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Students of Pinyahan Elementary School, supervised by their respective teachers, initiate their 'Catch-up Fridays' program by reading storybooks inside their classrooms on January 12, 2024. The Department of Education has designated all Fridays starting  January 12 and throughout the school year as Catch-up Fridays, focusing on operationalizing the National Reading Program (NRP) in the first half of the day’s schedule and on fostering Values, Health, and Peace Education in the second half, to address learning gaps among grade school and high school students. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/172050455195520240112-catch-up friday-pinyahan-elementary-school-MT-6.jpg" style="width:900px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/>Students of Pinyahan Elementary School, supervised by their respective teachers, initiate their &#x27;Catch-up Fridays&#x27; program by reading storybooks inside their classrooms on January 12, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</div>MANILA — The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines has proposed several reforms to incoming Education Secretary Juan Edgardo &quot;Sonny&quot; Angara, including hiking teachers&#x27; entry-level pay to P50,000 and overhauling the K to 12 program.ACT Philippines Secretary-General Raymond Basilio last week said his group wanted to seek a dialogue with Angara on July 9 to discuss key issues that &quot;beset&quot; the country&#x27;s basic education system.He said that &quot;game-changing measures are urgently needed to overturn the decline of our country&#x27;s education quality.&quot;Basilio listed six main points that he said Angara should prioritize as he takes on the education portfolio this month.<div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/3/new-deped-chief-angara-to-focus-on-back-to-basics-curriculum-teachers-benefits-725" id="isPasted">READ: New DepEd chief Angara to focus on ‘back to basics’ curriculum, teachers’ benefits</a></div><div>SALARY HIKE, OVERHAUL BASIC EDUCATION</div>Basilio proposed substantial salary increases for teachers, suggesting that entry-level teachers should receive a monthly wage of P50,000 and Salary Grade I employees should get P30,000 per month.Currently, entry-level public school teachers receive a P27,000 monthly salary.He also urged Angara to &quot;support the call to set minimum salary standards for private school teachers, at par with those in public schools.&quot;Basilio said the overhaul of the K to 12 curriculum should include pushing for the development of a &quot;culturally appropriate national assessment test&quot; instead of relying on assessments conducted by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA).This is to determine the nature and extent of the Philippine education&#x27;s &quot;learning crisis,&quot; including the appropriate design and implementation of an evidence-based education recovery program.Filipino students have been faring poorly on PISA assessments, with the latest results showing they have <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/19/students-in-ph-have-among-the-lowest-performance-in-creative-thinking-pisa-results-show-2116">some of the lowest performance in creative thinking.</a>Last year, the Department of Education launched the adjusted K to 10 curriculum — called the &quot;Matatag Curriculum&quot; — after two years of a thorough review to simplify the previous program and focus on essential learning competencies such as reading comprehension, math, and science.The curriculum review for Grades 11 and 12 is underway. <div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/10/23/adjusted-k-to-10-curriculum-launched-whats-in-whats-out" id="isPasted">READ: DepEd launches adjusted K to 10 curriculum with &#x27;mother tongue&#x27; no longer a separate subject</a></div><div>&#x27;UNLOAD TEACHERS&#x27; ADMIN DUTIES, BOOST BENEFITS&#x27;</div>Basilio also called on Angara to hire enough education support personnel &quot;to truly unload&quot; teachers of &quot;burdensome administrative duties.&quot;Filipino teachers have been complaining about numerous administrative duties, which they say affect the quality of teaching and student learning.Basilio also pushed for the regularization of contractual teachers and education support personnel and the hiring of additional teachers &quot;to effectively reduce the class sizes.&quot; The benefits of education workers should also be improved. He proposed that the DepEd do the following:— grant 15 days of sick leave for public school teachers— grant a P3,000 inflation adjustment allowance for all government employees— lower the optional retirement age of government workers to 56 years old— expand and improve benefits for GSIS and SSS members— exempt election service compensation from taxesBasilio also believes that allocating 6 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) to the DepEd will address &quot;severe and perennial backlogs and shortages&quot; in the public basic education sector.The DepEd, the largest bureaucracy in government, receives the highest annual budget as mandated by the Constitution.Lastly, he called for the protection of teachers&#x27; academic freedom and advocated for &quot;full union rights&quot; for all education workers.&quot;We look forward to engaging in meaningful dialogues and consultations with you, as we share a common goal of advancing our education sector,&quot; he said.<div> </div>

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers Philippines has proposed several reforms to incoming Education Secretary Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara, including hiking teachers' entry-level pay to P50,000 and overhauling the K to 12 program.

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers Philippines has proposed several reforms to incoming Education Secretary Juan Edgardo "Sonny" Angara, including hiking teachers' entry-level pay to P50,000 and overhauling the K to 12 program.

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