Thousands of teachers to be promoted under new career progression plan —DepEd

Thousands of public school teachers are set to receive long-awaited promotions this year under the Department of Education’s (DepEd) expanded career progression system.

According to Education Secretary Sonny Angara, the move is part of sweeping reforms to recognize the vital role of educators and ease long-standing burdens that have affected their morale and productivity.

“We began by operationalizing the expanded career progression system, and there are thousands who will be promoted this year,” Angara said at the launch of the QBEDP 2025–2035 on Tuesday.

The initiative is accompanied by several teacher-focused measures, including the doubling of the teaching supplies allowance, an increase in salary subsidies even for private school teachers, and the creation of 20,000 new teaching positions.

To reduce non-teaching workload, DepEd also hired 10,000 administrative officers.

“We provide them relief, we lighten the load, led by our beloved President (Marcos),” Angara said.

The career progression system introduces more flexible promotion tracks, allowing teachers to move up in rank based on classroom performance and subject expertise —not just through supervisory roles.

During his speech, Angara also lauded Marcos for highlighting teachers' welfare during his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, where the President vowed to institutionalize reforms such as compensation for overtime work and teaching overload, alongside nationwide digitalization efforts in education.

“The President emphasized not only our duty to educate but also our duty to care for those who educate,” Angara said.

For years, teachers’ groups have raised concerns over unpaid overtime and the mounting volume of paperwork that detracts from instructional time. 

Responding to these concerns, Marcos said his administration had already removed nearly 100 non-teaching requirements previously imposed on teachers, with the remaining documentation soon to be automated.

DepEd’s new career system and support measures form part of the larger QBEDP 2025–2035, a ten-year roadmap designed to overhaul basic education in the Philippines and ensure that no teacher is overburdened and no learner is left behind. —VAL, GMA Integrated News