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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
3rd Regular Session 
House Bill No. ________ 
Introduced by Representative ERIC GO YAP 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
It is in the 1987 Philippine Constitution to always put education first, budget-
wise. In consideration of this fact, it only but logical to give the same appreciation to 
teachers, who in this context are our first-responders. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 
(COVID-19) evidently showed lapses in our system, especially in providing accessible 
quality education. Our teachers bridged and filled those gaps. Through producing 
and printing modules amid a state of emergency and personally delivering the same 
to far-flung areas, they were somehow able to heed to the immediate educational 
needs of their students.  
Needless to say, the current system is imperfect. The difficulty of online 
learning becomes apparent, as it is expensive and not as effective due to fluctuating 
to no signal and other factors. Further, some students have developed mental health 
problems during these difficult times. One thing that stands out, however, is the fact 
that our teachers have always been within reach and ready to offer a helping hand.  
This bill seeks to grant hardship allowance to teachers assigned in remote areas 
and provide other measures for their protection. They go through extreme lengths in 
looking after their students and so it is only fitting that we establish strict measures to 
do the same for them.  
In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought. 
ERIC GO YAP 
November 18, 2021
1:16 pm
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City, Metro Manila 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
3rd Regular Session 
House Bill No. _________ 
Introduced by Representative ERIC GO YAP 
AN ACT 
GRANTING HARDSHIP ALLOWANCE TO TEACHERS ASSIGNED IN 
REMOTE AREAS AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MEASURES FOR THEIR 
PROTECTION 
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 “Teachers for the 
Barrios Act”. 
SEC. 2. a) All teachers assigned to far-flung areas shall be entitled to a monthly 
hardship allowance equivalent to double the total expenses that said teacher will incur 
every month in additional public transportation from the nearest capital town or 
urban center of the school where he/she is assigned, assuming that said teacher will 
go back and forth to said school daily. 
b) For this purpose, Section 19 of Republic Act 4670 “Magna Carta for
Public School Teachers” is hereby amended to include teachers assigned to far-flung 
areas or barrios as recipients of such hardship allowance. 
SEC. 3. In the event teachers assigned to far-flung areas would need to stay in 
a temporary house in the locality where they are teaching, the Barangay Captain of 
the said locality is hereby mandated to secure a suitable and safe housing for said 
teachers. 
SEC. 4. The Department of Education (DepEd), in collaboration with the 
Department of Interior and Local Government, shall issue the implementing rules and 
regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act. 
SEC. 5. The funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be 
included in the General Appropriations Act of the year following its enactment into 
law and thereafter. 
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SEC. 6. All laws, orders, issuance rules and regulations or parts thereof 
inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified, or 
amended accordingly.  
 
SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect upon its approval. 
 
Approved,