Liberal Party Senatorial candidate ‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta joins the international community in honoring women today. March 8, 2010 is the 91st International Women’s Day.
As this occasion showcases how women are truly ”resourceful, resilient and courageous in these times of hardship”, Acosta also uses this as an opportunity to honor Filipino school teachers—many of them women.
“Our teachers have been exemplary role models for our students especially in the countryside. They go beyond teaching Math, Science and Languages, and go the distance in imparting knowledge on life skills and life lessons. I am proud to be a product of countryside teaching at Our Lady of Lourdes in Camp Philips, Bukidnon where I finished my elementary education. Teachers, the nurturers of the future of our country, should be very well taken care of,” Acosta says.
Higher salaries and more benefits
Acosta adds that these women teachers located in the countryside have been long neglected by the government. Most of them live in poverty or below the minimum standard and have difficulty sending their own children to school. This is ironic given that for several years, the Department of Education (DepEd) has been getting the biggest chunk of the national budget. However, the DepEd has been plagued by corruption scandals including substandard school buildings, defective textbooks and anomalous student feeding programs. “Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap na teachers!” says Acosta.
‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta emphasizes the strong and urgent need for the government to provide Filipino teachers with their basic rights and privileges — including increasing the teachers’ wages and salaries, sick leaves and vacation leaves, medical and life insurance, and other necessary benefits.
As this occasion showcases how women are truly ”resourceful, resilient and courageous in these times of hardship”, Acosta also uses this as an opportunity to honor Filipino school teachers—many of them women.
“Our teachers have been exemplary role models for our students especially in the countryside. They go beyond teaching Math, Science and Languages, and go the distance in imparting knowledge on life skills and life lessons. I am proud to be a product of countryside teaching at Our Lady of Lourdes in Camp Philips, Bukidnon where I finished my elementary education. Teachers, the nurturers of the future of our country, should be very well taken care of,” Acosta says.
Higher salaries and more benefits
Acosta adds that these women teachers located in the countryside have been long neglected by the government. Most of them live in poverty or below the minimum standard and have difficulty sending their own children to school. This is ironic given that for several years, the Department of Education (DepEd) has been getting the biggest chunk of the national budget. However, the DepEd has been plagued by corruption scandals including substandard school buildings, defective textbooks and anomalous student feeding programs. “Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap na teachers!” says Acosta.
‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta emphasizes the strong and urgent need for the government to provide Filipino teachers with their basic rights and privileges — including increasing the teachers’ wages and salaries, sick leaves and vacation leaves, medical and life insurance, and other necessary benefits.
