Amid DAP ruckus, teachers’ groups call for wage hike, more incentives

In the wake of the controversy on the disbursement of government savings, various teachers’ groups on Friday pressed the Aquino administration to increase the salary and incentives of public school teachers, saying “the government has neglected the education sector particularly the public school teachers since President Aquino rose to power four years ago.”

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30,000 college faculty to be displaced by 2016, group says

As Philippine education prepares to apply the senior high school in basic education - the Grades 11 and 12 - by school year 2016-2017, the association of private schools expressed concern over the fate of about 30,000 college teachers when private schools are expected to have no enrollees for two school years in the freshmen level.

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