THE DEPARTMENT of Education will create new career opportunities for teachers as it revises the Career Progression System for Public School Teachers.

The DepEd worked closely with the Department of Budget and Management and the Civil Service Commission in the career progression reform. The initiative seeks to ensure more opportunities for career movement, professional growth and financial stability for high-performing and deserving teachers.

“We are continuously finding ways to give our teachers the necessary benefits and assistance they should be receiving with or without the pandemic. We are committed to help them, especially in these trying times,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said.

If approved, the revised system will create new teaching positions like Teacher IV, V, VI, VII and Master Teacher V.

Meanwhile, Education Undersecretary for Finance Annalyn Sevilla said that the department is already processing the second tranche of the salary increase for its teaching and non-teaching personnel in line with the Salary Standardization Law.

“Taon-taon po ay natatanggap natin ang salary increase. Nagsimula po ito sa administration ng ating Pangulo, tinuloy-tuloy po nila ito, kasama ang mga teachers,” Sevilla said during the EdukAksyon Virtual Visit and Press Conference in Region 9 on April 20.

“It’s not just for teachers but all of us in the government will have that salary increase. It is already in our budget proposal. It is already in our projections at lahat po ito ay ating pinaghahandaan,” she added.

In 2020, the salary of a Master Teacher I increased by 3.75 percent amounting to P1,522, from P40,637 to P42,159. By the fourth tranche of the SSL V in 2023, the salary for Master Teacher I will be P46,725.

The Master Teacher III and Master Teacher IV positions were created in 2010 and 2012, respectively. From P39,768 in 2016, the basic monthly salary of a Master Teacher III increased to P54,251 in 2021. A Master Teacher IV now receives P60,901 from P43,439 in 2016.