MANILA, Philippines — Teachers should be compensated for their overtime work for the extended working school year, ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro said Thursday.
According to Castro, due to the amended school year, teachers were required to render 77 more working days than the mandated 220 school days in a school year.
“Our public school teachers would have been working for almost 13 months without an official summer break or vacation. Further, public school teachers do not have sick and vacation benefits unlike other employees in the public and private sectors,” Castro said in a statement.
“We demand that the Department of Education clarify the Proportional Vaca…
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