Teachers serving as Board of Election Inspectors during the distribution and final testing of Vote Counting Machine in Araullo High School, Manila on May 08, 2019. Photo by Inoue Jaena/Rappler

MANILA, Philippines – As election day on Monday, May 13, draws near, more than half a million teachers will be deployed to serve as Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) members, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced on Saturday, May 11.

Education Secretary Leonor Briones said the DepEd was mobilizing 531,307 of its employees – including teachers, officials, and personnel – to carry out poll duties in the May 2019 elections. It is also turning 36,830 schools into polling centers.

“On May 13, our teachers will once more volunteer their time and energy to ensure that the conduct of the 2019 national and local elections is credible and orderly,” Briones said.

Every elections, the government taps public school teachers to serve as Board of Election Inspectors. (Reference:
https://www.rappler.com/nation/politics/elections/2019/230260-teachers-poll-workers-may-13-2019-deped )