IN THE KNOW: Marcos EO covers teachers’ pay raise

In August 2024, President Marcos signed Executive Order (EO) No. 64, which mandates a four-tranche salary increase for civilian government workers to be implemented every January from 2024 to 2027. This raised the salary of teachers as compared to the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) of 2019. Under the first tranche, the entry-level Teacher I (SG