'President Marcos on Monday will sign a measure granting public school teachers an annual allowance of P10,000 starting next year, to offset their expenses in buying their own teaching supplies.'
'마르코스 대통령은 월요일 공립학교 교사들에게 내년부터 연간 10,000 페소의 수당을 제공하여 교사들의 교재 구입 비용을 상쇄하는 법안에 서명할 예정입니다.'
필리핀에서 공립학교 교사들에게 매년 1만 필리핀 페소의 교육 용품 지원금을 지급하도록 하는 법안이 마르코스 대통령의 승인을 기다리고 있다는 내용입니다. 이 법안은 교사들이 자신의 교육 용품을 구입하는 비용을 상쇄하기 위한 것으로, 2024-2025 학년도에는 5,000 페소를 받은 후 2025-2026 학년도부터 매년 10,000 페소를 받게 될 것입니다.
이러한 교육 지원금은 교육부와 정부의 연간 예산에서 지급될 것이며 세금이 부과되지 않을 것입니다. 이 법은 논의를 거쳐 3월 14일에 합의되었으며, 지속적인 교사들의 노력과 집단 행동으로 이뤄진 것입니다.
국회의원인 카스트로는 이 법을 통해 교사들이 품위 있는 교육을 제공할 수 있는 교육 도구를 구입하는 데 필요한 자금을 마침내 얻게 될 것이라고 말했습니다. 2016년부터 이 교육 지원금의 제도화를 적극적으로 추진해 왔고, 이제 교사들이 받을 지원을 받을 수 있게 되어 기쁘다고 말했습니다.
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'Law granting teachers P10,000 for supplies up for Marcos approval'
President Marcos on Monday will sign a measure granting public school teachers an annual allowance of P10,000 starting next year, to offset their expenses in buying their own teaching supplies.
The proposed “Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo (Support for Teaching) Act,” which takes its title from the Senate version of that measure (Senate Bill No. 1964), sets an initial allowance of P5,000 per teacher for school year 2024-2025, followed by P10,000 starting school year 2025-2026 and every year thereafter.
'DepEd, gov’t annual budget'
The P5,000 will be charged to the Department of Education (DepEd) and the succeeding amounts will be included in the national government’s annual budget. The allowances are not taxable.
Alliance of Concerned Teachers Rep. France Castro, one of the principal authors of the measure, gave reporters on Friday a copy of a letter dated May 30 by the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office, informing her that Marcos will sign the proposed law on Monday.
The bicameral conference committee ratified it on March 14. The proposed law combines the Senate bill, Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act and House Bill No. 9682, the Teaching Supplies Allowance Act.
The P10,000 will be a “significant relief to teachers who have long carried the burden of shouldering the cost of teaching supplies out of their own pockets,” said Castro, whose two allies in the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives were also among the principal sponsors.
'Persistence, collective action'
“With the signing of this law, our hardworking teachers will finally have the necessary funds to purchase the teaching tools they need to deliver quality education to our students,” she added.
“[This] is a testament to the power of persistence and collective action. We look forward to its implementation, which will undoubtedly improve the quality of education in our public schools,” the party list group lawmaker said.
Castro said she and other congressmen have been pushing for the institutionalization of the teaching allowance since 2016 during the 17th Congress.
“I am thrilled that after years of perseverance, our teachers will finally receive the support they deserve,” she said.
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