THE vice mayor of Cebu City is fuming over the delayed payment of the honoraria of at least 250 kindergarten teachers in the city.<\/p>\n
Vice Mayor Joy Augustus Young said the lapse covering at least three months points to unresolved problems in the Department of Education (DepEd).<\/p>\n
City Schools Superintendent Rhea Mar Angtud meanwhile said late last Friday that the honoraria of these kindergarten teachers can already be released.<\/p>\n
Young said Education Secretary Armin Luistro should resign if he can\u2019t resolve simple problems like payroll.<\/p>\n
The vice mayor said Luistro should have done his \u201chomework\u201d and address education related problems before insisting on the implementation of the K to 12 program.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis problem (delays in the payment of the salaries of teachers) has been going on for a long time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
But Angtud said, \u201cI just learned around 3 p.m. that the budget has already arrived, and the payrolls are already being prepared by the accounting department.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said the compensation could be released next week, \u201ceither Tuesday or Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will work overtime to prepare the bank checks and payroll,\u201d the head of the education department in Cebu City said.<\/p>\n
Young said some of the unpaid kindergarten teachers have asked for his help on their unpaid compensation.<\/p>\n
They are paid P3,000 a month.<\/p>\n
Angtud said the teachers have not been paid their honoraria for the months of February, March and June.<\/p>\n
Aside from the teachers, Young also complainedof delays in the release of salaries of job order workers assigned in Education Department are also complaining of delayed compensation.\/with reports from Tweeny M. Malinao<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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