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Davao City – Members of Kahugpungan sa mga Magtutudlo ug Kawani sa Edukasyon sa Mindanao – Alliance of Concerned Teachers (KAMKEM-ACT) urge today President-elect Noynoy Aquino to oust GSIS President and General Manager Winston Garcia and make him accountable for the unjust policies that has troubled thousands of teacher beneficiaries.

“For nearly one decade, we have suffered from the unjust policies imposed by its politically-influential President and General Manager, Winston Garcia,” said KAMKEM-ACT Davao Chairperson Elenito Escalante.

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) today joins various cause-oriented groups in bidding “Goodbye and good riddance!” to outgoing president Gloria Macapagal  Arroyo on her last day in office.

“The teachers will never forget Arroyo’s deplorable legacy to the teachers – inadequate teachers’ salaries, unjust policies of the GSIS, worsening teaching conditions due to shortages of critical resources in our public schools,” ACT Secretary General France Castro said.

Budget cuts in education due to an increasing debt payments are at the root of the worsening education crisis. This message was highlighted by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers as it led a protest march and rally in Mendiola on the day before the opening of the new school year.

Militant teachers trooped to the home of President-elect Noynoy Aquino this morning to seek a dialoque with him on issues affecting the education sector.

Around thirty teachers, bearing placards and streamers, marched to the gate of Aquino’s residence in Times Street, Quezon City . “Within the first 100 days of his administration, we urge President-elect Aquino to take action on a number of pressing matters affecting teachers and the education sector,” said Alliance of Concerned Teachers national chairperson Antonio Tinio.

The teachers urged Aquino to implement the following:

The Arroyo administration will leave behind shortages of teachers, classrooms, and other critical education resources amounting to Php 91.54 billion.

Alliance of Concerned Teachers - Central Visayas and ACT TEACHERS Partylist - Region 7 Joint PRESS STATEMENT

A DEMAND for the immediate RELEASE of the 2010 Elections’ HONORARIA
for the DepED Municipal/City Board of Election Canvassers (BOCs) in Region 7 and some DepED Election Supervisors and their Support Staff