Check for Understanding (Chapter 4 Rights and Privileges)

Answer TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is wrong.

1. Special hardship allowances of professional teachers is equivalent to at least ten percent of their
monthly salary for those who qualify.
2. Teachers enjoy free medical examination even after retirement.
3. Teachers are entitled to a study leave for one year a minimum of ten years of teaching.
4. Teachers may enjoy full compensation allowed for one year study leave on condition that the teacher
takes the regular study load and passes at least seventy-five percent of his courses without any condition.
5. Teachers may be entitled to a study leave of more than two years provided permitted by the Secretary
of Education but without compensation.
6. Teachers may enjoy an indefinite sick leave of absence when the nature of the illness demands a long
treatment that will exceed one year at the least.
7. A professional teacher is entitled to a one range salary raise upon retirement for those who have
fulfilled the age and service requirements of the applicable retirement laws which shall be the basis of the
computation of the lump sum of the retirement pay and the monthly benefits thereafter.
8. Those who teach in multi-grade classes, mobile teachers and non-formal education or alternative
learning system (ALS) coordinators are entitled to hardship allowance.
9. Teachers enjoy stability of employment and security of tenure under existing laws.
10. Teachers have safeguards in disciplinary procedure.
11. Teachers enjoy the right to establish, join, maintain labor organization of their choice to promote their
welfare and defend their interest.
12. Teachers may be transferred even without their consent.
13. Employment in the same locality for those who are married whenever possible.
14. Teachers are entitled to an additional compensation of at least twenty five percent of their regular
remuneration after the teachers have completed at least six hours of actual teaching a day.
15. Teachers salary scales that provide for a gradual progression from a minimum to a maximum salary
by means of regular increments, granted automatically after three years, if the efficiency rating of the
teachers concerned is satisfactory.
16. The Philippine Constitution states that the State shall assign the second highest budgetary priority to
education, next to medicine.
17. The Philippine Constitution states that the State shall enhance the right of teachers to professional
development.
18. Commonwealth Act No. 578 protects teachers by providing a provision on punishment against any
person guilty of assault against teaching personnel.
19. Republic Act No. 4670 states that a teacher shall enjoy academic freedom particularly with regard to
teaching methods.
20. Republic Act No. 4670 states that a teacher shall enjoy compensation for employment injuries in
accordance with existing laws.