Mga guro, kabilang sa makatatanggap ng P7-K expanded health care benefits sa susunod na taon ayon sa DepEd

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00:00In addition to the increase in the salary of teachers in public schools,

00:03it is expected that there will be expanded health care benefits in the next year,

00:07according to the Department of Education.

00:09Ken Edpaciente with the Central News.

00:14Alan admitted that at the age of 18 as a teacher,

00:17he cannot avoid getting sick because of the heavy responsibility as a teacher.

00:23He said that sometimes he has a problem with where to get a check-up,

00:27especially when the approved medical allowance of teachers was only P500 in 2020.

00:32We cannot feel that because what is P500 in this time?

00:38Even in our physical education, P500 is still not enough to be spent.

00:44Our physical check-up, our annual P.E., is every year.

00:51We cannot feel the P500.

00:53Teachers like Alan admitted that the government will now proceed.

00:57According to the Department of Education,

01:00the next year will be the year when the expanded health care benefits will be given to public school teachers.

01:06From the P500, teachers will now receive P7,000 of medical allowance.

01:13This is higher than 1,300% of what teachers used to receive.

01:18According to Deputy Secretary Sonny Angara,

01:20this is a big thing for the comprehensive insurance coverage of teachers.

01:25Alan was happy because for him,

01:27this is a recognition of the government for the sacrifices of teachers.

01:31He added that they will no longer have a problem

01:35with where to get the medical allowance if they get sick.

01:38We are thankful to the government because they saw the hardship of the teachers.

01:42It's like we have already passed a time

01:46where the government should also take care of the well-being of the teachers in terms of health.

01:52Because we also go to school every day,

01:55we also fight against the sun, the rain, the cold, and other natural calamities that happen.

02:04It became possible for the teachers to have an additional medical allowance

02:08after President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. approved the salary adjustment

02:12for the visa of Executive Order No. 64,

02:15where aside from the salary adjustment,

02:17qualified government employees can also be accepted as public school teachers

02:22with a medical allowance of Php 7,000 per year

02:25as a subsidy for their HMO-type benefits.

02:29The tax-free Php 5,000 teaching allowance received by the teachers of this school year

02:35will be increased to Php 10,000 from the school year 2025 to 2026

02:40and for the following years of teaching.

02:42The return to teaching act signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was also approved here.

02:49Kenneth Paciente for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.