FILE PHOTO: ACT Lecturers party-list Rep. France Castro | PHOTO: Official fb web page of the Home of Representatives of the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines—The Alliance of Involved Lecturers (ACT) and its members within the Home of Representatives expressed reduction and appreciation for the Division of Training’s determination to chorus from penalizing a trainer who scolded her college students in a viral put up on-line.
In a press release on Friday (March 22), ACT Lecturers Rep. France Castro stated it was good that the DepEd understood that lecturers have so many duties and are susceptible to extreme stress, which can result in outbursts like that proven by the trainer.
“Alam naman natin na napakabigat ng working situations ng mga guro sa ngayon at namomroblema pa sila sa liit ng sahod, sa laki ng class dimension, mga hinahabol na pressing experiences at dagdag na mga administrative at ancillary duties, kaya minsan ay napupuno na din talaga ang mga guro pero dapat ay sa mas maayos na paraan ito nailalabas,” Castro stated.
(Everyone knows that the working situations endured by lecturers now, issues about low salaries, big class sizes, beating deadlines for pressing experiences, and extra administrative duties at ancillary duties are causes for why typically a trainer’s persistence may run out.)
“Dapat dagdagan na din talaga ng steering counselors at psychologist sa mga paaralan at maglunsad ng psychological well being actions para di nagkakaroon ng outbursts o psychological breakdown ang mga guro, estudyante at iba pang mga nasa paaralan,” she added.
(We must always improve the variety of steering counselors and psychologists inside colleges and launch psychological well being actions in order that lecturers wouldn’t have outbursts or psychological breakdowns for lecturers, college students, and different folks in colleges.)
Final Monday (March 18), DepEd stated a show-cause order was issued in opposition to the trainer whose video berating her college students made the rounds on social media, with the division promising to research it.
READ: Indignant trainer in viral video issued present trigger order – DepEd
Training Secretary and Vice President Sara Duterte stated that there could be no penalties for the trainer, advising her to cease holding lessons when she is indignant.
READ: VP Sara to trainer scolding her pupils: ‘Cease holding class when indignant’
Castro additionally known as on the Home to prioritize a invoice that will defend lecturers from wrongful accusations of kid abuse. In March 2023, a technical working group was fashioned to consolidate three payments, together with one authored by Castro, that search to safeguard the welfare of lecturers wrongly accused of abuse.
“Other than these, we’re calling on the Home management to expedite the passage of a substitute invoice that consolidates totally different proposals in search of to guard lecturers and instructors from wrongful accusations of kid abuse, which was already accepted on the committee degree Could final yr however is but to be scheduled for plenary discussions up until now,” she stated
Castro stated her party-list group filed the Lecturers’ Safety Invoice within the 18th Congress and, as chair of the technical working group that reviewed the proposed measure, labored on swift motion on the invoice as soon as it was returned to the Home Committee on Fundamental Training and Tradition, which Rep. Roman Romulo chairs.
ACT chairperson Vladimer Quetua stated the DepEd’s non-punitive response to the problem is a welcome improvement.
“Kinikilala namin ang naging hakbang ng ahensya sa pagresolba sa isyung kinaharap ng kapwa namin guro. Mahalaga na narinig ang panig ng guro at maintindihan ang pinanggagalingan nito,” Quetua stated.
(We acknowledge the steps taken by the company in resolving the problems confronted by our fellow trainer. It is necessary for us that lecturers could be heard concerning their complaints and hardships.)
“Hindi naman lingid sa kaalaman ng marami na bukod sa mismong pangangasiwa sa outsized lessons, dagdag pa sa mga iniisip ng mga guro ang mababang sweldo, at pagpasan sa mga kakulangan sa paaralan at dagdag na mga trabahong labas sa pagtuturo,” he added.
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(It’s not a secret that lecturers additionally consider, other than monitoring and supervising outsized lessons, low salaries, materials shortages in colleges, and extra work outdoors of precise educating.)