STEP 1.
Diagnosing – Identifying / defining a Problem
What Should Be?
An outstanding or satisfactory
data gathered showing that the
country’s teaching workforce
has experienced contentment
and passion in the teaching
profession for the benefit of the
learners in general
Automatic integration of the
newly hired teachers in the
payroll system upon submission
of the pertinent requirements in
the giving of new item in the
schools division
Department of Education
should give an adequate
financial management
courses/trainings to all public
school teachers.
That a reasonable salary
GAP ANALYSIS
What is Actual? What is the Gap?
Existence of less passionate and Existence of less passionate and
unmotivated public teaching unmotivated public schools
workforce in the secondary teaching workforce in the
level which proves limitation country
on the part of the public school
teachers to give quality
education
In DepEd Region IX, it will Slow pace and delayed
take 1 to 2 years form the date processing of the request for
of appointment of a newly hired teacher’s salary integration
to be included in the regional which means a delay in the
payroll list. Hence, this would monthly receipts of salary in
also mean that there’s a delay in cash by most of the public
the receipt of the newly hired school teachers
monthly salary. Most likely for
the non-integrated newly hired
teachers, their salary will be
received in an accumulated
means 2 to 3 months from the
submission of the request. Not
to mention that an additional
delay will be possible also if
typographical errors found.
Most of banks and other Public school teachers’
financial institutions offering vulnerability and overexposure
loans for public school teachers to loans sharks and other
provides a data that out of the financial institutions
total loan portfolio, DepEd’s
teaching workforce comprises
80% of their loan portfolio for
the past 10 years. Sad to say
that 30% of the 80% represents
predicament (past due) on the
part of the teacher to pay due to
loan overexposure.
Public school teachers in the Public school teachers’
 increase will be also taken into country is still considered as underpaid salary
account by the Government and underpaid government
thus reflective on the actual personnel/employee in the
cost of living in the country. country

The government through CSC There are still schools division Non-adherence to the merit
thoroughly monitors the in Region IX who practice the system (RQA) for public school
implementation of the merit traditional way of giving teachers as mandated by the
system to ensure entry of appointments to the newly hired CSC. (top to bottom approach
competent and qualified public school teachers, wherein in the ranking system)
teaching personnel. the merit system still were
undermined on account of
“padrino”system or raising the
trust and confidence ground.
Thus, quality of education will
be at stake.

Narrative for Gap Analysis

Based on the table above, the Gap Analysis is composed of three components; namely, What
Should Be? What is Actual? What is the Gap?
What Should Be – are the possible solutions/ outcomes and what should be in the future.
What is Actual are those present scenarios or what is real happening at present, and What is the
Gap are those problems and issues in Philippine Education.
Hence, the above-listed problems really proves predicament that would likewise
handicapped the country’s goal/mantra in giving the quality education for the benefit of our
learners in general through a motivated, competent and pro-active teachers who possessed the
real passion of teaching without any reservations. Also, the above-listed problems is one of the
root causes of the learner’s academic performance.