The Department of Education yesterday announced that all eligible public school teachers nationwide are set to receive the World Teachers’ Day Incentive Benefit before the WTD celebration on Oct. 5.
DepEd said that all eligible public school teachers – who are in service at the department as of Sept. 30, 2019 – will receive the WTDIB “as a show of gratitude for the hard work and commitment to develop and nurture the country’s future leaders and nation builders.”
“The WTDIB, in the amount of P1,000, shall be given to each entitled public school teacher not earlier than Oct. 5 of this year,” DepEd said.
The WTDIB, DepEd explained, was made possible through the agency’s Special Provision No. 12 under Republic Act No. 11260 (General Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2019 or “An Act Appropriating Funds for the Operation of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines from January One to December Thirty-One, Two Thousand Nineteen and for Other Purposes).
DepEd also clarified that not all public school teachers are eligible to receive the P1,000 WTDIB.
DepEd said that “ineligible” for the WTDIB are public school teachers “who are on absence without leaver as of Sept. 30, 2019” as well as those “who are no longer in service as of Sept. 30, 2019.”
DepEd noted that public school teachers “who are found guilty of any offense in connection with their work from Sept. 30, 2018 to Sept. 30, 2019” as well as “those who will be hired after Sept. 30, 2019” are also not eligible for the WTDIB. (Ina Malipot)
