Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. __5402

Introduced by Representative MARLYN L. PRIMICIAS-AGABAS

EXPLANATORY NOTE

“What nobler employment, or more valuable to the Stale, than that of the man who
instructs the rising generation.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Teachers are considered as the second parents of our children. They are
tasked to teach classroom lessons and even mold the values of our youth. Aside
from teaching responsibilities, they also perform other duties that the State would
delegate them to do, It is therefore an understatement to say that they are the most
exhausted, abused and most taken advantage of among our public servants. And
with their massive work, compensation is not enough. This drives the best of our
educators to look for better employment outside the acaderne and some outside the
country, And that leaves our children without the best educators that they could
have.

Undeniably, the 1987 Constitution recognizes the value of education, the
youth and the teachers, Enshrined therein is the policy of the State providing for “the
highest budgetary 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.” In the same way, this is
strengthened by “The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers” which made sure
that the compensation levels of teachers should be comparable with other
occupations requiring equivalent qualifications

Thus, to ensure the State will continuously fulfill its responsibility and
accomplish its declared policies, it is aimed to increase the minimum salaries of
teaching and non-teaching personnel in public and secondary schools. In the end,
investment in education will bring our country forward and the ‘future of the
generations that will eventually reap its benefits.

Passage of the law is therefore earnestly sought.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNo.__ 5402

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE MARLYN L. PRIMICIAS-AGABAS

AN ACT
INCREASING THE MONTHLY MINIMUM WAGE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL
TEACHERS TO TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P25,000.00) AND NON-
TEACHING PERSONNEL TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND PESOS (P15,000.00)

Be it enacted by the Senate of the Philippines and the House of Representatives in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. It is hereby declared the policy of the State
to ensure that education is given highest priority in governance, and that teaching
will attract and retain its rightful share of the best available talents by means of
adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction. And as a means to
achieve this, the State recognizes its duty to assign the highest budgetary priority to
education. In the formulation of decisions with regard to educational reforms, the
State likewise hold paramount the protection and promotion of the right of citizens to
quality education at all levels and the rights of education workers to humane
conditions of work and a living wage.

SEC. 2. Coverage. This Act shall cover all teaching and non-teaching
personnel in all public schools in the elementary and secondary level, whether
nationally or locally funded, including those in technical and vocational schools and
state universities and colleges.

SEC. 3. Increase in the Minimum Salaries of Public School Teachers. The
present minimum salaries of public school teachers in the elementary and secondary
schools shall be upgraded from P18,549.00 to P25,000.00 a month. The salaries of
those occupying higher positions shall be adjusted accordingly


SEC. 4. Increase in the Minimum Salaries of Non-Teaching Personnel. The
present minimum salaries of non-teaching personnel in the elementary and
secondary schools shall be raised from P9,000.00 to P15,000.00 a month, The
salaries of those occupying higher positions shall be adjusted accordingly

SEC. 5. Priority in Budget Allocation. The Government shall appropriate such
amount as may be necessary to carry out the objectives of this Act, Provided, that
the salary increase of teaching and non-teaching personnel in public schools shall
take priority over non-educational and non-agricultural budgetary allocations.

SEC. 6, Rules and Regulations. The Department of Education and the
Department of Budget and Management shall promulgate the necessary rules and
regulations of the provisions of this Act.

SEC. 7, Funding. ~ The amount necessary to implement the provisions of this
Act shall be included in the budget of the Department of Education in the annual
General Appropriations Act

SEC. 8. Separability Clause. Should any provision herein be declared Invalid
or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this
Act.

SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations, or
other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are

hereby repealed

SEC. 10. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation

Approved,