Marcos pledges to improve teachers' welfare with reduced workload, higher pay, and new positions

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. reaffirmed his administration's commitment to improving public school teachers' welfare during his fourth State of the Nation Address on Monday.

Marcos highlighted measures such as reducing workloads, increasing compensation, and expanding career opportunities for educators.

Teachers' administrative tasks were reduced by nearly 100 items, cutting their workload by 57 percent, according to DepEd reports.

To further ease paperwork, remaining forms will be digitized for online submission through new laptops provided to teachers.

Starting this school year, public school teachers will receive payment for teaching overload and overtime hours, while the non-taxable teaching supplies allowance has been doubled to PHP10,000.

The President also announced the creation of 60,000 teaching positions to reduce class sizes and enhance instruction quality, with over 97 percent of new positions already filled.

In late 2025, DepEd will launch the Teacher Education Excellence Center (TEEC) for evidence-based training programs, supporting long-term growth in teacher education.