BUTUAN CITY, Philippines — The Aquino administration will continue to push for the revised Magna Carta for Teachers to ensure a better working environment for the mentors and support the continuing capacity building for teachers, report from the Caraga regional office of the Philippine Information Agency said.
The Department of Education said it would continue promoting accountability among teachers and encouraged them to organize themselves into forming professional learning communities and support of improving student learning approaches, the report added.
Education Secretary Armin Luistro noted that the education department is striving hard to support the educational efforts of the teachers by making teacher education and development a second key reform thrust of Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda aimed at improving learning outcomes through improved teaching quality.
DepEd is now using the competency-based Teachers Standard (CBTS) for recruitment, selection and hiring of teachers to ensure that only the best will mentor the learners, the report concludes.
By Ben Serrano (The Philippine Star) Updated November 04, 2010