TEACHERS employed by the Department of Education (DepEd) would each receive a P1,000 World Teachers’ Day Incentive Benefit (WTDIB) on October 5, Makati 2nd District Rep. Luis Campos Jr. said.
Campos is a vice chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations.
Congress earmarked P912 million to fund the incentive, he said in a statement on Thursday.
“We are determined to sustain the annual funding for the WTDIB for our teachers. In fact, the 2025 national budget we approved last month includes another P955 million allocation for this benefit,” he said.
Before going on recess last month, the House of Representatives approved the General Appropriations Bill or the national budget bill for 2025.
Congress first included the WTDIB as part of the General Appropriations Law of 2019.
Campos has been advocating for a law to increase the benefit to P3,000 per teacher.
“We must augment the value of the WTDIB and make the grant of this incentive permanent through legislation,” he said.
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