House Bill 04979

Rep. Aris Aumentado

Rep Erico Aristotle C. Aumentado co-authored the Bill filed by Cong. Emil L. Ong. The House Bill 04979 " AN ACT PROHIBITING THE RANKING SYSTEM IN THE HIRING AND SELECTION OF TEACHERS IN PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES".

The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers provides for the minimum educational qualifications for teacher-applicants without precluding the Department of Education to lay down any recruitment order has been issued which provided for guidelines in hiring teachers. Thus aside from the minimum qualifications that must met by teacher-applicants, more criteria have been added which in a way made it more difficult for teacher-applicants to be hired although the need is high. 

Ranking under the Department of Education Order shall apply only when there are no qualified applicants for the vacant positions in public schools and other learning centers. That is, when there are no qualified bona fide residents of the barangay, municipality, city or province where the school is located. 

Moreover, the Civil Service prescribes only minimum qualifications to qualify in a certain job position. It is on this note that any hiring of teachers should and must comply only minimum requirements of the law. Ranking therefore as requirement in hiring of teachers must be prohibited. ~~~ END