THE SENATE on Monday approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to improve the quality of teacher education and training in the country.
Senate Bill 2152 or the proposed Teacher Education Excellence Act will amend Republic Act 7784 by strengthening the Teacher Education Council (TEC) created in 1993.
The measure seeks to turn the council into a responsive coordinating body for the Commission on Higher Education, Professional Regulation Commission and Department of Education, the main entities involved in teacher education.
It will realign pre-service and in-service education to improve the quality of teachers.
“We cannot raise the quality of education of our children if our teachers hold no experience or quality education,” Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian said in a statement on Tuesday. “Our teachers are our frontliners in our suppression of the educational crisis, so it must be assured that from college to teaching, they are ready and have sufficient capabilities.”
The revamped council will establish a roadmap for teacher education by mandating, monitoring and assuring quality compliance with minimum requirements for teacher education programs.
