This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.Will the Marcos administration make good on its promise to improve the welfare of teachers? Neo Villareal, a public school teacher for almost seven years in Laguna, had planned to leave the Philippines in search of better opportunities abroad. With a meager salary of around P31,000 per month, he struggles to make ends meet as the breadwinner of his family.
Though he doesn’t have a wife or children, Villareal supports his unemployed parents and his brother, who also depends on him. His financial situation worsened further due to loan payments, leaving him with a take-home pay of only around P6,000. This is the harsh and discouraging reality faced by many teachers in the Philippines who have devoted their lives to improving education in the country. Villareal, though passionate about teaching as it has always been his childhood dream, finds it increasingly difficult to remain in a profession that offers limited financial and professional growth. “Being a teacher abroad can provide financial stability. As they say, teaching is a vocation, a calling, but a calling alone won’t put food on the table. For someone like me, where teaching is the bread and butter, it’s not sufficient. We’re overworked and underpaid.” Entry-level teachers with a Teacher I designation earn P27,000 per month. According to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), an average of 1,500 teachers left the country annually between 2013 and 2017, often in search of better pay and working conditions abroa
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