MARIKINA City Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo urged the Department of Education to provide Covid19 special risk allowance for teachers that will participate in face-to-face classes.

In House Resolution 2410, Quimbo pushed for the prioritization of teachers for Covid19 vaccination booster doses.

“Given the important role of teachers as our frontliners in the education sector, all measures must be implemented to ensure their safety and proper compenstion be paid to them commensurate to the risk they are exposed to,” Quimbo said.

She explained that the teachers who participated in face-to-face classes face risks given that their students are likely to be unvaccinated.

This is evidenced by the findings of DepEd from October 2021 that only 0.14 percent of minors aged 12-17 and only 50.33 percent of teaching and non-teaching personnel are fully vaccinated.