DepEd Limits Teachers’ Working Hours to Six, Ensures Overload Pay

Teachers and students in a classroom discussing the DepEd six-hour teaching policy and its impact on educators.

The Department of Education (DepEd) enforces a six-hour daily teaching limit for public school teachers, offering compensation for any overload hours. However, educators express concerns about the policy’s impact, citing increased workloads and curriculum challenges. Learn more about how this policy affects teachers.

Why Thousands of DepEd Teachers are Quitting Every Year

A teacher teaching students inside a classroom in the Philippines, highlighting the teacher shortage issue in DepEd.

DepEd is facing a teacher shortage as thousands leave yearly due to retirement, better opportunities abroad, and limited career growth. Despite salary increases and hiring efforts, filling vacancies remains slow, and reforms are needed to address the growing educator gap.