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STUDY GUIDE FOR MODULE NO. 4 The Right and Privileges of Teachers in the Philippines MODULE OVERVIEW After having learned the demands that learners, parents, school officials, the academic community, the larger community and the state put on the learners, let us discuss their rights and privileges. LEARNING CONTENTS (title of the subsection) PRETEST. Write YES if you agree and NO if you disagree. Refer to the 1987 Philippine Constitution, Commonwealth Act 578 and RA 4670, the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers. The 1987 Philippine Constitution states that the state shall: ___ 1. enhance the right of teachers to professional advancement. ___ 2. assign the second highest budgetary priority to education, next to medicine __ 3. ensure that teaching will attract and retain its rightful share of the best available talents through adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment. Commonwealth Act No. 578 protects teachers by providing a provision on: __ 4., punishment against any person guilty of assault against teaching personnel. ___ 5. according due respect and protection for teachers who are considered person in authority. Republic Act No 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers states the following rights and privileges of teacher: ___ 6. academic freedom particularly with regard to teaching methods. ___ 7. the right to be free from compulsory assignment not related to their duties defined in their appointment or employment contracts unless given additional compensations. ___ 8. freedom from involuntary contributions. ___ 9. compensation for employment injuries in accordance with existing laws ___10. establishing, joining, maintaining labor organization of their choice to promote their welfare and defend their interest. ___11. transfer even without their consent from one station to another where there is urgent need. ___12. employment in the same locality for those who are married whenever possible. ___13. a maximum of 4 hours actual teaching hours a day ___14. more than 6 hours of teaching but not exceeding 9 hours.

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an additional compensation of at least 20 percent of his regular remuneration after the teacher has completed at least six hours of actual classroom teaching a day. additional compensation from DepEd when they serve during elections equal remuneration, regardless of qualifications salary scales of teachers that provide for a gradual progression from a minimum to a maximum salary by means of regular increments, granted automatically after three years, even if the efficiency rating of the teacher concerned is below satisfactory. the salary scales appropriated by a city, municipal, municipal district, or provincial government that are not lower than those provided for teachers of the National Government. without exception Special Hardship Allowances. special hardship allowances equivalent to at least twenty-five percent of their monthly salary for those who qualify. free medical examination even after retirement. a study leave for not more than 2 school years after ten years of teaching enjoy a compensation allowed for one year study leave without any condition. a study leave of more than one year provided permitted by the Secretary of Education but without compensation. an indefinite sick leave of absence when the nature of illness demands a long treatment that will exceed one year at the least. one range salary raise upon retirement for those who have fulfilled the age and service requirements of the applicable retirement laws which shall be the basis of the computation of the lump sum of the retirement pay and the monthly benefits thereafter. hardship allowance for those who teach in multi-grade classes, mobile teachers and Non-formal Education or Alternative Learning System (ALS) Coordinators are entitled to hardship allowances. stability of employment and security of tenure under existing laws. safeguards in disciplinary procedure. ANALYSIS

Refer to the 1987 Philippine Constitution, Commonwelath Act No. 578 and RA 4670, the Magna Carta for Public Schooll Teachers found in Appendices C, D. and E, respectively. Read each part of these legal documents as you check your answers ABSTRACTION

Filipino teachers ought to be aware and knowledgeable of these well-deserved benefits. There is no other Constitution in the history of the country that has given importance to teachers more than the 1987 Philippine Constitution. The 1987 Philippine Constitution states:… The state shall enhance the right of teachers to professional advancement (paragraph 4,). It shall “assign the assign the highest budgetary priority to education to “ensure that teaching will attract and retain its rightful share of the best available talents through adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment.”

Commonwealth Act 578 amended the Revised Penal Code to include teachers, professors, and persons charged with the supervision of public or duly recognized private schools, colleges, and universities, within term ‘person in authority.” RA 4670, otherwise known as the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, details the rights, privileges and benefits of teachers such as: 1) consent for transfer; 2) safeguards in disciplinary procedure; 3) no discrimination; 4) married couples to be employed in the same locality; 5) academic freedom; 6) not more than 6 hours of actual classroom teaching; 7) additional compensation for activities outside normal duties; 8) salaries comparable to other occupation to insure teachers a reasonable standard of life for themselves and their families; 9) salaries appropriated by local government not to be less than those paid to teachers of the national government; 10) cost of living allowance; 11) special hardship allowances; 12) medical examination free of charge once a year during the teacher’s professional life; 13) porohibition of unauthorized deductions from teachers’ salaries; 14) study leave; 15) indefinite leave; 16) salary increase upon retirement and 17) freedom to establish or join organization of their choice. These show that the welfare of professional teachers has been given much attention. After all, there is no truth to what is often said about teachers “overworked and underpaid.”

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The welfare of teachers has been given much attention in the past years. The Philippine Constitution guarantees that the State shall “enhance the right of teachers to professional advancement;” “assign the assign the highest budgetary priority to education to “ensure that teaching will attract and retain its rightful share of the best available talents through adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment.” Other laws, especially RA 4670, the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers, give in detail teacher’s right, privileges and benefits. REFERENCES

The 1987 Philippine Constitution, RA 4670, The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers Commonwealth Act No. 578, NBC No. 514, DBM, DepEd Memorandum No. 056, s. 2018...