Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has expressed strong support for the Department of Education's (DepEd) initiative to renew and hire over 7,000 administrative support staff, aimed to reduce non-teaching workload of public school teachers.
He cited the findings of the Second Congressional Commission on Education, which revealed that public school teachers handle more than 50 non-teaching and ancillary tasks, thus reducing their ability to concentrate on instruction.
“The Department of Education’s renewal and hiring of more than 7,000 administrative support staff under contract of service will help decongest our teachers’ workload, which will increase their focus on teaching,” Gatchalian, who chairs the Senate Committee on Basic Education, said in a statement.
However, Gatchalian stressed that hiring additional staff is only the beginning of the necessary reforms to support public school teachers effectively.
To institutionalize this policy, Gatchalian has filed Senate Bill No. 2493, also known as the Revised Magna Carta for Public School Teachers.
The proposed legislation seeks to prohibit the assignment of non-teaching tasks to teachers and mandates DepEd to ensure that all non-teaching positions are filled.
Source: PNA
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