00:00The Department of Education is asking for an additional 5,000 admin staff
00:05to assist in the selection of teachers to assist in their work.
00:10A group is working together to prepare for the next year's graduation of students and midterm elections.
00:19Tina Panganibang-Perez has the story.
00:21For the school year 2024-2025, the first day of classes is on July 29, while the last day is on May 16.
00:33The ACT Teachers' Party List continues.
00:35The teachers will continue to prepare for the May 12, 2025 elections in preparation for graduation.
00:43Graduation should be ahead of the end-year activities before the election.
00:50According to the Teachers' Dignity Coalition,
00:53graduation on April 11, 2025 can be done without sacrificing the required number of school days in an academic year.
01:02Even if there is no election, that's wrong.
01:04Even if the election hasn't reached yet.
01:06Because what we are supposedly avoiding is the hottest months of the year, which is April and May.
01:13The DepEd also mentioned that they have already recruited many administrative officers
01:17to do the non-teaching tasks that are now being done by teachers.
01:22Until 2023, more than 17,000 positions were filled in more than 18,000 Administrative Officer 2 positions.
01:31Now in 2024, the DepEd will ask for an additional 5,000 positions.
01:37This is in line with the discovery of a study that is also being conducted by teachers.
01:42Based on studies, it seems that there are at least 50 admin tasks that are currently being done by teachers.
01:52So it takes their time away from classroom teaching.
01:57After their class, after our class, for example, we help in making reports.
02:03There is no service credits or overtime pay.
02:05We will be releasing another policy on the rationalization of teachers' workload.
02:13It is mentioned there what are the functions that we will retain for the teachers.
02:21If this is for the teachers, they will be granted the overload pay.
02:27In the DepEd Order 005 Series of 2024, it is stated that it will only take 6 hours to google the actual teaching.
02:36If it is overtime, the teaching overload pay is equivalent and the overtime should be limited to 2 hours per day.
02:452 hours will be allocated for other tasks, such as preparing to study, checking tests, and more.
02:53If it exceeds 2 hours, the teacher will give vacation service credits.
02:58For GMA Integrated News, Tina Panganiban Perez, Nakatuto 24 Hours.
