Mindanaotoday.com | Solon seeks to limit class hours of public school teachers
By: Jan Albert Araña
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, of the city’s 2nd district, seeks to limit the class hours of public school teachers from eight to six hours a day through the filing of House Bill No. 7822 on April 11.
The bill aims to promote the welfare of public school teachers and raise the level of basic education in the country through the modification of teachers’ class hours.
The modification will enable teachers to create lesson plans and instructional materials, interact with students during extracurricular activities, and carry out other tasks that the principal or superior may assign.
“Their work site is not limited to the classroom. Teachers perform a regular eight-hour work shift just like any average laborer. Six hours of that shift may be spent in the lecture hall, and two hours are spent in lesson-plan preparation, lecture planning, and student-parent consultations,” Rodriguez explained.
He also commends the outstanding innovative programs implemented by Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte in her first year in office, citing that the Vice President has always been a true advocate of quality education for learners and promoting the overall welfare of teachers. He added that he is confident that Vice President Sara will support the bill he has passed.
Based on the data available from the Department of Education as of April 2022, there are 876,642 public school teachers in basic education, and with a little over 28 million students enrolled in SY 2021-2022, the national teacher-to-learner ratio for elementary is 1:20; 1:24 in junior high school; and 1:26 in senior high school. (JAKA | PIA-10)
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