THE Department of Education (DepEd) has reiterated that teachers are only required to teach six hours a day and are entitled to overload pay for up to two additional hours per day.

This policy was formalized in the implementing guidelines of DepEd Order 005 series of 2024, or the Rationalization of Teachers' Workload in Public Schools and Compensation for Teaching Overload.

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