MANILA, Philippines — As National Teachers’ Month comes to a close with the celebration of National Teachers’ Day on Oct. 5, an analyst said “we must recognize that educators teaching our children’s first lessons are arguably doing the most economically consequential work of all.” Dr. Alicor Panao, a data scientist for the Inquirer, pointed this out as he shared data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showing that each education establishment employed an average of 35 workers and paid an average annual compensation of P316,184 for every paid employee. While he clarified that the data does not pertain to teacher salaries […]...

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