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Teachers Call For Release of Reimbursement For Communication Allowance

Teachers are calling on the education department to release reimbursements for communication expenses incurred while conducting online classes during the pandemic from March to December last year. The teachers cite difficulties with the distance learning setup and are requesting easier reimbursement processes and higher internet allowances to help support their work.

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Teachers Call For Release of Reimbursement For Communication Allowance

Teachers are calling on the education department to release reimbursements for communication expenses incurred while conducting online classes during the pandemic from March to December last year. The teachers cite difficulties with the distance learning setup and are requesting easier reimbursement processes and higher internet allowances to help support their work.

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Teachers call for release of

reimbursement for
communication allowance
Teachers on Tuesday pressed the
education department for
reimbursements to their communication
allowance for online classes under
distance learning, which had been in
effect due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers in a letter
sent to Secretary Leonor Briones cited "an
overwhelming number" of complaints from
public school teachers across the country for
the incomplete or unreleased P300 expense per
month, from March to December of last year.
"We implore the agency to be conscious
and sensitive of the realities of our
teachers who were suddenly thrust in the
work-from-home set-up and distance
learning modes without the needed
technological and logistical support from
the government," ACT wrote.
Classes in the Philippines resumed
in October after being cut abrupt
by the health crisis.
But it has largely been held online
apart from lessons being aired on
TV or radio, and printed modules
given to those without the means.
The new learning setup has since
birthed to various difficulties for
both teachers and students, such as
on access to internet, availability of
gadgets and errors in resources.
Per DepEd's figures, some two million
enrolled in the previous year had
opted to skip school in 2020, with
many in private school also
transferring to public institutions.
"The least the agency can do immediately is
to ensure that the teachers benefit from
the communication expense reimbursement
allowed by the agency order, without
making the whole process another burden
to them," the teachers' group added.
Reasons preventing teachers to get their
reimbursements, ACT said, include non-
availability of funds, stringent
requirements or no uniform
implementation, as well as non-
dissemination of DepEd's order for the said
expenses.
The department through the said order in
November allowed for the reimbursement
of communication expenses as the work-
from-home setup took place due to the
pandemic.
ACT renewed its call for a P1,500-internet
allowance for teachers and DepEd
employees, which they said is "a crucial
input in the delivery of education and
related services."
Education officials have yet to
comment on the ACT's letter
to Briones.
Another group, the Teachers' Dignity
Coaliton, had the same plea to DepEd,
saying the P300 monthly or only $6, is not
enough.
We are glad that there is a P300 funding
per month for our expenses. But we
hope the reimbursement process would
be made easier.
Do we have to ask for receipts in
loading stations or stores from
March to get it?
The second quarter of the ongoing
school year began on January 4, with
the fate of resuming in-person classes
still hanging on the balance.
President Rodrigo Duterte had earlier
allowed DepEd for a pilot run on
physical classes, only to take it back
due to the threat of the new
coronavirus variant.
It remains unclear to date what DepEd's
plans are for resuming face-to-face
classes, despite claiming that the
transmission of the virus is least likely to
happen in schools.
The Duterte administration has also
admitted that the said learning
setup, marred by challenges, is far
from ideal.

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