Senator Win Gatchalian said the Department of Education (DepEd) needs 43,000 teachers for the school year 2020-2021.
“Tiningnan din namin ‘yung hiring ng DepEd at lumalabas na mayroon pang 43,000 na mga available positions for teachers natin, marami pa medyo nagulat din ako,” said Gatchalian, chairman of Senate Committee on Basic Educations, Culture, and Arts.
“Hinihikayat natin ang ating mga teacher and non-teaching staff na mag-apply sa DepEd. Medyo mahigpit ang qualification ng DepEd dahil dapat LET passer ka, dapat nakapasa ka ng board pero ganoon pa man, doon sa mga teacher natin na nawalan ng trabaho, ito ay isang magandang oportunidad,” the senator added.
According to the legislator, there are 3,200 displaced private school teachers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which, if qualified, can be absorbed by DepEd.
“Kung sila ay qualified, lalo na kung maganda ‘yung kanilang experience, puwede sila kaagad ma-absorb. Ang public school system natin palaki nang palaki even sa ganitong pandemya, almost 95% ang enrollment natin sa public schools natin, ibig sabihin nangangailangan pa tayo ng mga guro,” Gatchalian explained.
The senator said most of the DepEd vacancies are from the National Capital Region and other highly urbanized areas such as Cebu and Davao.
“Ito ‘yung mga malalaking siyudad, center of gravity, pumupunta talaga riyan ang mga tao kaya may available na trabaho para sa ating mga teacher,” added Gatchalian.
Education Undersecretary for Legislative Affairs, External Partnerships and Project Management Service Tonisito Umali said in an interview on Dobol B as News TV that over 24 million students already enrolled.
The school year 2020-2021 will open in public elementary and high schools on October 5.
DepEd Hiring Guidelines for Teachers
- DepEd Order No. 7, s. 2015, Hiring Guidelines for Teacher I Positions Effective School Year (SY) 2015-2016
- DepEd Order No. 22, s. 2015, Hiring Guidelines for the Remaining Teaching Positions Effective School YEAR (SY) 2015-2016
- DepEd Order No. 3, s. 2016, Hiring Guidelines for Senior High School (SHS) Teaching Positions Effective School Year (SY) 2016-2017
- DepEd Order No. 9, s. 2016, Reinforcement of DepEd Order Nos. 7 and 22, s. 2015 as the Hiring Guidelines for Kindergarten to Grade 10 Teaching Positions
- DepEd Order No. 32, s. 2016, Addendum to DepEd Order No. 3, s. 2016 (Hiring Guidelines for Senior High School (SHS) Teaching Positions Effective School Year (SY) 2016-2017
- DepEd Order No. 49, s. 2016, Guidelines on the Hiring of Contractual (Full-Time and Part-Time) Teachers in Senior High School
- DepEd Order No. 50, s. 2017, Hiring Guidelines for Teacher I Positions in Schools Implementing Indigenous Peoples Education Effective School Year 2016-2017
- DepEd Order No. 51, s. 2017, Amended Qualifications Standards for Senior High School Teaching Positions in the Technical-Vocational-Livelihood Track and Other Clarifications on the Hiring Guidelines