“TEACHER WELFARE AND PRIVELEDGES – The Magna Carta for

Public School Teachers (RA 4670)”

OBJECTIVES:

1. Describe the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers RA 4670, the teacher
welfare; and
2. Explain the importance of this law for public teacher and discussing their rights
and privileges as a teacher.

- “The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers” was passed into law in view of providing
professional rights and safeguards to our public school teachers in consideration of the
exigency and level of difficulty of the exercise of their profession. This bill seeks to amend the
aforementioned law to make the said measure more responsive by expanding public school
teachers working rights, strengthening working protections and safeguards and providing
additional incentives for extra-curricular work.

- This act shall be known as the “Expanded Magna Carta for Public School Teachers
Act”

- This law was approve on June 18, 1966

MAGNA CARTA FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS

- It provides the following:

 Promotes and improve the social and economic status of public school teachers, their
living and working conditions and their terms of employment and prospects.
 Code for professional conduct for teachers
 Teaching hours: 6 hours of classroom teaching (maximum load)
 Health and Injury benefits (thru GSIS)
 One year study leave after 7 years of continuous teaching; the teacher should receive
60% of the monthly salary.

LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

- Presidential Decree No. 442 on May 1, 1974

”A DECREE INSTITUTING A LABOR CODE, THEREBY REVISING AND CONSOLIDATING

LABOR AND SOCIAL LAWS TO AFFORD PROTECTION TO LABOR, PROMOTE
EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURE INDUSTRIAL
PEACE BASED ON SOCIAL JUSTICE”.

- This law becomes the basis of the rights, duties, and benefits of the workers in the Philippine
private employment sector.
ART 3

- The state shall afford protection to labor and promote full employment ensure equal work
opportunities regardless of the sex, race, creed and regulate the regulation of workers and
employers.

Teacher
- A teacher (also called a school teacher or, in some contexts, an educator) is a person
who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence or virtue. Informally the role of
teacher may be taken on by anyone (e.g. when showing a colleague how to perform a
specific task). 

RECRUITMENT AND CAREER

MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEACHER-APPLICANTS

 Teacher in Kindergarten and elementary grades, Bachelor’s degree in Elementary

Education(BSEED)
 Teachers in the secondary schools, Bachelor’s degree in education or its equivalent with
a major and minor, or a Bachelor’s degree in arts or Science with atleast 18 professional
unit in education.
 Teachers of Secondary vocational and two years technical courses, Bachelor’s degree
in the field of specialization with at least 18 professional units in education.
 Teacher of courses on the collegiate level than vocational, master’s degree with a
specific area of specialization.

TENURE OF OFFICE

- Stability on employment and security of tenure shall be assured to the teacher as provided
under existing laws.

CONSENT OF TRANSFER/ TRANSPORTATION

- No teacher shall be transferred without his/her consent.

- No transfer shall be made 3 months before any local or national election.

CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FOR TEACHERS

- Within 6 months from approval of this Act, the Secretary of Education shall formulate and
prepare a code of Professional Conduct for Public School Teachers. A copy of which will be
given to each teacher. If for reason of inadequate of fiscal resources, copies of the same
Code shall be depositedto the office of the school principal of head teacher where they may
be accessible for use by the teachers.
NO DISCRIMINATION

- There shall be no discrimination whatsoever in entrance to the teaching profession or during

its exercise or in termination of services, based on other than professional consideration.

ACADEMIC FREEDOM

- Teacher shall enjoy academic freedom in the discharge of their professional duties, particularly
with regard to teaching and classroom methods.

HOURS OF WORK AND REMUNERATION

TEACHING HOURS

- Any teacher engage in actual classroom instruction shall not be required to render more than
six hours of actual classroom teaching a day. However, in the exigencies of service, any teacher
maybe required to render more than 6 hours but not exceeding eight hours of actual classroom
teaching a day upon payment of additional compensation at the same rate as his/her regular
remuneration plus at least 25% of his/her basic pay.

ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION

- In the case of the other teachers or school officials not engaged in actual classroom
instruction, any work performed in excess of eight hours a day shall be paid an additional
compensation of at least 85% of their regular remuneration.

- The agencies utilizing the services of teachers shall pay the additional compensation required.
Education authorities shall refuse to allow the rendition of services of teachers for other
government agencies without the assurance that teachers shall be paid the remuneration
provided.

- In the case of other teacher or school officials not engaged in actual classroom instruction, any
work performed in the excess of eight hours a day shall be paid an additional compensation of
at least twenty – five percent of their regular remuneration.

CRITERIA FOR SALARIES

Teacher’s salaries shall correspond to the following criteria:

a. They shall compare favorably with those paid in other occupations requiring equivalent
or similar qualifications, training and abilities;
b. They shall be such as to insure teachers a reasonable standard of life for themselves
and their families; and
c. They shall be properly graded so as to recognize the fact that certain positions require
higher qualifications and greater responsibility than others.
DEDUCTIONS PROHIBITED

- No person shall make any deduction whatsoever form the salaries of teachers except under
specific authority of law authorizing such deductions, written authority executed by the teacher
concerned, the following may be deducted:

- Lawful dues and fees owing to the Philippine Public School Teachers Association

- Premiums properly due on insurance policies, shall be considered deductible

HEALTH MEASURES AND INJURY BENIFITS

MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND TREATMENT

- Compulsory medical examination shall be provided free of charge for all teachers before they
take up teaching, and shall be repeated not less than once a year during the teacher’s
professional life. Medical treatment and/ or hospitalization are necessary, same shall be
provided free by the government entity paying the salary of the teachers.

- In regions where there is scarcity of medical facilities, teachers may obtain elsewhere the
necessary medical care with the right to be reimbursed for their travelling expenses by the
government entity concerned.

COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES

- Teachers shall be protected against the consequences of employment injuries in accordance

with existing laws. The effects of the physical and nervous strain on the teachers health shall be
recognize as a compensable occupational disease in accordance with existing laws.

LEAVE AND RETIREMENTS BENEFITS

STUDY LEAVE

- Teacher in the public schools shall be entitled to study leave not exceeding one year after
seven years of service. During the period of such leave, the teachers shall be entitled to at least
sixty percent of their monthly salary. No teacher shall be allowed to accumulate more than one
year study leave, unless he needs an additional semester to finish his thesis for a graduate
study in education or allied courses.

- The compensation allowed for one year study leave shall be subject to the condition that the
teacher takes the regular study load and passes at least 75% of his courses. Study leave of
more than one year may be permitted by the Secretary of Education but without compensation.

INDEFINITE LEAVE

- An indefinite sick leave of absence shall be granted to teachers when the nature of the illness
demands a long treatment that will exceed one year at the least.
SALARY INCREASE UPON RETIREMENT

- Public school teachers having fulfilled the age and service requirements of the applicable
retirement laws shall be given one range salary raise upon retirement, which shall be the basis
of the computation of the lump sum of the retirenment pay and the monthly benefits thereafter.

ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

RULES AND REGULATION

The secretary of Education shall formulate and prepare the necessary rules and regulations to
implement the provisions of this act. Rules and regulations issued pursuant to this Section shall
take effect thirty days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation and by such other
means as the Secretary of Education deems reasonably sufficient to give interested parties
general notice of such issuance.

BUDGETARY ESTIMATES

The Secretary of Education shall submit to Congress annually the necessary budgetary
estimates to implement the provisions of the Act concerning the benefits herein granted to
public school teachers under the employ of the National Government.

PENAL PROVISION

- A person who shall willfully interfere with, restrain or coerce any teacher who shall in any
other manner commit any act to defeat any of the provisions of this Act shall, upon conviction be
punish by a fine of not less than one hundred or more than one hundred thousand pesos, or by
imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.

- If the offender is a public official, the court shall order his dismissal from the Government
service.

GUIDE QUESTIONS / ANSWERS

1. What is MAGNA CARTA FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS?

. - “The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers” was passed into law in view of providing
professional rights and safeguards to our public school teachers in consideration of the
exigency and level of difficulty of the exercise of their profession. This bill seeks to amend the
aforementioned law to make the said measure more responsive by expanding public school
teachers working rights, strengthening working protections and safeguards and providing
additional incentives for extra-curricular work.
2. MAGNA CARTA FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS promotes and improve?

 Promotes the social and economic status of public school teachers, their living and
working conditions and their terms of employment and prospects.
 Code for professional conduct for teachers
 Teaching hours: 6 hours of classroom teaching (maximum load)
 Health and Injury benefits (thru GSIS)
 One year study leave after 7 years of continuous teaching; the teacher should receive
60% of the monthly salary.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES:

SUMMARY:

 The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers- This act shall be known as the
“Expanded Magna Carta for Public School Teachers Act”
 Teacher- is a person who helps students to acquire knowledge, competence or
virtue. Informally the role of teacher may be taken on by anyone
 MINIMUM EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR TEACHER-APPLICANTS
 TENURE OF OFFICE
 CONSENT OF TRANSFER/ TRANSPORTATION
 CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT FOR TEACHERS
 ACADEMIC FREEDOM
 HOURS OF WORK AND REMUNERATION
 ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION
 CRITERIA FOR SALARIES
 DEDUCTIONS PROHIBITED
 COMPENSATION FOR INJURIES
 LEAVE AND RETIREMENTS BENEFITS
- STUDY LEAVE
- INDEFINITE LEAVE
- SALARY INCREASE UPON RETIREMENT
 ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT
- RULES AND REGULATION
-BUDGETARY ESTIMATES
-PENAL PROVISION
ASSESSMENT:

1. It is a law that providing a professional rights and safeguards to our public school

teachers in consideration of the exigency and level of difficulty of the exercise of
their profession.
a. RA 6728
b. RA 7836
c. RA 4670
d. RA 8545
2. It is stability on employment and security of tenure shall be assured to the
teacher as provided under existing laws.
a. Academic Freedom
b. Magna Carta
c. Tenure of office
d. Education
3. It is a kind of leave that will granted to teachers when the nature of the illness
demands a long treatment that will exceed one year at the least.
a. Retirement
b. Indefinite leave
c. Study leave
d. Regular leave

NOTE: PAKICORRECT NALANG PO KUNG MAY MALI. SALAMAT

REFERENCE:

https://www.congress.gov.ph/legisdocs/basic_17/HB08384.pdf

https://www.dole.gov.ph/php_assets/uploads/2017/11/LaborCodeofthePhilippines20171.pdf

https://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1974/pd_442_1974a.html#:~:text=No.,442&text=A
%20DECREE%20INSTITUTING%20A%20LABOR,PEACE%20BASED%20ON%20SOCIAL
%20JUSTICE.