Presidential candidate Gordon's promise: P40,000 salary for teachers

abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak  01/29/2010 MANILA, Philippines - Presidential candidate Richard Gordon claims he's got big perks for students and teachers if he wins in the 2010 election.

In ANC's Youth 2010 presidential forum held at De La Salle University in Taft on Friday, Gordon promised free Kindle e-book readers for public school students and P40,000 in monthly salaries for teachers should he be elected president.

Current teacher's salaries, Gordon explained, are around P12,000 to P15,000 a month, compared to P122,000 a month for teachers in Singapore.  Continue reading here http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/01/29/10/gordons-promise-p40000-salary-teachers