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IN PREPARATION on the annual celebration of the World Teachers Day in Davao City on Sept. 25, Manila Teachers, has launched initiatives for the improvement of the K-12 program primarily anchored on its  vision “Better Teacher, Better Education, Better Nation.”

Representative Virgilio Lacson said Manila Teachers Party List has linked arms with the Department of Education to work  on  reforms that would protect the interests of the Filipino teachers, long regarded as the unsung heroes of the nation.

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Serving its first term in Congress,  Manila Teachers Party List has vowed  to  deliver inclusive health care, housing, financial assistance  and expanded scholarship programs for public school teachers all over the country.

Lacson said Manila Teachers Party List has committed to banner its vision and mission  in the halls of Congress through expanded community services that would benefit the Filipino  teachers who are in need of financial assistance, health care, scholarships,  among others.

Manila Teachers Party List now serves as  the voice of public school teachers on issues crucial to their uplift as purveyors of basic education to the millions of Filipino youth.

For the last 10 years, Manila Teachers also participated  in the Brigada Eskwela through the repair of school tables, armchairs, and the clean-up school buildings in the  National Capital Region.

Manila Teachers also launched its college incentive program (CIP), a one-time scholarship program that is transferable to the next of kin of teachers wanting to avail of soft loans.  Teachers from Visayas and Luzon have already availed of this incentive program.

Manila Teachers envisions to extend all these advocacies and programs to Mindanao. (pr)

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