Teachers as provided in this Act.
g. Incumbent Head Teachers shall refer to Teachers who are under 
the administrative Career Progression Line for Teachers prior to 
the effectivity of this Act.
h. School Administration Career Line shall refer to the career 
pathway of teachers involved in overall school management and 
operations, and instructional supervision.
i. Supervision Career Line shall refer to the career pathway of 
teachers involved in supervisory functions at the district, 
division, and regional levels.
j. Standards-Based Assessment shall refer to a competency-based 
assessment involving appropriate evaluation processes to assess 
the competencies of teachers, which shall be required as a 
prerequisite to the teacher’s movement in position or


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remuneration, as the case may be, as provided in Section 9
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k. Teacher shall refer to all persons engaged in teaching at the
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elementary and secondary levels, whether on full-time or part-
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time basis, including industrial arts, vocational or ALS teachers
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and all other persons performing supervisory and/or
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administrative functions in all schools in the aforesaid levels and
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qualified to practice teaching under Republic Act No. 7836, or
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the “Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of 1994”.
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Sec. 4. Institutionalization of the Career Progression System for Public
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School Teachers. - The Career Progression System for public school teachers
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is hereby institutionalized to promote professional development and career
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advancement among public school teachers, and define the Career
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Progression Line of teachers within the public school system, specifically in
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the elementary and secondary levels, including Senior High School.
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Sec. 5. Expanded Career Progression for Public School Teachers. - The
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prospects for a career path for public school teachers in teaching, school
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administration or supervision are hereby expanded.
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The positions from Teacher 1 to Master Teacher 1 shall form the base of
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the career progression system. Thereafter, a teacher may be promoted to
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either Master Teacher 11 in the teaching career line. School Principal I in the
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school administration career line, or Supervisor in the supervision career line.
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For this purpose, the Civil Service Commission (CSC), the Department of
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Education (DepEd), including the Teacher Education Council (TEC), and the
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Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) shall harmonize the qualification
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standards for teaching positions in all levels of the public school system,
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taking into consideration the Standards-Based Assessment as mandated in
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this Act. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) shall create the
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new teaching position titles of Teacher IV, Teacher V, Teacher VI, Teacher VII,
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and Master Teacher V, and include the same in the Index of Occupational
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Services, Occupational Groups, Classes, and Salary Grades.
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Sec. 6. Options of Incumbent Head Teachers. - All Incumbent Head
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Teachers may apply to retain their positions and career progression line under
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the Current Career Progression, or otherwise apply for retitling of their current
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position to the appropriate position under the Expanded Career Progression:
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Provided, That within one (1) year from the effectivity of this Act, all Incumbent
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Head Teachers shall file the appropriate application to retain their current
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Career Progression Line under the Current Career Progression, or be retitled
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under the Expanded Career Progression, as the case may be.
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For purposes of this Act, the DepEd shall prepare a list of Incumbent
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Head Teachers who shall retain their current positions and Career
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Progression Line under the Current Career Progression. No new item or
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position under the Current Career Progression for Incumbent Head Teachers
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shall be created hereafter.
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Incumbent Head Teachers who apply for the retitling of their current
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positions to the appropriate positions under the Expanded Career Progression
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can no longer revert to the previous Career Progression Line.
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All teachers, other than those Incumbent Head Teachers who shall file
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the appropriate application to retain their current positions and Career
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Progression, shall follow the Expanded Career Progression as provided in this
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Act. They shall undertake a mandatory transition program to be developed by
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the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP).
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Line, the School Administration Career Line, and the Supervision Career Line
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shall be equivalent in all salaries, benefits, and other privileges, as follows:
Teaching
Career Line
School Administration 
Career Line
Supervision
Career Line
Master Teacher II
School Principal I
Education Supervisor I
Master Teacher III
School Principal II
Public Schools District 
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Master Teacher IV
School Principal III
Chief Education 
Supervisor
Master Teacher V
School Principal IV
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Sec. 8. Salary. - In order to attract and retain the top talents, the present 
minimum salary grade level of public school teachers under the DepEd shall 
be upgraded from Salary Grade 11 to Salary Grade 13. The salary grade levels 
of those occupying higher positions shall be adjusted accordingly.
Sec. 9. Non-Diminution in the Basic Salaries and Benefits of Incumbent 
Employees. - In no case shall there be a demotion in rank or diminution of 
salary, benefits and other privileges, or both, of incumbent employees granted 
under existing laws, decrees, orders or any contract, agreement or policy 
between employee and employer upon the implementation of this law.
Sec. 10. Promotion of Teachers. - Teachers shall be promoted through the 
reclassification of positions based on a comparative assessment anchored on 
the principles of merit, fitness, and competence based on the professional 
standards.
The evaluation of teachers in the Teaching Career Line shall consider 
subject-area knowledge and pedagogical knowledge.
The evaluation of teachers in the School Administration Career Line shall 
consider organizational and managerial effectiveness, in terms of productivity, 
performance, utility, and efficiency.
The DepEd shall formulate clear guidelines on assessing teachers 
seeking promotion. The assessment process, criteria, and point system, as 
well as the Standards-Based Assessment of each teacher, shall be made 
available to the public to foster equal opportunity, transparency, and 
accountability.
Sec. 11. Remedial Program for Teachers; Continuous Improvement of the 
Career Progression System; Quality Professional Development. - Teachers who 
do not pass the Standards-Based Assessment for two (2) successive
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assessments shall be required to undergo a remedial program. For purposes 
of this Act, the NEAP shall develop a special remedial program for such 
teachers in order to aid in their development.
Further, to ensure the continuous improvement of the Career 
Progression System and enhance the right of teachers to professional 
advancement, the TEC shall review, align, and continuously monitor the roles 
of the NEAP and the Bureau of Human Resource and Organizational 
Development (BHROD) of the DepEd.
The DepEd shall likewise ensure that the programs of the NEAP and the 
BHROD are properly aligned with the directions set by the TEC in terms of 
career stage affirmations and quality assurance of the use of professional 
standards adopted by the DepEd and are coordinated to provide quality 
professional development programs on teacher education that are responsive 
to the needs of teachers to be effective in teaching or school administration.
Sec. 12. Availability of Funds for the Promotion of Teachers. - The DBM 
shall ensure the availability of funds for the promotion of teachers, and the 
appropriate allocation and inclusion thereof in the General Appropriations Act 
(GAA) for its immediate implementation.
Sec. 13. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the initial 
implementation of this Act shall be charged against the current year’s 
appropriation of the DepEd. Thereafter, the amount necessary for its 
continuous implementation shall be included in the annual GAA.
Sec. 14. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within ninety (90) days 
from the effectivity of this Act, the DepEd, the CSC, the PRC, and the DBM 
shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for its effective 
implementation. The rules and regulations issued pursuant to this section 
shall take effect thirty (30) days after its publication in a newspaper of general 
circulation.
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Sec. 15. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part of this Act is 
declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions or parts not 
affected shall remain in full force and effect.
Sec. 16. Repealing Clause. - All other laws, executive orders, presidential 
decrees, administrative orders, rules and regulations, issuances, or parts 
thereof inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act are hereby 
repealed or amended accordingly.
Sec. 17. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its 
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,