Another public school teacher aired through social media his complaint about a comfort room that has been converted into a faculty room in Tondo, Manila.
Danilo Acosta Lumabas, a Social Studies teacher at Felipe Calderon Integrated High School in Tondo uploaded a photo on Facebook showing his table in an old restroom turned into a faculty room. An old toilet bowl was placed under his desk.
“Oo. Table ko itong napanood ninyo sa TV. Dating cubicle ito ng CR. Sa ilang taon, natutunan na namin dito na mag-adapt. Nalampasan na namin ang mga panahon na nagtatanong kami kung bakit ganito,” Lumabas said in his post.
“Nagawan na namin ng paraan na gamitin kung anuman ang mayroon kami. Mula mismo sa sarili kong bulsa,” he added.
However, Lumabas said their situation was unjustifiable and the support of government in education was still not enough.
“PERO HINDI ITO DAPAT NA GANITO. Nandudumilat pa rin ang katotohanan na hindi sapat ang binibigay ng gobyerno para sa edukasyon. Hindi pa rin sapat ang binibigay na sweldo sa mga guro. Hindi sapat ang mga pasilidad,” Lumabas said.
“Hindi kami pulos hingi nang hingi. Sa hirap na dinadanas ngayon ng mga guro, marapat lamang na maibigay sa aming hanay ang nararapat para sa amin upang hindi lang isang hungkag na kataga ang ikinakapit sa aming propesyon bilang ‘pinakamarangal sa lahat’,” he said.
In an interview, Louie Zabala, faculty club president of Felipe Calderon Integrated High School, said the supposed comfort room was transformed into faculty room in 2007 because the original faculty room was already congested.
“Tinurn-over ang building pero walang linya ng tubig. We asked the permission of our principal to occupy the CR dahil congested kami sa original faculty room namin. Pumayag naman siya,” Zabala bared.
Zabala also said they used their own money for the room to have a power line and aircon.
“Mahirap magtrabaho sa congested at masikip na space. It will remain as a faculty room, wala naman available space para pagdalhan sa amin,” Zabala added. (Erma Edera)
