WHILE we appreciate the assurance that there will be an increase in our basic salaries come year 2020, we also want to express our dismay over the scheme that the legislature may want to provide these adjustments.
The impending increase is thru another salary standardization law (SSL V) and would only amount to 23 percent of our present salaries or a total of less than P5,000, a very small amount compared to our demand of P10,000 across-the-board.
Worse, this will be divided in four tranches that would be spread until 2023.
Teachers and government employees suffered low pay and limited benefits since 1989 when the salary standardization law (SSL 1) was first implemented.
This unjust and discriBy Benjo Basasminatory scheme should be ended. It only perpetuated our poor condition and low chances for socio-economic growth.
The 900,000 strong teachers and DepEd employees are anticipating a pay scheme that recognizes the teachers’ crucial role in our society.
The President made a promise. We believed, we waited patiently, but in the end, the substantial increase in our salaries was never realized.