PED 1A SEMI-FINAL EXAM

Republic Act No. 4670 is best known as the:

• Teacher’s Professional Rights Act

• Magna Carta for Public School Teachers

• Code of Ethics for Filipino Teachers

• Public Education Welfare Act

The law was officially approved on:

• May 19, 1966

• June 18, 1966

• July 10, 1966

• August 1, 1966

The provisions of RA 4670 apply to:

• Teachers in private basic education institutions

• Professors in state universities and colleges

• All public school teachers in elementary and secondary levels

• Personnel from the Department of Higher Education

A secondary school teacher must possess:

• Bachelor’s degree with major and minor or equivalent and 18 education units

• Bachelor’s degree in any field with no teaching units

• Master’s degree in Education and two years of experience

• Two-year certificate in teaching and national eligibility

If no qualified applicant meets the minimum requirements, the position may be filled by:

• Contractual employment for one school year only

• Provisional appointment subject to future examination

• Temporary substitution until a new applicant arrives

• Voluntary assignment without formal hiring

Teachers may not be required to render classroom teaching beyond:

• Four hours a day without additional pay

• Six hours a day without extra compensation

• Eight hours a day with proportional pay

• Ten hours a day with no limitation

Under RA 4670, teachers have the right to:

• Join professional organizations freely

• Receive pay deductions without consent

• Work overtime without compensation

• Decline official duties at will

Teachers assigned in hardship posts must receive:

• Bonus pay not lower than ten percent of monthly salary

• Special hardship allowance of not less than twenty-five percent

• Incentive pay equal to one month of salary per semester

• Temporary duty reduction in exchange for distance assignment

A teacher who retires from service is entitled to:

• One salary grade increase upon retirement

• A bonus equivalent to six months of salary

• A three-step pay increment before leaving

• One-time cash award from the government

After every three years of service, a teacher is entitled to a study leave of up to:

• One full school year with compensation

• Six months with reduced pay

• One semester without allowance

• Two school years without compensation