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SENATE
S. No. 1164
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Introduced by Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJEROTO
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A TEN THOUSAND PESOS (PIO^OOO.OO) ACROSS-THE- 
BOARD INCREASE IN THE BASIC MONTHLY SALARY OF ALL PUBLIC 
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS AND APPROPRIATING 
FUNDS THEREFOR
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The 1987 Constitution, Article XIV, Section 5 (5) thereof provides that:
"The State shall assign the highest budget priority to 
education and ensure that teaching will attract and retain its rightful 
share of the best available talents through adequate remuneration 
and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment."
Teachers play the most important role of building up the foundation of 
knowledge of our children. They serve as the government and parents' trilateral 
partners in guiding and supervising our students.
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, public school teachers were at the 
forefront in facilitating Innovative modes of learning. The challenges posed by 
dystechnia and insufficient financial support made the work of public school teachers 
more difficult than when learning was conducted In person. Despite this, they are 
expected to continuously deliver the heavy volume of work and responsibility 
entrusted to them.


With the change in teaching and learning modalities, our teachers continue to 
adapt in order to fulfill the demands of their profession, notwithstanding the lack of 
resources. A study conducted in 2021 entitled, "Emergency Remote Teaching 
Experiences" which surveyed 28,859 teachers from kindergarten to senior high school 
reported that "teachers use their own resources for school-related expenses especially 
for distance learning needs like laptops, phones, printers, and internet connection".1
The historical high accord that we give our teachers does not reflect the amount 
of salaries they presently receive. In fact, most of them resort to incurring loans 
because of this situation. According to the Department of Education, public school 
teachers owed a combined debt of at least P319 billion as of June 2019 which included 
P157.4 billion owed by teachers to the Government Service Insurance System and 
P162 billion in outstanding loans to accredited private lenders.2 Unfortunately, some 
of them resort to borrowing money from loan sharks, making them fall prey to paying 
excessive high interest rates despite the loan having to be repaid in a short amount 
of time.
Indeed, our teachers play a big role In molding the character of students - their 
profession Is integral in nation-building. The reform to the education sector must 
continue in order to address significant challenges, and must start with our key actors 
- our teachers.
Our public school teachers should be given decent pay that Is commensurate 
to their contributions and sacrifices. Accordingly, this bill seeks to provide additional 
Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) across-the-board increase in the basic monthly 
salary of all public elementary and secondary school teachers. This initiative is not
1 Dela Pena, Kurt (August 20, 2021). 'Teachers use own money, resources as distance learning weighs heavy on 
them". Information retrieved at https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1476298/teachers-use-own-money-resources-as- 
distance-learning-weighs-heavy-on-them
2 Reysio-Cruz, Matthew (June 10,2019). "Public school teachers'debt rose to P319B In 2 years - DepEd." 
Information retrieved at https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1128387/public-school-teachers-debts-rose-to-p319b-in-2- 
years-deped


only for our teachers but also to further strengthen our education sector and an 
investment to the future of our students.
Hence, the immediate approval of this bill Is earnestly sought.
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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
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SENATE
s. No. 1164
RUCEiVtD BV;
Introduced by Senator Joseph Victor G. Ejercito
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR A TEN THOUSAND PESOS (P10,000.00) 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 House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
Section 1. Short Title. -This Act shall be known as the "Dagdag Suweido Para 
sa mga Gurof'kdi.
Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - It Is the policy of the State to ensure that the 
education sector receive the highest budgetary priority. Along this end, the State shall 
promote and improve the economic status of teachers to attract and retain the best 
available talents and assist them In providing quality education to their students 
through adequate renumeration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment.
Sec. 3. Increase in the Basic Monthly Salary. - All public elementary and 
secondary school teachers, regardless of their length of service, are entitled to an 
across-the-board Increase of Ten Thousand Pesos (P10,000.00) to their basic monthly 
salary.
Sec. 4. Appropriations. -The amount necessary to implement the provisions of 
this Act shall be provided in the General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -The Department of Budget and 
Management (DBM), in consultation with the Department of Education (DepEd) and 
the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) shall promulgate within ninety (90) days


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after the efFectivity of this Act the necessary rules and regulations for its effective and
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immediate implementation.
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Sec. 6. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and
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regulations, which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed,
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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 Official Gazette or in a newspapers of general circulation.
Approved,