DepEd: Public school teachers to get bonus before year ends

DepEd secretary announces that teachers will receive PBB of P5,000 to P35,000 before the year ends.

MANILA - Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones said performance-based bonus (PBB) of public school teachers may be released before 2016 ends.

In a briefing at the sidelines of the two-day Education Summit 2016, which started Thursday at SMX in Pasay City, the Department of Education (DepEd) chief said nine regions have already submitted performance reports of their teachers.

Reports from two regions have yet to be reviewed by the agency while three regions have not submitted their reports.

"We are hoping that by November or before the end of the year they will get their bonuses," she said.

Briones said about 722,000 teachers will have bonuses but the difference would be on the amount they will be getting based on their performance.

The bonuses will cover performance of DepEd personnel for fiscal year 2015 which ranges from PHP5,000 to PHP35,000.

Briones said she also wants to talk to the teachers to get additional input on how to further improve the education system through the curriculum, among others.

"What I would like to discuss with the teachers, in addition to their performance bonus, is how are we going to increase positively to make our learners critical...(for the teachers) to be interested in curriculum changes, etc," she said.

"Even as we award them for their performance I'd like to hear from them. If they are good teachers what are they good at," she added. [By Joann S. Villanueva, PNA]