Privileges of Teaching Personnel in Public and Private schools

 1. Other Privileges of the Teaching Personnel in the Public and Private Schools
 2. Teaching Personnel in the Public Schools As Civil Service Employees, the public school teachers,
supervisors, and administrators are enjoying special privileges. All privileges of the teaching personnel are
prescribed by law.
 3. Some of the privileges granted are the following: 1. Persons in Authority Commonwealth Act No. 578
This law recognizes supervisors, teachers, and professors of public and recognized private schools as
persons in authority. Any person guilty of assault made directly or indirectly upon a supervisor, teacher, or
professor will be subject to penalty or imprisonment ranging from six months and one day to six years and
a fine from P500.00 to P1,000.00. ( Approved, June 8, 1940 )
 4. 2. Study Leave A one-year study leave with pay shall be granted to a teacher who has rendered at least
seven years of satisfactory teaching. Magna Carta’s Section 24 states: “During the period of such leave, the
teacher shall be entitled to at least 60% of his salary: Provided, however, that 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. Provided, further that no compensation shall be due the
teacher after the first year of such leave.”
 5. 3. Maternity Leave Commonwealth Act No. 647, as amended by Rep. Acts No. 270 and 1564,
provides maternity leave to regular and temporary female who are married. Regular teachers with two
and a half or more years of service are entitled to 60 days of maternity leave with full pay, while those with
less than two and a half years of service are entitled to 60 days, with half pay. Temporary teachers with at
least two years of service are entitled to 60 days of maternity leave with half pay.
 6. 4. Outside Teaching Ed. Department Order No. 9,s 1959 enclosed to B.P.S. Circular No. 4, s. 1960 and
General letter No. 112, dated July 11,1960 , allows public school teachers, elementary, or high school to
teach in private evening schools in not more than 12 hours a week in addition to their regular loads in their
own schools.
 7. 5. Retirement Benefits  Teachers from the public school are given a one-range salary raise upon
retirement. A teacher belonging to Step 3, for instance, will be classified upon retirement as within Step 4
of the next range. The salary for the higher range and monthly salary for the last three years before
effective date of retirement will be the basis for computation of the lump sum retirement pay. A lifetime
monthly pension equivalent to 90% of their monthly salary is given to those who retire at age 60, under
Presidential Decree No. 1146 (Old Age Pension). Under Republic Act 660, an annuity benefit equivalent
to 80% of the monthly salary for the last three years shall be given to those who retire at age 63.
 8. 6. Vacation and Sick Leave (Revised Administrative Code Sec.275, as amended by Commonwealth
Act No. 220 and RA No. 218) Vacation and sick leave are cumulative and any part which may not be
taken within the school calendar year may be carried over to the succeeding year. A sick teacher who has
used his accrued leave privileges is entitled to go sick leave without pay.
 9. 7. Compulsory Insurance (Commonwealth Act No. 186, as amended by Rep. Act Nos. 660 and 1616)
Provides for life and retirement insurance. Membership in the GSIS is compulsory upon all teachers,
except those who are substitute, upon all regularly and permanently appointed school employees.
 10. 8. Vacation Pay All teachers, except those who are on vacation and sick leave basis are on the
teacher’s leave basis. They are all entitled to pay during the Christmas and long vacations. Temporary
teachers who have served at least six months are also entitled to vacation pay. Teacher’s vacation pay may
be commuted or paid in advance.
 11. 9. Service Credits A teacher on the teacher’s leave basis is given service credit when he is asked to
work during the vacation period. This service credit may be used to offset past and future absences due to
illness or other reasonable causes.
 12. 10. Salary Loan  Public school teachers are allowed to borrow money from the Government
Insurance System, an amount not to exceed his monthly salary.
 13. 11. Free Medical Consultation  The public school teachers are required to have annual physical
check-up.  They are given free medical consultation by the school physician. 12. Compensation for
injuries  Teachers are protected against the consequences of employment injuries. The effects of the
physical and nervous strain in the teacher’s health shall recognized as a compensable occupational disease
in accordance with the existing laws.
 14. 13. Cost of Living and special Hardship Allowance  The teachers salaries shall keep pace with the
rise in the cost of living by the payment of a cost-of-living allowance which shall automatically changes in
 a cost-of –living index. Special hardship allowance are to be enjoyed by public school teachers in areas
who are exposed to hardship /hazards.
 15. 14. Enjoy Academic Freedom (Sec 5, Article XIV of the Phil. Constitution and by Rep. Act No. 4670
which is known the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers) The right of the teacher to an atmosphere
of academic freedom in the discharge of his professional duties Teachers are therefore free to use any
method of teaching they think best for the pupils.
 16. 15. Joining Teachers’ Organization  Public school teachers shall have the right and without previous
authorization freely to establish or to join organizations. 16. Working Hours for Teachers  Teachers
engaged in actual classroom teaching are required to render not more than six hours of actual classroom
teaching a day.  They may be required to render more than six hours but not exceeding eight hours of
actual classroom teaching a day upon payment of additional compensation.
 17. 17. Tenure of Office Regular or Permanent Public School teachers and officials are granted stability
of employment and security of tenure.  Teachers appointed on a provisional status or temporary who
rendered ten years of continuous, efficient, and faithful service as of June 18, 1966, and all teachers who
have rendered ten years, of extended permanent appointment.
 18. PRIVILEGES OF TEACHERS IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS Teachers in private schools, like the
public school teachers, enjoy some privileges besides their tenure of office. Social Security System
provided its members the following benefits: death, disability, sickness, and retirement benefits.
 19. Other privileges 1. Maternity Leave (R.A. 679) provides maternity leave to married female teachers
in private schools. 2. Study Leave Some private schools, colleges, and universities also grant study leave to
their deserving faculty and staff members in the form of scholarship, visiting other schools in foreign
countries, or exchange with teachers from foreign schools or universities.
 20. 3. Vacation Pay In some private schools or universities, teachers are given bonuses for extra work
done during summer vacation. 4. Hospital Privileges Besides the provision in the Social security
concerning sickness benefits, teachers in some private schools, colleges and universities enjoy hospital
privileges by becoming members of the hospitalization plan
 21. OTHER LAWS Republic Act No. 660 This Act amended Section 12 of Commonwealth Act 186. The
Act provides for automatic retirement at the age of 65 if the teacher has completed 15 years of service. If
he has not, he shall be allowed to continue in service until he completes 15 years, unless he is otherwise
eligible for disability retirement. Upon specific approval of the President of the Republic of the
Philippines, an employee may be allowed to continue to serve after the age of 65 if he possesses special
qualifications and his service are needed. It shall be the duty of the latter’s automatic separation from the
service at least sixty days before his retirement takes effect.
 22. Republic Act No. 842 ( Amended R. A. No. 312 ) The salary Act of 1953 (R.A No. 842) provides for
a revised salary scale and automatic salary increases for public school officials, teachers, and other school
personnel. This law allocates the grades and the salary scale for the various positions. This Act provides
further that a teacher with educational qualifications or civil service eligibility higher than the standard
required for the position to which he is appointed, shall be given a higher entrance salary than a teacher
who merely meets the standards. It also provides that salaries of all the school personnel shall first be
adjusted in accordance with the entrance salary rates prescribed in this Act. After the adjustments in salary
has been provided, increases for regular personnel shall be automatically effected until the maximum rates
have been attained. (Approved, May 1, 1953)
 23. Republic Act No. 4670, entitled “ The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers” The purpose of this
Act is to promote and improve the social and economic status of public school teachers – their living and
working conditions, their terms of employment and career prospects. This will help public school teachers
compare favorably with other professionals and therefore will attract and retain in the teaching profession
more qualified people who are aware that education is an essential factor in the economic growth of the
nation. (cf. Inclosure 1 and 2 for the full text)
 24. Presidential Decree No. 1148 – Amending and Increasing the Pension of the Teachers Retired Under
Act No. 3050 as Amended. Issued May 31, 1997. Section 1 – The pension of a teacher who retired under
Act No. 3050 shall be increased by one hundred pesos monthly, and that of every one of his/her
beneficiaries, by fifty pesos monthly. Section 2 – Appropriations for the fiscal year and annually thereafter
shall come from inappropriate funds of the National Treasury.
 25. Letters of Instructions (LOIs) LOI No. 998 – On the Purchase of Uniforms for Certain Agencies of
the National Government. Issued March 13, 1980. - School teachers shall be given the option to receive
their uniform allowance in the form of cash or in the form of material centrally procured by the Ministry of
 Education and Culture at its head office or the regional office from HERDITEX Incorporated. LOI No.
1414 – Directing the Evaluation of Proposal Intended to Improve Teacher Welfare. Issued June 22, 1984. -
The Trustees of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) shall study and act on the possibilities
of (a) receiving the housing loan program and generally of improving on the benefits attendant to system
membership and (b) supporting the establishment and operation of dormitories for school teachers.
 26. Executive Orders Executive Order No. 500 – Establishing a New System of Career Progression for
Public School Teachers . Issued March 21, 1978. (Refer to Inclosure 1) - The rationale behind this
executive order is to retain quality teachers in the teaching profession. An excellent teacher can be
promoted to the rank of a Master Teacher provided he meets all the necessary requirements for the
position. - It provides a bifurcated system of budgeting for the supervisory and the teaching group. The
salary of the Head Teacher is the same as the salary of Master Teacher I, Principal I and Master Teacher II,
etc. - Remarks: Implemented in MEC Order No. 10, s. 1979 (Jan. 31, 1979), entitled “Implementing Rules
and Regulations for the System of Career Progression for Public School Teachers,” as promulgated by the
Civil Service Commission, the Budget Commission, and the MEC. (Refer to Inclosure 4 for the full text)
 27. Executive Order No. 189 – Legal Rights for Teachers Labor standards laws fix and prescribe the
minimum terms and conditions of employment such as wages, allowances, and benefits. They provide
minimal standards of living for health efficiency and general well-being of the teachers. Wages / Salaries
The International Labor Organization – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(ILO- UNESCO) Conference in Paris, France adopted on Oct. 5, 1966 the following recommendations that
would provide just wages to teachers
 28.  The salaries given to teachers should be fitting recognition of the enormous responsibility they have
to the society that they serve.  Compare favorably with salaries paid on other occupations requiring
similar or equivalent qualifications.  Provide teachers with the means to ensure a reasonable standards of
living for themselves and their families as well as to invest in further education and the pursuit of cultural
activities, thus enhancing their professional qualifications.  Take account of the fact that certain posts
require higher qualifications and experience and carry greater responsibilities.
 29. Some Recent Laws and Issuances Governing Teachers’ Salaries Executive Order No. 153 was issued
by President C. Aquino on March 25, 1987 and took effect on March 1, 1987. It provided for 20% salary
increase for the public elementary and secondary teachers but 15% only for the teachers in SCUs. This
order was implemented through National Compensation Circular No. 47 and Local Budget Circular No.
29, issued by the Department of Budget and Management on April 13, and April 2, 1987, respectively.
Republic Act No. 6642, otherwise known as General Appropriaions Act for 1988, granted another 10%
increase for all government teachers, effective January 1, 1988. Its implementing rules and regulations are
provided in National Compensation Circular (NCC) No. 51.
 30. Wage Supplements A wage supplement is an extra amount, whether in cash or in kind, which a
teacher receives regularly, over and above his/her wages. Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) Public school
teachers’ cost of living allowance is provided under the Magna Carta’s Section 18, which states that:
“Teachers’ salaries shall, at the very least, keep pace with the rise in the cost of living by the payment of a
cost of living allowance which shall follow automatically the changes in a cost-of-living index. The
Secretary of Education shall recommend to Congress at least annually the apportion of the necessary funds
for the cost-of- living allowance.”
 31. Laws on Cost-of-Living Allowances National Compensation Circular No. 41, which took effect on
July 1, 1986 increased the former COLA of public school teachers by P150, raising the former P350 to
P500 per month. Additional COLA was provided by the national government in National Compensation
Circular No. 52 effective January, 1988 increasing the COLA to P700. The current salary rates of public
school teachers, however, are still below the decent income threshold for a family of six members which is
P162 per day of P4,860 monthly according to the March 8, 1988 figures of the Bureau of Labor and
Employment Statistics (BLES). The purchasing power of the teachers’ pay is also fast eroded by the
imposition of new taxes like the value added tax (VAT) which triggered another round of price hikes of
basic goods and services by at least 20%.
 32. Another law providing local COLA for the public school teachers is the Special Education Fund Act
(republic Act 5447) as amended by Letter of Instructions No. 1462, section 2.4, issued on May 31, 1985,
which states that: “Allowances given to public school teachers out of the Special Education Fund (SEF)
shall not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the basic pay in first class local government units, seventy
five percent (75%) in second and third class local government units, and fifty (50%) percent in fourth and
lower class of local government units.” This is the reason why some Manila teachers are given higher
COLAs over and above the P700 per month provision from the national government. As an example,
 Makati and Parañaque public school teachers are receiving COLA which is equivalent to 100% of their
basic salaries. This is the result of the militancy of teachers in negotiating for just shares from the SEF for
their fringe benefits like the local COLA.
 33. Clothing Allowance An annual antional clothing allowance of P300 is given to all public school
teachers under Sec. 33, Batas Pambansa No. 866 (General Appropriation Act of 1985) Manila teachers
receive an additional P300 local, or city/municipal government share. Quezon City, Marikina,
Mandaluyong and San Juan teachers are granted a local share of P900.This is likewise a product of their
unrelenting struggles during the previous years.
 34. Year-End Bonus and Cash Gift By virtue of Executive Order No. 130, all government teachers and
employees shall be granted a year-end bonus equivalent to one- month basic salary and a cash gift of
P1,000. The EO is implemented through NCC No. 49, effective November 13, 19887. The year-end bonus
corresponds to the 13th - month pay given to private employees. Medical Allowance An annual medical
allowance of P2,000 was given to all government teachers and employees in 1986 only. But it ceased to be
granted with the issuance of Executive Order No. 147 on March 3, 1987. Government teachers and
employees are now clamoring for the regularization of this benefit due to increasing cases of work-related
illnesses affecting civil servants throughout the country. DECS officials, however, recently came out with
the statistics that only 10% of the 350,000 public school teachers were afflicted with tuberculosis.
 35. Additional Compensation For Extra Work Public school teachers must be paid additional
compensation equivalent to 25% of their basic pay for extra work rendered. Magna Carta’s Section 14
states that: “Notwithstanding any provisions of existing law to the contrary, co-curricular and out-of-
school activities and any other activity outside what is defined as normal duties of any teacher should be
paid an additional compensation of at least 25% of his/her regular remuneration after the teacher has
completed at least six hours of classroom teaching a day.” Subsidy for Instructional Materials The 1981
national budget under Batas Pambansa No. 80 initiated the practice of giving the public school teacher
P100 a year for chalk and other school supplies. This practice was institutionalized through DECS
Memorandum No. 79, dated Feb 13, 1981.
 36. Other Labor Standards Subject Load and Teaching Hours - Public school teachers engaged in
classroom instruction may not be required to render more than six hours of classroom teaching. Working
beyond these hours entitles teachers to receive an additional compensation of at least 25% of their regular
remuneration. Health and Welfare - Among the health and welfare benefits guaranteed to teachers under
the Law are: (a) free compulsory medical examination once a year (b) compensation for work-connected
diseases or injuries according to existing workmen’s compensation laws (c) 60-day maternity leave during
which a female teacher is entitled to full pay
 37. GSIS, MEDICARE and PPSTA Benefits GSIS Benefits (a) Permanent and/or partial disability
benefits for work- related injury or illness, payable in lump sum or monthly basis (b) Sickness-income
benefits for non-work related injury or illness, payable in lump sum or monthly basis (c) Optional life
insurance for dependents, with premium costs lower than those available from private insurance companies
(d) Survivorship benefits that accrue to dependents of members and pensioners, payable in monthly
pension (e) Funeral benefits raised from P750 to P1,000
 38. Medicare (a) Hospitalization benefits (b) Surgical expense benefits (c) Medical expense benefits (d)
Sterilization expense benefits PPSTA Benefits (a) Mutual aid sytem (b) Free accident insurance worth
P2,000 (c) Mutual financial assistance in cases of hospitalization and calamity
 39. No Discrimination Policy (RA 4670, Section 10) “There shall be no discrimination whatsoever in
entrance to the teaching profession or during its exercise, or in the termination of services other than
professional consideration.” Married Teachers (RA 4670, Section 11) Whenever possible, the proper
authorities shall take all steps to enable married couples, both of whom are public school teachers, to be
employed in the same locality. Indefinite Leave (RA 4670, Section 25) An indefinite sick leave shall be
granted to teachers when the nature of illness demands a long treatment that will exceed one year at the
least.
 40. THANK YOU