Bacolod Rep. Anthony Golez Jr. has filed House Bill 3142 calling for the upgrading of the salaries of public school teachers from salary grade 11 to 15 by 2012.
The solon made the announcement Saturday during the 59th DepEd Bacolod Teachers’ Day celebration at the Bacolod Arts Center at the Bacolod City National High School with the theme “Quality Teachers for Quality Education.” Golez said teachers with salary grade 11 receive about P15,600 a month, and if upgraded to salary grade 15 by 2012, they will receive about P24,887 a month with the full implementation of the salary standardization law. “I believe that part and parcel of having quality education and quality teachers is to have quality family life for the children, quality economic life for the family, and quality social services from the local government,” he said. If these three other factors are present, the ingredients for having quality education is complete, he added. Golez said he also filed on Oct. 6, 2010 H.B. 3454 providing teachers additional financial support of P3,000 or a total of P9,000 in a span of three years. He said there will be P8.3 million worth of new school buildings and P8.7 million worth of comfort rooms to be constructed in Bacolod City, including P3.2 million worth of furniture to be provided to the schools. He has also filed house bills for the conversion of high schools and colleges into specialized schools, he added. Golez said he and Councilor El Cid Familiaran are thinking of helping teachers with their housing needs by creating a teachers’ village with the help of the Vice President. Mayor Evelio Leonardia said the city government has increased the teachers’ Emergency Cost of Living Allowance from P1,000–P1,500 a month. He said the teachers’ welfare will always be a priority of his administration, he said. Leonardia said they will put up the Education and Training Center School 4 in a lot owned by the city at the reclamation area and will also construct the Division Office within the compound. He said they are also providing medical kits to the different schools in the city. Also present during the affair was ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. Antonio Tinio. Meanwhile, Golez said the bill he filed on the re-districting of Bacolod is going on third reading. He said Bacolod might be divided into two districts ahead of Iloilo since he was informed that Iloilo has some problems. Golez said he was also assured by the Department of Public Works and Highways that once they have the Regional Development Council approval, they will start the construction of the first flyover in Bacolod City.*CGS Visayan Daily Star
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