140K VACANCIES AVAILABLE VIA TEACHERS’ CAREER PROGRESSION

 Around 140,000 positions are anticipated to be accessible for public school teachers in the Philippines next year through the career progression program, DepEd Chief said upon the signing of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Executive Order (EO) No. 174 series of 2022, or Establishing the Expanded Career Progression System for Public School Teachers, by the DepEd, Department of Budget and Management (DBM), Civil Service Commission (CSC), and Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) at the DepEd Central Office in Pasig City.

"I would just really want to emphasize how much the President (Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.) has really instructed and instilled in all of us how to value the teachers," Education Secretary Sonny Angara said in a speech, referring to the President’s 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA) last Monday.

During his SONA, Marcos bragged that public school teachers would no longer retire as Teacher I, as more opportunities for career growth await them.

“By 2025, katulad ng nabanggit merong kabuuan (as what have been mentioned, there’s a total of) 140,000 teachers, 90,000 of which will be coming from the result of this career progression,” DepEd Undersecretary Wilfredo Cabral noted in a press briefing.

Under the career progression system, teachers shall be given opportunities for promotion in either teaching or administrative track.

For the teaching track, additional positions include Teacher IV at salary grade (SG) 14; Teacher V at SG 15; Teacher VI at SG 16; Teacher VII at SG 17; and Master Teacher V at SG 22.

Administrative positions shall be streamlined including School Principal I, II, III, and IV.

For the career progression, DBM Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said they have allocated PHP1.1 billion under the DepEd’s 2024 budget, and another PHP6.1 billion for its implementation in 2025.

“However, iyong PHP6.1 billion na nakaline item iyan sa DepEd pero kapag kinailangan pa po natin, assuming na hindi pala (if we still need more for the PHP6.1 billion lined item in DepEd, assuming it’s not only) 140,000, 145,000, 150,000, we can get it from the miscellaneous personnel benefits fund (MPBF),” she said.