He added the government only needs to allocate an additional P2 billion when the amount reaches P7,500 and P4.5 billion when it reaches P10,000 in the year 2025. Revilla also noted that the current teachers allowance allocation under the General Appropriations Act is P4.8 billion. The additional benefits shall not be subject to tax, it added. Under Senate Bill 1964 the teaching allowance gradually increases from the current P5,000 to P7,500 for school year 2023-2024 and P10,000 per teacher in the succeeding school years. “Teaching is the one profession that creates other professions, even the President of the country or even the bravest Senator - their thoughts and personality were shaped by our teachers,” Revilla said in mixed Filipino and English.

A box of chalk costs P68, a ream of bond paper costs P120, not including the internet load,” Revilla said in his sponsorship speech. “The current cash allowance also includes a P500 allocation for medical examination if we deduct that from the purchase of teaching materials and equipment, it will only drop to P22 pesos per day. Ramon Bong Revilla Jr., noted public school teachers are “overworked and yet, underpaid,” receiving only P24 a day under the current P5,000 teaching supplies allowance for the entire schoolyear. (SBN) 1964, to be known as or the Kabalikat sa Pagtuturo Act, inched closer to ratification and enrolment for the President’s signing it into law. With a unanimous vote of 22 senators present, Senate Bill No. THE Senate unanimously passed Monday on third and final reading an enabling legislation increasing the yearly supplies allowance of of all public school teachers.

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