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Source: www.officialgazette.gov.ph

[ EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 722, August 27, 1981 ]

GRANTING SALARY INCREASES FOR TEACHERS



WHEREAS, it is the policy of government to increase the salaries of government personnel taking into consideration the prevailing level of compensation in the private industry;

WHEREAS, the results of the 1979 Salary Survey conducted in the private sector indicates and justifies a further increase in the salaries of teachers and related positions;

WHEREAS, it is necessary to increase salaries of teachers to allow them to cope with increased cost of living;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order and direct:

SECTION 1. The minimum basic salary of the lowest level of teaching position shall be increased from P666 to P904 per month inclusive of the P130 per month allowances.

SEC. 2. Other teaching positions whose salaries are beyond the minimum basic salary shall be correspondingly increased, following the salary progression under the Teacher’s Preparation Pay Schedule.

SEC. 3. Funds needed to implement this Order shall be drawn from the salary lapses of the MEC, and the Salary Adjustment Fund in the CY 1981 Appropriations Act and budgetary reserves.

SEC. 4. Rules and regulations needed to comply with this Order shall be formulated and issued by the Ministry of the Budget.

SEC. 5. This Executive Order shall take effect on July 1, 1981.

Done in the City of Manila, this 27th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-one.

(SGD.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(SGD.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS, JR.
Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant

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