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The Philippine Public School Teachers Association (PPSTA) is the biggest and foremost professional association of public school teachers, a stronghold of more than 200,000 teacher-members all over the archipelago. The members include administrators, supervisors, classroom teachers, non-teaching support personal, nurses, doctors and dentists, all under the employ of the Department of Education.
The PPSTA through the years has grown to be a major unifying force for government teachers striving to reach the ideals of education and their profession. PPSTA also serves as the financial security provider through its retirement, life insurance and Sariling Sikap Loan. From the humble beginnings in the 1930s led by the dynamic and youthful founder Ricardo Castro, it has blossomed to be an unwavering ally for the Filipino educator. Be it through its finance-related service arms like the Mutual Aid System and the Mutual Retirement Benefit System, professional scholarship programs or as a steadfast supporter of advocacies for the cause of education in the Philippines, the PPSTA continues to loyally fulfill its prime role of being the mother organization of public school teachers in the country.