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Policy Brief Issue 4 September 2018

If there is one education law in the country the provisions of which were written by its intended direct beneficiaries themselves, it is RA 4670 or the Magna Carta for Public School Teachers. Then Senator Jovito Salonga proudly admitted having the singular honor of giving it a name, coordinated the entire technical work in his office and stood as its principal sponsor and champion at the Senate. Both Houses of Congress passed it into law on May 19, 1966. Then President Ferdinand Marcos signed the newly enacted law on June 18, 1966.