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7 Days to Go Before the General Assembly: Kilos SHS!

We invite all Senior High School teachers to join this General Assembly as we discuss the implications of the Revised Senior High School (SHS) Curriculum on our work, our rights, and the quality of our students’ learning.

🗓️ April 25, 2026 (Saturday), 10:00 AM
📍 Manila Science High School
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The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines today challenged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to match his pronouncements about the importance of teachers with concrete, urgent measures that address the deepening crisis in the education sector.

While the President declared that teachers are “more important than ever” in an increasingly uncertain world, ACT stressed that rhetoric cannot substitute for long-overdue economic justice for educators who continue to endure low wages, heavy workloads, and deteriorating living conditions.

“If teachers are truly ‘more important than ever,’ why do they continue to receive salaries that are neither decent nor livable?” said ACT Chairperson Ruby Bernardo. “Recognition without concrete support is meaningless.”

ACT noted that the government’s own programs reveal the depth of the crisis. The so-called “Sa Pinas, Ikaw ang Ma’am at Sir” (SPIMS) program, which seeks to bring back overseas Filipino teachers, only underscores the reality that Filipino educators are being driven abroad by poverty wages at home.

“Actually, it’s Sa Pinas, Inabandona si Ma’am at Sir (SPIMS). Teachers are not leaving because they want to. They are leaving because they are forced to survive,” said Bernardo. “If the government refuses to fix the fundamentally low salaries in the Philippines, more teachers will continue to leave. Repatriation programs will not solve a crisis that the government itself refuses to address.”

ACT added that the President’s emphasis on professional growth and career progression rings hollow in the face of economic hardship. While more than 65,000 promotions were cited, the group pointed out that this represents only a miniscule fraction of the entire teaching workforce.

“Sixty-five thousand is not even ten percent of all teaching personnel. Is this something to celebrate, when the vast majority remain stuck in low ranks and low pay?” Bernardo said.

ACT reiterated its long-standing demands for substantial wage increases and benefits, calling on the administration to go beyond rhetoric and deliver immediate relief.

“As prices of oil and basic goods rise, teachers and workers are forced to stretch already inadequate incomes just to survive. We demand a salary increase to P50,000 for entry-level teachers, a P5,000 Personnel Economic Relief Allowance, and a P1,200 daily minimum wage for all workers,” Bernardo said.

The group also pushed back against the framing of a “more uncertain world,” stressing that global instability is driven by imperialist aggression and economic exploitation that ultimately burden working people, including Filipino teachers.

“The same global forces that drive war and economic instability are the ones pushing up the prices of oil and basic goods, making life even harder for teachers and workers,” Bernardo said. “In this context, to praise teachers while denying them a living wage is not recognition but blatant abandonment.”

ACT concluded by calling on the public to intensify collective action and forge stronger unity across sectors to press for urgent economic relief and fundamental reforms in the education system.

“The Marcos regime has proven itself inutile. For nearly two months of this crisis he has done nothing to help his countrymen. We call on fellow workers, farmers, small business owners, the youth, and all democratic forces to close ranks, forge unity across sectors, and wage a determined struggle for our rights, for immediate relief, and for structural reforms that serve the Filipino working people. On May 1 we march, on May 1 we will flood the streets,” Bernardo declared. #

Press Release | April 16, 2026
ACT: Decent and liveable salaries “more important than ever” for teachers amid deepened economic crisis

Resisting Imperialist Wars: From World War I to US Aggression in Iran

Organized by Tanggol Kasaysayan, Congress of Teachers/Educators for Nationalism and Democracy, All UP Academic Employees Union, International League of Peoples' Struggle Commission 11, and the Alliance of Concerned Teachers

17 April 2026, 1:00PM
Museum of Filipino Architecture
College of Architecture, University of the Philippines - Diliman

Jervy C. Briones
University of the Philippines Los Baños
“Revisiting Rosa Luxemburg and Kwame Nkrumah in the Age of Hyper-Imperialism in Iran and Asia"

Marie Beatriz D. Gulinao
Ateneo de Manila University
"Mga Pook Paggunita bilang Pagkontra sa Imperyalismo: Pagsusuri sa Bahay na P**a sa San Ildelfonso, Bulacan at Hukbalahap Monument sa San Luis, Pampanga"

Leo Angelo A. Nery
Far Eastern University
“Nationalist perspectives on science as anti-imperialist responses: Notes on science and decolonization from Rizal to Liga ng Agham para sa Bayan”

Ma. Sonia A. Tomalabcad Judge Juan Luna High School
"Pagsusuri sa Kurikulum at Edukasyon sa Pananaw Anti-Imperyalista"

Janet S. Reguindin-Estella
University of the Philippines Diliman
Moderator

Ang No To Oil Price Hike Coalition - Pasig ay malapad na alyansa ng mamamayang lumalaban para matigil ang walang habas na pagtaas ng presyo ng petrolyo. Kabilang sa alyansa ang mga manggagawa sa transportasyon sa iba’t ibang moda (PUJ, UVE, MC Taxi, TNVS, bus, tricycle, at iba pa), mga motorista, mga komyuter, mga konsyumer, at lahat ng sektor na apektado ng pagtaas ng presyo ng krudo.

Naniniwala ang No To Oil Price Hike Coalition - Pasig na kayang makontrol ng estado ang pagtataas ng presyo ng krudo at mabigyan ng alwan ang mga apektado nito sa pamamagitan ng mga polisiyang pumapabor sa mamamayan, hindi sa mayayamang kompanya ng langis tulad ng Shell, Caltex, at Petron. Naniniwala din ang No To Oil Price Hike Coalition - Pasig na ang walang tigil na panggegera ng US para sa langis ang siyang pangunahing dahilan ng walang tigil din na pagtaas ng presyo ng krudo, kaya’t dapat itong ipanawagang tumigil.

Ang 6-point Demands ng No To Oil Price Hike Coalition - Pasig

1. Tanggalin ang VAT at excise tax sa produktong petrolyo.
2. I-rollback ang presyo ng krudo sa P55.00.
3. Ibasura ang Oil Deregulation Law at magpatupad ng price controls sa petrolyo.
4. Ipatupad ang mga fare hike sa lahat ng moda ng transportasyon, kasabay ng pagpapatupad ng P1,200 family living wage.
5. Isabansa ang industriya ng langis. Sa kagyat, ang gobyerno ang bumili ng krudo at ibenta ito sa mas mababang halaga.
6. Itigil ang gerang agresyon ng US.

Sinumang kaisa sa 6-point demands ng No To Oil Price Hike Coalition - Pasig ay maaaring sumali sa alyansa.

Ngayong Marso 26-27, 2026, maglulunsad ng welga at protestang bayan ang mga kasapi ng alyansa para itulak ang 6-point demands, singilin ang gobyernong Marcos na inutil sa pagtugon sa krisis sa langis, at paingayin ang panawagan para sa pagpapatigil ng gera ng US.

Inaasahang kung linggo-linggo ang pagtataas ng presyo ng krudo, linggo-linggo rin ang magiging aksyon ng No To Oil Price Hike Coalition - Pasig.

Presyo ng langis, ibaba, i-rollback!
VAT at excise tax sa langis, tanggalin!
Oil deregulation law, ibasura!
Fare hike, ipatupad! Sahod, itaas!
Industriya ng langis, isabansa!
Gerang agresyon ng US, itigil!