MANILA - ACT Teachers Party-List Representative France Castro reacted to the Department of Education’s guidelines for the alternate uniform for teaching and non-teaching personnel during the dry season.

Based on a photo released by the DepEd, school personnel are allowed to wear collared DepEd polo shirts used in DepEd events and activities, which include those in colors white, red and green.

"Parang mayroong political meaning ‘yan ah, ‘yung kulay na ‘yan- red and green,” Castro said.

(There seems to be a political meaning there, the colors red and green.)

“Sana pabayaan na lang ‘yung teachers at saka mga non-teaching personnel na pumili ng kulay na gusto nila para maging mas komportable sila ngayong panahon tag-init. ‘Wag nalang gamitin ‘yung may mga political meaning noong last elections. Kasi baka pag-isipan pa ang DepEd ng maagang pangangampanya sa eleksyon,” she added.

(Hopefully, the teachers and non-teaching personnel are allowed to choose the color they want to wear so they will be more comfortable this dry season. Don't use what has political meaning from the last elections. The DepEd may get accused of early campaigning in the elections.)

DepEd on Monday posted guidelines regarding alternate uniforms on its Facebook page, where it said teachers and non-teaching personnel can wear collared polo shirts used in past DepEd events like Brigada Eskwela, Palarong Pambansa, etc.

They can also wear a white collared polo shirt with the DepEd and MATATAG logo.

Said shirts can be paired with “matte black pants” following the guidelines earlier released by the Civil Service Commission.

The colors shown in the photos were white, red and green, but aside from the white polo shirt mentioned by DepEd, no other “prescribed” colors were mentioned in the post.