With the 2025 midterm elections in sight, the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines presented teachers and education sector’s 7-point electoral agenda, urging political aspirants to take on the cause of education and include the sector’s demands in their electoral platform.
“While teachers and other education stakeholders struggle with the unrelenting socio-economic crisis, politicians are preoccupied with their election campaigns. Candidates are once again flooding the public with promises, yet many turn a blind eye to the sector’s genuine and urgent needs. This is precisely why we bare our demands and ensure that those who seek to represent teachers, the education sector, and the Filipino people in the Senate and Congress commit to championing and fulfilling them once elected,” stated Vladimer Quetua, ACT Chairperson.
“The stark reality that 9 out of 10 students struggle with literacy while 9 out of 10 teachers receive salaries below the family living standard exposes the deep and deliberate neglect of both education and welfare of teachers, education workers, and learners. Meanwhile, billions in public funds are shamelessly siphoned into corruption, state repression, and imperialist wars, while huge portion of the 2025 national budget is allocated to pork barrel and infrastructure projects. It is appalling that public treasury is exploited to fuel patronage politics and electioneering ahead of the midterm polls, all while gutting essential funding for public needs and basic social services,” Quetua added.
ACT emphasized that teachers and education sector’s 7-point agenda is not only a call for meaningful change, but also a set of criteria for choosing those who are worthy of being elected. ACT also announced that its regional formations and local unions will launch the same agenda across regions to amplify the sector’s electoral demands and secure candidates’ commitment to adopt and carry out these measures if elected.#
