A Comparative Study of Public and Private Highschool Teachers in Las Pinas City

Abstract

This study basically tackles the situation of public and private teachers - particularly, high school teachers - with regards to their condition, salary and benefits. The main point of this study is to compare the situation of public and private high school teachers in Las Pinas City. This study focuses more on the teachers’ salaries and benefits. It discusses the salary that teachers receive - whether they are exploited with the salary they receive or not - and comparing among public and private teachers the extent of exploitation of teachers. Aside from this, the benefits listed by the Philippine government are also included in this study - studying whether these benefits are received by the teachers and the difference of the benefits that are received by public and private teachers. With regards to the teachers’ salaries, the deductions were also considered in order to determine how much was left to the teachers after all deductions. This is important because, in comparing salaries between public and private high school teachers, net salary - which teachers actually receive and consume - are also important to determine. This study also presents the conditions of high school teachers in public and private high schools. The teachers were asked regarding the facilities, teaching experiences and subject loads - which are important to know when looking at the situations of teachers. This study is important in order to determine the standards of life of an important portion of the society - the teachers - who have been important factors of the shaping of our society.