ACT Teachers Partylist

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Not to be confused with ACT-CIS Partylist or A Teacher Partylist.
ACT Teachers Partylist
Political positionLeft
ColorsNavy Blue, Red
Seats in the House of Representatives
1 / 61
(Party-list seats only)
  • Politics of Philippines
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The ACT Teachers Partylist is a political party representing teachers and education sector workers with a seat in the 15th and 16th Philippine Congress,[1] and with two seats in the 17th Philippine Congress.[2] ACT Teachers Partylist is part of the left-wing Makabayan Bloc,[3] and is known for its active campaign for salary hikes for teachers,[4] successful tax reduction initiatives, optional poll service duty for teachers, and lowering of optional retirement age of public school teachers.[1][5]

ACT Teachers Partylist is also an active proponent of the Supreme Court cases against the Philippine government's K to 12 system, co-filing at least two K to 12-related cases in 2015,[6][7] and successfully securing a temporary restraining order (TRO) against a government order that abolishes Filipino language subject in college.[7] It also supported the abolition of the corruption-prone pork barrel system in the Philippine congress.[8][9]

ACT Teachers Partylist was founded by members and affiliates of Alliance of Concerned Teachers-Philippines on January 5, 2008 in an assembly at Quezon City.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "REP. ANTONIO L. TINIO". ACT Teachers Party-list. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  2. ^ Uy, Jocelyn R. "New groups make it to party-list's Top 10". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  3. ^ Ager, Maila. "Makabayan bloc endorses Poe-Escudero tandem". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  4. ^ "SSL hurdles final reading at lower house". CNN Philippines. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  5. ^ "ACT Teachers Party-list  » House Bills". www.act-teachers.com. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  6. ^ Torres-Tupas, Tetch. "K-12 to displace thousands of teachers, students, say critics". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  7. ^ a b "SC stops CHED's 'anti-Filipino' new GE curriculum". Rappler. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  8. ^ Gamil, Jaymee T. "Congress urged to junk 2015 budget due to pro-DAP provisions". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  9. ^ Cruz, RG. "Scrap legislative, executive 'pork', PNoy urged". ABS-CBN News. ABS-CBN Corporation. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
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