LAWS RELEVANT

TO THE
TEACHING
PROFESSION
GROUP 5
MEMBERS:
 REYES, PATRICIA ERIKA M.
 MAGBANUA, JAYDE
 JAVA, ULYSSES
 LEGARDA REGENE
 MENDEZ, CHRISTIAN JOHN
 JUGAS, JOHN KENNETH
COMMONWEALTH ACT NO.
177
 This act places public school teachers under the Civil Service Rules and
Regulations, Particularly those that affect their examination, appointment,
transfer, separation, suspension and reinstatement. This Act protects the
teacher’s tenure of office. ( Approved, Nov. 13, 1936 ) 1.2 Commonwealth Act
No. 578 This law recognizes supervisors, teachers, and professors of public
and recognized private schools as persons in authority. Any person guilty of
assault made directly or indirectly upon a supervisor, teacher, or professor will
be subject to penalty or imprisonment ranging from six months and one day to
six years and a fine from P500.00 to P1,000.00. ( Approved, June 8, 1940 )
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 660
 This Act amended Section 12 of Commonwealth Act 186. The Act provides for
automatic retirement at the age of 65 if the teacher has completed 15 years of
service. If he has not, he shall be allowed to continue in service until he
completes 15 years, unless he is otherwise eligible for disability retirement.
Upon specific approval of the President of the Republic of the Philippines, an
employee may be allowed to continue to serve after the age of 65 if he
possesses special qualifications and his service are needed.
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 842 ( AMENDED
R. A. NO. 312 )
 The salary Act of 1953 (R.A No. 842) provides for a revised salary scale and
automatic salary increases for public school officials, teachers, and other
school personnel. This law allocates the grades and the salary scale for the
various positions. After the adjustments in salary has been provided, increases
for regular personnel shall be automatically effected until the maximum rates
have been attained. (Approved, May 1, 1953)
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1079
 This law provides that civil service eligibility shall be permanent
and shall have no limit. This Act states that bar and board
examination which require the candidates to have four years of
college training and two years of experience are considered
equivalent to the first grade regular examination; and those
requiring less than four years of preparation are equivalent to the
second grade regular examination. (Approved, June 15, 1954)
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4670,
“ THE MAGNA CARTA FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL
TEACHERS”
 The purpose of this Act is to promote and improve the social and economic
status of public school teachers – their living and working conditions, their
terms of employment and career prospects. This will help public school
teachers compare favorably with other professionals and therefore will attract
and retain in the teaching profession more qualified people who are aware that
education is an essential factor in the economic growth of the nation. (cf.
Inclosure 1 and 2 for the full text)
 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.
688
 Issued April 22, 1975, the Decree returns to the Civil Service
Commission (CSC) the power to give appropriate examination for
public school teachers considering the fact that the CSC has better
facilities than the DEC which continues to administer tests with the
CSC’s cooperation. 3.2 Presidential Decree No. 220 – Exempting
SSS Benefits, Retirement Gratuities, Pensions and Similar Benefits
from Payment of Income Tax, Issued June 20, 1973.
 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.
1148
 Amending and Increasing the Pension of the Teachers Retired Under Act No.
3050 as Amended. Issued May 31, 1997. Section 1 – The pension of a teacher
who retired under Act No. 3050 shall be increased by one hundred pesos
monthly, and that of every one of his/her beneficiaries, by fifty pesos monthly.
Section 2 – Appropriations for the fiscal year and annually thereafter shall
come from inappropriate funds of the National Treasury.
 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
NO. 1006
–Providing for the Professionalization of Teachers, Regulating their
Practice in the Philippines and for Other Purpose. Issued Sept. 22,
1976. The decree is known as the Decree Professionalizing
Teaching. A National Board for Teachers is created, chaired by the
DEC Secretary, with the Chairman of the Civil Service
Commission, the Commissioner of the Professional Regulation
Commission, and two from the private sector to be appointed by the
President as members.
LETTERS OF INSTRUCTIONS (LOIS)
4.3 LOI NO. 998
On the Purchase of Uniforms for Certain Agencies of the National

Government. Issued March 13, 1980. - School teachers shall be given the
option to receive their uniform allowance in the form of cash or in the form of
material centrally procured by the Ministry of Education and Culture at its
head office or the regional office from HERDITEX Incorporated. 4.6 LOI No.
1414 – Directing the Evaluation of Proposal Intended to Improve Teacher
Welfare. Issued June 22, 1984.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 696
 Granting Career Executive Service Officer (CESO) Rank to Graduates of the
National Defense College of the Philippines. Issued: May 27, 1981. - Holders
of the degree of Master Of National Security Administration shall be given
preference in promotion to existing vacant positions, as well as assignments to
higher responsibility, particularly those involving policy formulation in their
respective units, ministries, agencies, offices or entities. - Initially, NDCP
graduates belonging to the government service shall be granted the rank of
CESO III with corresponding compensation and other privileges in the Career
Executive Service.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 189
 Legal Rights for Teachers Labor standards laws fix and prescribe the minimum
terms and conditions of employment such as wages, allowances, and benefits.
They provide minimal standards of living for health efficiency and general
well-being of the teachers. 5.4.1 Wages / Salaries The International Labor
Organization – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (ILO- UNESCO) Conference in Paris, France adopted on Oct. 5,
1966 the following recommendations that would provide just wages to
teachers.
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1265
AN ACT MAKING FLAG CEREMONY
COMPULSORY IN ALL EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS
 All educational institutions shall henceforth observe daily flag ceremony,
which shall be simple and dignified and shall include the playing or singing of
the Philippine National Anthem.
 Failure or refusal to observe the flag ceremony provided by this Act and in
accordance with rules and regulations issued by the Secretary of Education,
after proper notice and hearing, shall subject the educational institution
concerned and its head to public censure as an administrative punishment
which shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation.
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 139
BOARD OF TEXTBOOKS
 A board is hereby created which shall be known as the Board on
Textbooks and shall have charge of the selection and approval of
textbooks to be used in the public schools. The textbooks selected
and approved shall be used for a period of at least six years from
the date of their Board which shall have the power to prohibit the
use of any of said textbooks which it may find to be against the law
or to offend the dignity and honor of the Government and people of
the Philippines, or which it may find to be against the general
policies of the Government, or which it may deem pedagogically
unsuitable.
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6728
PROVIDING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS AND
TEACHERS IN PRIVATE EDUCATION
 It is declared policy of the State in conformity with the mandate of the
Constitution, to promote and make quality education accessible to all Filipino
citizens. The programs for assistance shall be based on a set of criteria which
shall include, among others, tuition fees charged by the schools, the socio-
economic needs of each region, overall performance of the schools, the
academic qualifications and the financial needs of the students, as well as the
geographic spread and size of student population.