Truly a teacher for others

Could a teacher love her profession so much, enough to risk her life for her students?

Without hesitation, 27-year-old Lorna Ibban Pulalon, once said she would die for her students.

And she did.

The Friday of Oct. 22, 2010 seemed like any ordinary day for the teachers and students of Talisayan Elementary School in Zamboanga city. The afternoon session had just begun and Lorna was busy teaching her grade two pupils inside their classroom. Suddenly, a man who brought the son of his landlord to school ran amok and went on a stabbing spree. The man was an ex-inmate.

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Must teachers retire at 65?

 It is difficult to prescribe when a teacher must retire. The mandatory retirement age for government employees is 65, but who can really say when a teacher has outgrown his/her usefulness.

For sure, there are those who, even at the “tender” age of 50, are no longer capable to teach. This could be for any reason: a sudden ailment, disability due to a serious illness or accident, mental incapacity, or sheer fatigue.

Others may just lose interest in the teaching profession.

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Gov't to pay teachers' debts to GSIS

Thousands of public school teachers may once avail themselves of benefits as members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) after the national government allocated P2.5 billion to pay their overdue debts to the state pension fund.

House Assistant Majority Leader and Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gullas said Sunday the money will be drawn from the Miscellaneous Personnel Benefits Fund under the proposed P1.816-trillion national budget for 2012.

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Filipino teachers to receive US$5.9M in back wages

United States Federal officials have labeled the Prince George’s County Public School System a “willful violator’’ of labor laws as they ordered the district to pay $5.9 million in back wages and penalties to more than 1,000 teachers, most of whom are educators from the Philippines.

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