ORIENTATION

Department of Education Preventive Drug Education

Program and Drug Testing
 Coverage of Orientation
• Outline of the overall department Preventive Drug
Education Program of which drug testing is a component
• Overview of the Wellness and Welfare Framework of our
human resources policy
• Discuss in detail of the Drug Free Workplace Policy and the
Guidelines for Drug Testing for Officials and Employees that
was recently issued as a Department Order
• Process that will happen during the actual drug testing, as
well as what happens if one tests positive for use of illegal
drugs
• Finally, we will have an open forum to respond to any
clarifications and questions, and to address concerns that
you may have
 Program Flow

Orientation Overview OSEC/LEGAL

Wellness Framework and Programs BHROD
Drug Free Workplace Policy LEGAL/OSEC
Drug Testing Process and Interventions DOH/NRL
Open Forum
 DepEd is strengthening its Preventive Drug
Anchored on 3 Education Program

components:
Curriculum and Instruction

Co-curricular Activities
Drug testing, within broader drug-free
workplace and schools policy, and
overall preventive drug education
framework

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Preventive Drug Eductation Program not only a
matter of policy, but a legal responsibility
• Ra 6425 or The Dangerous Drugs Act of 1972
- Mandated DepEd to integrate instruction on the adverse
effects of dangerous drugs
• RA 7624 approved on 11 July 1992
- Required the integration in the intermediate and secondary
curricula whether in public or private schools as well as in
non-formal, informal and indigenous learning programs, the ill
effects of drugs abuse, drug addiction, or drug dependency
• RA 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002)
- Reiterated the integration of drug abuse prevention and
control in the elementary, secondary and tertiary curricula
- Mandated the authorized drug testing for students of
secondary and tertiary schools, as well as for all officers and
employees of public and private offices
Preventive Drug Eductation Program not only a
matter of policy, but a legal responsibility
• DDB Regulation No. 6, s. 2003 as amended by DDB
Regulation No. 3, s. 2009
- General Guidelines for the Conduct of Random Drug
Testing for Students of Secondary, Tertiary, Vocational and
Technical School
• DDB Regulation No. 2, s. 2004
- Guidelines for the formulation of a Drug-Free Workplace
Program and the Conduct of Authorized Drug Testing by
all Offices, Bureaus, and Agencies of the National and
Local Governments, GOCCs and other Institutes of
Learning Including State Colleges and Universities
• Civil Service Commission Resolution No. 1700653 (15 March
2017)
- Guidelines in the Mandatory Drug Test for Public Officials
and Employees and for other Purposes
 Preparations we have undertaken for the drug
testing

• Memo No. 32, s. 2017 creating

DepEd Drug Free Workplace
Committee
• Order No. 37, s. 2017 - DepEd
Drug Free Workplace Policy,
DepEd which includes drug testing
Issuances guidelines for officials, employees
and teachers.
• Order No. 40, s. 2017 - Guidelines
for the Conduct of Random Drug
Testing of Students in Public and
Private Secondary Schools

THE THRUST IS INSTITUTIONALIZATION.

 Preparations we have undertaken for the drug
testing

• With DOH and East Avenue

Medical Center/ National Reference
Laboratory
• Trained 1,300 school health/other personnel
in 9 clusters nationwide on preventive drug
education and specimen collection
• Procured DOH services for the drug testing
Partnerships • Continuing work not just on drug test:
DOH/NRL resource persons in drug testing
orientation; Planned training of DepEd health
personnel on assessment, screening and
interventions
• Engagement with National Privacy
Commission on handling of drug testing
records

THE THRUST IS INSTITUTIONALIZATION.

 Coverage of the drug testing
for officials and employees

Sample of teachers
All officials and All officials of
(about 20,000)
employees of the Regional and
Central Office Division Offices • Stratified cluster sampling
by regions and schools
(1,300) (19,552) • 5% margin of error/95
percent confidence