UMAPELA ang Alliance of Concerned Teachers sa Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Education at Commission on Higher Education na tulungan ang mga guro sa pribadong paaralan dahil hindi katulad sa pampublikong paaralan marami sa kanila ay no work, no pay.
Ayon kay Assistant Minority Leader at ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro maraming guro ang wala panga natatanggap na socio-economic aid mula sa gobyerno mula ng ipatupad ang Enhanced Community Quarantine.
“Educators in the public and private sector in both basic and tertiary education also need socio-economic aid brought by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A number of private school teachers and education support personnel in the private sector are still contractual employees and are no-work-no-pay workers and should be included in the amelioration programs of government.”
Ayon kay Castro ang mga guro sa pampubliko at pribadong paaralan ay hindi kasali sa Social Amelioration Program.
May mga pribadong paaralan naman na hindi nakaabot sa deadline ng DOLE para sa COVID-19 Adjustment Measures Program (CAMP) para makakuha sana ng P5,000 one-time assistance.
Ang mga pribadong paaralan ay hindi rin ikinokonsidera na bahagi ng Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
“Teachers are now uncertain if they would be able to avail of any government amelioration program,” ani Castro. “Teachers in both the public and private sectors are not spared by the adverse effects of the enhanced community quarantine. We urge the DOLE, DepED and CHED to also extend aid to teachers in need of financial assistance amid the COVID-19 pandemic. We are already into the sixth week of the enhanced community quarantine, it is high time that the Duterte administration, especially the DOLE, DepEd and CHED, look into providing socio-economic aid to our educators in need amid the COVID-19 pandemic.”