After suffering a backlash from educators following his push to improve teacher quality purportedly to address the education crisis, a group of education workers advised Senator Sonny Angara to study the working conditions of teachers to “better understand the education crisis.”
(ALI VICOY / MANI
Photo courtesy of Alliance of Concerned Teachers Facebook page.
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers called on President Duterte to urgently address “the serious welfare issues of public school teachers that erode their capacities, health, and morale, and put education continuity in jeopardy.”
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – Public school teachers are working longer hours while lacking support from the government in implementing distance learning for school year 2020-2021, a recent survey by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) showed.
The survey was conducted from March 29 to April 11 with 6,731 public school teachers as respondents. The survey showed that more than 70 percent of the teachers deem the distance learning workload “as negatively impacting on their physical and mental health.”