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GORDON PUSHES FOR TEACHING SUPPLIES ALLOWANCE

While senators are still debating the amount for the proposed teaching supplies allowance for public school teachers, Senator Dick Gordon called on his colleagues to ensure that allocations for the said allowance would be included in the annual general appropriations bill (GAB). Gordon said this is to ensure that Senate Bill No, 1092, or the […]

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INSTITUTIONALIZE TEACHERS’ P5K CHALK, SUPPLIES ALLOWANCE – GATCHALIAN

Senator Win Gatchalian is eyeing the institutionalized increase of the annual teaching supplies allowance from P3,500 to 5,000, a measure that would spare about 840,000 public school teachers from shelling out more money for classroom activities. While the teaching supplies allowance or ‘chalk allowance’ is provided for annually under the General Appropriations Act (GAA), Gatchalian […]