CALITUBAN HIGH SCHOOL

CONTINGENCY PLAN – COVID19 PANDEMIC

BACKGROUND

Calituban is one of eight island barangays of the Municipality of Talibon in the province
of Bohol. It has an area of 0.15 km 2 and is one of the globe’s top 1000 densely populated island
with an approximately more than 4,700 population and more than 800 households at the second
quarter of the year 2020. For the past decade it only recorded a population of 4,064. This
indicates a growing population of the island. In fact, people are converting its shorelines as an
alternative residential area. It is surrounded by the double-barrier reef on its north and the
landmass of Bohol island on its southwest. The island can be located at coordinates 10˚10’48”N
123˚52’56”E and can be reached in an average of an hour (1hr) travel from the municipal port
via pumpboat/motor banca.

CALITUBAN ISLAND
COVID-19 CASE MAP
as of 8PM | Friday | September 11, 2020

ACTIVE

RECOVERED

DEATH

Calituban High School can be located in the island near the Calituban Elementary
School. It is the only secondary school of the locality and has a total land area of 643 sq.m..The
school has 12 classrooms, 1 ongoing classroom construction, and 1 temporary learning space
use as temporary classroom to address the rising learners’ population. Majority of the enrollees
are coming from barangay Calituban and the rest are coming from barangay Guindacpan – a
neighboring island barangay.
The school is headed by Mr. Cecilio M. Albios. For the current school year, the school
has a population of 507 learners from the junior high school and 106 from the senior high school
for a total learner population of 613 for the school year 2020-2021. Its workforce is composed of
25 teaching personnel and 1 non-teaching personnel. The school like its locality is facing the
challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic with the following components of the Contingency Plans:

I. OBJECTIVES

This is the DepEd Contingency Plan

1. To strengthen the prevention and preparedness for the safety of DepEd personnel and
learners from the COVID19 pandemic

2. Plan for the interventions and respond mechanism for this pandemic
 This document was developed by the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service
(DRRMS), Disaster Management Group members of the Central Office, Regional, and Division
DRRM Coordinators of the affected and assisting regions.

This Contingency Plan aims to:

1. Align with the Harmonized National Contingency Plan for the COVID19 PANDEMIC of the
National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC).

2. Establish the coordination and communication mechanisms among othe central office and the
affected and assisting regions.

3. Set the response and rehabilitation or early recovery roles and functions of the DepEd
Central and the affected and assisting regions for purposes of education continuity.

4. Provide guidance for the continuing capacity building of DepEd offices and schools.

5. Determine the preparedness and prevention and mitigation measures to reduce the impacts
of the hazard (COVID10 Pandemic).

6. Support the identification of needed equipment and supplies to reduce the impacts of the
hazard (COVID10 Pandemic)..

II. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ITS IMPACTS

A. SCENARIOS
Situation Bad Scenario Worse Scenario Worst Scenario
Descriptions

1. No. of cases One COVID-19 positive Up to 50% of School More than 50% of
case in any of the population
School population
learners and school
personnel

2. No. of deaths None Up to 1% of School Over 1.1% of School

population population
Impact on Workforce 50% of work force Skeletal School lockdown
Workforce

Impact on Infrastructure, -Use of all school health -Outsourcing of school -No health facilities
Facilities, and facilities. health facilities available
Environment
-Maximum use of basic -Outsourcing of basic -Scanty supplies of
supplies—water, supplies— water, water, disinfectants,
disinfectants, PPE’s and disinfectants, PPE’s and PPE’s and relevant
relevant logistics relevant logistics logistics

Response Capabilities -Economize and -Improvise resources -Improvisation of

innovate all available available resources
resources -Forge partnerships
-Resort to most basic
-Re-align budget -Inter-agency task force and minimal standards
involvement
-Situational orientation
and training
Table 1. Estimated number of Dead, Probable, and Suspect cases
District School Name Dead Probable Suspect Active

Talibon II Calituban HS 0 0 0 0

Table 2. Exposed or At Risked Public Learners and Personnel

District School Name Public School Public School Public School
Learners Teaching Non-Teaching
Personnel Personnel

Talibon II Calituban HS 613 25 1

III. ACTIVATION, DEACTIVATION, AND NON-ACTIVATION OF CONTINGENCY PLAN

The contingency measures in this document align with the 2019 NDRRMC Harmonized National
Contingency Plan (HNCP) for COVID-19 Pandemic. This will enable DepEd to have better
coordination horizontally, i.e. DepEd with other NDRRMC agencies, and vertically, i.e. DepEd
Central Office down to the schools.
A. Activation
The activation of DepEd’s Contingency Plan for COVID-19 is aligned with the activation
of the Harmonized National Contingency Plan.This includes any of the following triggers:
 declaration of a global pandemic, COVID 19.

B. Deactivation
National declaration of a COVID-19 free Philippines
Zero probable case of COVID-19 in the province of Bohol

C. Non-Activation
No declaration of a communicable disease outbreak

IV. COORDINATION, COMMAND, AND CONTROL

A. Coordination

DEPED COORDINATION CONTACT #

Schools District Supervisor 09274635412
DsDRRM Focal 09298070320
SDO(DvDRRMC) 09435450584
School In-Charge 09569342067
PARTNER AGENCIES
BLGU/Chairman 09239715864
Brgy Health Unit 09187443045
PNP 09262027362/09081322992
BFP 09175344180
RHU(Talibon) 09982057842/09266111419
PDRRM 09998832775
MDRRM 09077048970
BDRRM 09324673657
 B. Command and Control
SDRRM Organizational Chart

V. Response and Early Recovery Measures of Division, affected District/School and Assisting
District/School

Timeline of Response,, Rehabilitation and Early Recovery of Division, affected District/ School and
Assisting District/School
Response Action
Timeline
Division school Learner
Before
Issuance of DM No. 52 Prepares everything Prepare learning materials
Coronavirus Organized necessary both the needed for classes
Response and Education documents and the physical
being of the school for
DM No. 60 Advisory in District and Division
Response to Novel validation.
Coronavirus(nCoV) Matter
and Guidelines in
Requesting Clearance for
Department of Health
(DoH)

DM No. 69 Department of
Health Advisory on
Concerts and Other Public
Events and Gatherings
and Department Circular
No. 0042 Interim
Guidelines on 2019 Novel
Coronavirus Acute
Respiratory Disease
(2019-nCOV ARD)
Response in Schools and
Higher Education al
Institutions

DM No. 70 Information
Campaign on the
Coronavirus Organized
Response and Education
 (CORE)

Formation of Division
Task Force
During work force during expand
Modification of Work face to face classes ( using Grade 10 and Grade 12 students
Schedule: A is allowed in expanded face to
face classes
Skeletal work force during
the ECQ (2 working days
per week, 3 days work Procurement of disinfecting Half day face to face classes in
from home) agents, face masks, glove, one straight week and the other
non-contact thermal half day shall be allotted for
50% work force during the scanners distance learning
GCQ-MGCQ (3 working
days per week , 2 days
Installation of additional Before entering the gate the
work from home)
washing areas and foot student should have a body
baths temperature checking, hand
Procurement of washing, foot bath and contact
disinfecting agents, face Implementation and tracing form for contact tracing
masks, gloves, non- monitoring of required
contact thermal scanners minimal healty and safety
and Vitamin C capsules
standards for the new The student can proceed their
for DO personnel
normal respective assign room if their
Installation of additional body temperature is less than 37
washing areas and foot Crafting of modules in degree
baths preparation for the opening
of classes on October 5, There is temperature checking
Taking of body 2020 every two hours successive
temperature upon entering
the Division Office gate
Installation of additional rain
Monitoring of body collectors for sufficient
temperature 2 x a day water supply in the hand
washing facility.
Daily and weekly reporting
of COVID-19 status to the
RO and CO

Issuance of DM No. 238,

s. 2020 Guidelines on the
Required Health
Standards in Basic
Education Offices and
Schools

DM No. 183, s. 2020

Adaptation of New
Standards of Health and
Safety in Schools

Production of advocacy
videos on health
programs: Wash in
Schools, Mental Health
Program, Dengue
Prevention, Tobacco
Control Program,
Deworming Program

On process of production:
Adolescent Reproductive
Program, National Drug
Education Program,
School-Based feeding
program and COVID-19
 and the New Normal

Utilization of multimedia
learning material, Radio
program featuring learning
continuity plans

Crafting of modules in
preparation for opening of
classes

After
Issuance of memorandum Implementation and monitoring of
declaring the aftermath of minimal health and safety
0-48 COVID-19 pandemic and standards for the new normal
hours reiteration of the health
and safety standards for
the new normal.
Resumption of 5 working Resumption of 5 working days per
days per week for those week for those who are not
who are not vulnerable vulnerable (below age of 60 years
(below age of 60 years old, no co-morbidities)
old, no co-morbidities)
Strict observance of minimal
Observance of 3 working health and safety protocols
After 48
days and 2 work from
hours
home for those senior
citizens and for those with
co-morbidities

Strict observance of
minimal health and safety
protocols

VI. PREPAREDNESS

1. Information campaign on Coronavirus.

2. Formation of task force in the district and school level.
3. Distribution of IEC materials.
4. Modification of work schedule.
5. Skeletal work force during the ECQ (2 working days per week, 3 days work from home).
6. 50% work force during GCQ – MGCQ (3 working days per weel, 2 days work from home).
7. Procurement of disinfecting agents, face masks, glove, non-contact thermal scanners.
8. Installation of additional washing areas and foot baths.
9. Implementation and monitoring of required minimal healty and safety standards for the new
normal (taking of body temperature upon entering the school premises, obervance of
social/physical distancing, wearing of face masks and face shields, using of alcohol)
11. Crafting of modules in preparation for the opening of classes on October 5, 2020.
12. Installation of additional rain collectors for sufficient water supply in the hand washing
facility.
13. Resumption of 5 working days per week for those who are not vulnerable (below age of 60
years old, no co—morbidities)
14. Strict observance of minimal health and safety protocols.

Prepared by:
MARLONITO A. CABUGASON
SDRRM Coordinator