Gov't urged to improve teachers' working conditions

As President Marcos signs into law today the Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act, which doubles public school educators’ teaching supplies allowance, teachers’ groups yesterday called on the government to take more decisive steps to improve teachers’ working conditions.

- NEIL JAYSON SERVALLOS

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) hailed the passage of the bill, which raises the teaching supplies allowance from P5,000 to P10,000 starting this coming school year, saying that teachers have long been spending hard-earned money for school expenses that should have been provided by the government.