MANILA, Philippines — A group of private school educators called on President Marcos Jr. on Labor Day to raise private school teachers' salaries and to institutionalize a national minimum salary standard for them.
Geronimo added that teachers want the institutionalization of a minimum salary standard for private school teachers, "at par with public school teachers, to improve their standards of living amid the continuous inflation." A 2023 survey by ACT among over 100 teachers in 74 private schools and universities found most private school teachers earn less than their public school counterparts and do not have a collective bargaining agreement with their employers.
Only out of five earned wages equal to the estimated family living wage — or wage ensuring decent living conditions — by the economic think tank Ibon Foundation, which is at P35,000.According to economic think tank IBON Foundation, the current average daily minimum wage nationwide of P440 is not enough to meet the family living wage, which is estimated at P1,207.
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