Teachers protest deficient service recognition incentive

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers Philippines said that it is already gearing up for a series of protests and other-related activities to denounce the “deficient” service recognition incentive for the employees of the Department of Education as well as the “equally inadequate and difficult to avail” P300 per month communication expense reimbursement for March to December 2020, among others.

The group issued this demand following the announcement from the DepEd that the agency’s savings can only pay its employees with up to 50 to 60 percent of the mandated SRI. “It’s already delayed yet it is also lacking. Is this how the Duterte government appreciates the service of our teachers?” Basilio said.

Basilio pointed out the loophole in Duterte’s AO 37 “that allows for the unequal grant of the SRI” as while it ordered for the payment of a uniform P10,000 SRI, it permits the grant of a lower amount if agency savings are insufficient. “This deviated from the president’s SRI order in 2019 when the budget agency funded 70 percent of the benefit while agencies took care of the remaining 30 percent,” he explained.

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