A group of private school teachers has asked President Marcos to declare during his State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Monday a minimum salary standard for their sector equivalent to the entry-level pay of their public school counterparts. 'We have always been used by the government as an excuse to counter the calls of public school teachers for a salary increase as such may purportedly cause the [shutdown] of many private schools,' said Jonathan Geronimo, secretary general of Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Private Schools.

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