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By Jonathan M. Hicap Reporter
Teachers have belied the claim of
the Department of Education (DepEd) that it has updated 90 percent
of teachers’ records with the Government Service Insurance System.
In a statement, the Alliance of
Concerned Teachers (ACT) said a report dated September 13 and
prepared by Superintendent Raymundo Lapating, project director of
the DepEd-GSIS Service Records Updating Project, showed that only 40
of DepEd’s 186 school divisions have submitted at least 90 percent
of validated service record files to the GSIS.
“How can the DepEd claim to
have completed the updating of 90 percent of service records when
only 40 of its 186 divisions have done so? It’s mathematically
impossible. We stand by our figures that show that as of August
2007, DepEd has accomplished a mere 30.39 percent,” said Antonio
Tinio, ACT chairman.
He challenged DepEd to publish an
accomplishment report per division on the service records.
“Fixing the GSIS membership
database is a crucial step in resolving the GSIS-related woes
confronting public school teachers,” said Tinio.
He decried that “unfortunately,
not only has the DepEd been grossly negligent in updating the
service records of its personnel, it is also trying to deceive the
teachers and the public with blatantly false information.”
The GSIS record updating project
was to be completed in November 2006, according to an agreement
signed between GSIS and DepEd.
GSIS data showed that the DepEd
has submitted only 154,490 of the 508,361 service records to the
GSIS.
Education Secretary Jesli Lapus
earlier said the DepEd was “almost done with the updating of the
teachers’ service records” with 90 percent of its target.
“DepEd records show that out of
the 508,361 teachers’ service records, 90 percent or 457,525 had
already been updated. This is a stark contrast to the 30 percent
accomplishment as claimed by ACT chair Antonio Tinio,” DepEd said.
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