FD 503 Learning Guide 1

Legal Foundations of Education in the Philippines

Application:
Produce a matrix of 5 specific school policies (in the context of your teaching station), their
corresponding legal basis or bases, and the education quality that they address (either that of the learner
or the teacher).

Legal Bases of School Policies and their Aims to Quality Teaching and Learning

Note: The school policies stated below are taken from Quintin Quijano Sr. Agricultural School’s Student
Handbook 2018-2019. No further revisions of these policies were made yet neither a latest version of
such.

School Policy Legal Basis/Bases Teacher Quality Learner Quality

1. ATTENDANCE AND Republic Act ib. 1265 Teachers become The learners are
PUNCTUALITY (Amended by RA keen observant of disciplined to be
Excerpt: 8491) attendance and punctual and the spirit
a. Attendance to the This law was approved therefore value of nationalism and
daily flag ceremony is on June 11, 1995, and punctuality and patriotism is acquired.
part of citizenship provided that a daily attendance as primary
development hence is flag ceremony shall be practitioners and role
required of every compulsory in all models to students.
student. educational
institutions. This
includes the singing of
the Philippine National
Anthem.
Batas Pambansa Blg.
232 (The Education
Act of 1982) national
development goal
number 3: To achieve
and maintain national
unity and
consciousness and
preserve, develop and
promote desirable
cultural, moral, and
spiritual values in a
changing world.
COMMONWEALTH
ACT NO. 589
 establishing a school
ritual in all public and
private elementary and
secondary schools in
the Philippines. The
ritual consists of
solemn and patriotic
ceremonies that
include the singing of
the National Anthem
and Patriotic Pledges.
2. SCHOOL POLICIES SOLID WASTE The teacher will be The students will be
ON THE MANAGEMENT ACT able to help preserve aware of the simple
IMPLEMENTATION OF (RA 9003), an act the environment in act of responsible
WASTE providing for an greater scope, waste segregation and
SEGREGATION AND ecological solid waste considering his/her disposal since it is
DISPOSAL management program, influence to her seen and practiced in
Each classroom shall creating the necessary students. A more every classroom. This,
follow waste institutional environment friendly when made a habit will
segregation and mechanisms and and environmentally influence their homes
disposal scheme in incentives, declaring disciplined teaching and villages.
lined with the Barangay certain acts prohibited staff will come into
Solid Waste and providing picture.
Management Program. penalties,
Each classroom shall appropriating funds
have three (3) garbage therefor, and for other
bin for biodegradable, purposes
non-biodegradable and
recyclable.
3. SCHOOL-BASED DepEd Order No. 40, The teacher can The students will be
CHILD PROTECTION s. 2012, also known contribute positively in conscious of his/her
POLICY AND ANTI- as the DEPED CHILD creating a safe and actions towards
BULLYING POLICY PROTECTION secure learning himself/herself and the
Prohibited Acts: POLICY which aims to environment for people in his/her
a. Being promote a zero- students as primary surroundings. A more
Psychologically and tolerance policy for advocates the child sensible students will
Physically abusive any act of child abuse, protection and anti- be produced abiding
(verbal, physical, word exploitation, violence, bullying campaign in these school policies.
threatening) discrimination, bullying schools. The
b. Pushing, kicking, and other related awareness of the
hitting, punching or any offenses. and RA No. teachers can
use of violence. 10627, also known as proactively affect
Racial taunts, graffiti the ANTI-BULLYING possible occurrence of
and gestures. ACT OF 2013, a the violations.
c. Unwanted physical law which seeks to
contact or sexually address hostile
abusive comments. environment at school
d. Homophobic that disrupts the
because of or focusing education process
which, in turn,
on the issue of is not conducive to the
sexuality. total development of a
e. Name-calling, child at school.
sarcasm, spreading
rumors and teasing.
f. Mobile threats by text
messaging and calls,
misuse of associated
technology, i.e. camera
and video gadgets.
4. NO INVOLUNTARY Batas Pambansa Blg. Resulting from this, No students will be
COLLECTION OF 232 (The Education the teachers will be personally attacked by
MONEY Act of 1982), section able to formulate new their socio-economic
The students shall not 9 on the Rights of linkages for possible status disregarding
be required for a Students in School projects from the involuntary cash
voluntary cash states the right to be external stakeholders collections at school.
collection by the free from involuntary – politicians, In the case that there
teacher or the school, contributions except businessmen and will be, students will
unless initiated by the those approved by other donors. surely be comfortable
PTA or GPTA officers or their organizations and Establishing good in the sense that it’s
other external societies. linkages with external their parents who will
stakeholders in a stakeholders will help formulate or check on
written proposal or produce a good school the proposals and
document. environment. sighted projects.
5. EVERY STUDENT Batas Pambansa Blg. The teacher will be The students will be
MUST CHOOSE AND 232 (The Education able to guide students developed holistically,
PARTICIPATE A Act of 1982), section more suitably and not only academically.
STUDENT 9 on the Rights of appropriately since Learning beyond
CLUB/ORGANIZATION Students in School choosing a club or books and getting the
QQSAS values student states the right to form organization in the experience from their
leadership thus or establish, join, and school will depict organization/club
requiring students to be participate in student interest. activities will be more
part of student organizations and lasting and worthwhile.
organizations during societies recognized
elections and activities. by the school, or to
Students may submit form, join and maintain
proposal of creating a organizations and
new organization in the societies for purposes
campus provided all the not contrary to law.
necessary requirements
are met.

Prepared and submitted by:

MA. JEAN IVY C. PACOMA

MaEd- EDM Student