QC teachers will continue getting allowances: SB

Speaker Feliciano "Sonny" Belmonte Jr. assured some 9,000 public school teachers in Quezon City that he will continue giving them additional allowances if he wins as city mayor on May 14.

Belmonte, mayoral candidate of the administration People Power Coalition, said teachers need not worry about their supplementary allowances.

The teachers are getting an additional P1,000 from the local school board and another P1,000 from the general fund on top of their basic monthly pay of about P9,000.

The Speaker was one of the principal authors of the Salary Standardization Law for government personnel. The law increased the pay levels in public schools from about P3,000 to a minimum of P8,605 a month.

He said aside from granting whatever benefits teachers are presently receiving, the city under his stewardship would also conduct skills improvement training programs.

He said teacher skills improvement would be part of his focus on education that also envisions the distribution of computers in all public schools in the city.

As a three-term congressman representing the city’s fourth district, Belmonte distributed 800 computer units among public schools in his constituency.

The PPC candidate is way ahead of his two opponents. In a survey conducted by independent pollster Smart Research Services, Inc. last month, Belmonte led his closest opponent by almost 2 to 1.

Of the 2,200 respondents, 54.7 percent said they would vote for Belmonte against his closest rival’s 28 percent.