Senator Grace Poe Files Teacher Protection Act To Defend Public School Teachers
TEACHER PROTECTION ACT – Senator Grace Poe had filed a bill to protect public school teachers and staff from accusations of child abuse.
Recently, Raffy Tulfo has been in the spotlight of controversy when a teacher gave up her profession after she was reported for child abuse. This caused netizens to rally behind the teacher.
It can be recalled that Raffy received criticisms from netizens due to his judgment against teacher Melita who received a child abuse complaint from her student’s mother.
Because of this, Teachers and netizens rallied together and their cries have now been heard. The teacher got a lot of support from fellow educators and even Senators.
According to an article from Philstar, Poe had filed a bill to protect public school teachers and staff from malicious accusations of child abuse.
She also called for the Department of Education (DepEd) to provide support on cases like that of Teacher Melita. Poe had filed Senate Bill 1189 or the “Teachers Protection Act”.
This bill aimed to institutionalize steps to implement in all public schools clearly defined regulations for discipline and classroom management.
The act also stated that disciplinary measurers to students pursuant to the rules and procedures issued by DepEd would not be deemed as child abuse.
Along with this, DepEd is tasked to present a teacher’s manual that covers the following:
- The school’s rules and regulation to be observed by teachers with respect to students, whenever inside its premises or outside it
- Permissible, appropriate and effective responses and interventions that will address violations of school rules and regulations, including but not limited to communications to parents, counseling, reprimand, and detention at each level and repetition of the offense, to be administered by teachers, the school head and other school staff
- A clear description of the disciplinary procedure and clear designation of the authorities competent to investigate, purpose and apply the responses and interventions
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