OPLAN BALIK ESKWELA

DISCIPLINARY PROCESSES
• For administrative complaints against
employees of the Department, refer client to
DepEd Order No. 49, s. 2006.
• Administrative Complaints may be filed before
the proper disciplining authority or through the
DepEd Action Center.

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Disciplining Authority
• Regional Director – Teachers, Principals,
Personnel in Regional Office

• Schools Division Superintendent – Non-

teaching personnel within the Schools Division
Office

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 DISCIPLINARY PROCESSES
Disciplining Authority
• Secretary
– Presidential appointees such as Regional
Directors and Schools Division Superintendents.
– Employees within the Central Office

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 DISCIPLINARY PROCESSES
• Commencing a Complaint
• Proceedings may also be commenced upon
sworn written complaint.
• Administrative proceedings may be commenced motu proprio
by the Secretary of Education, the Regional Director, in case
of DepED Officials and teaching and non-teaching personnel,
and the Schools Division Superintendents in Case of non-
teaching personnel within their jurisdiction.

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 Regulation of Private Schools
• For Complaints against Private Schools,
reference is made to DepEd Order No. 88, s.
2010, as amended by DepEd Order No. 11, s.
2011.
• Refer formal complaints before the Office of
the Regional Director exercising jurisdiction
over the school concerned

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 TUITION FEES
• DO 63, s. 1999 - Prohibiting the Exaction of
Interest on Unpaid Tuition Fees in Private
Schools
• No interest shall be exacted on unpaid
tuition fees by any private school unless
expressly stipulated in the enrollment contract.

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 Allowable Voluntary Contibutions
MEMBERSHIP AMOUNT PER LEARNER REFERENCE
FEE/CONTRIBUTION

Boy Scouts of the Philippines P50.00 DepEd Memo No. 513, s.

2009
Girl Scouts of the Philippines P50.00 DepEd Memo No. 235, s.
2009
Philippine National Red Cross P50.00 DepEd Order No. 66, s. 2012

Anti-TB Fund Drive P5.00 DepEd Order No. 31, s. 2001

Parents-Teachers Association Reasonable amount to be DepEd Order No. 54, s. 2009

(PTAs) determined by the PTA’s
General Assembly

School Publication P60.00 DepEd Order No. 19, s. 2008

Membership in pupil/student Based on existing school DepEd Order No. 48, s. 2009
organizations policies
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 DepEd Memo 143, s. 2016
Further, in DO 41, s. 2012, it is stressed that in
no case shall non- payment of voluntary school
contributions Or membership fees shall be made
as a basis for admission, nonpromotion, or non-
issuance of clearance to a student by the school
concerned.

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 OFF-CAMPUS ACTIVITIES

• DepEd Order No. 66, s. 2017

• Implementing Guidelines of the Conduct
of Off-Campus Activities
– Participation, especially by learners in co-
and extra-curricular activities will be
voluntary. No learner shall be required to
participate in any off-campus activity
– Securing travel insurance is mandatory for
all off-campus activities.
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 OFF-CAMPUS ACTIVITIES
– All co-curricular and extra-curricular
activities shall have no grade equivalent. In
the same way, all non-participating learners
shall not be required with any special
projects and/or examination or any form
of school requirements.
– The school head shall ensure that off-
campus activities will no way disrupt
classes.

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 OFF-CAMPUS ACTIVITIES

• Participation in all off-campus activities is

voluntary. Under no circumstances shall
off-campus activities place undue
financial burden on the learners and their
families. Teachers shall not charge their
expenses to learners.

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 FINAL EXAMS
• DO 15, s. 2010 - Enjoining Schools to Allow
Students with Unpaid Fees to Take their
Final Exams
• To protect every child’s human right to basic
education, all schools, both public and private,
are enjoined to allow students with unpaid
fees to take their final exams. It has to be
emphasized that civil liabilities of parents
should not in any way jeopardize their
children’s continued schooling.
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 Change of Name
• Requirements:
1 Letter-request for correction of name
addressed to the Secretary of Education
specifying the schools attended/graduated from
Elementary to Secondary, as the case may be,
and the name(s) used.

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 Change of Name
2. PSA Authenticated Birth Certificate
or if there is no Certificate of Live Birth, proof of
loss or non-availability thereof duly attested by
the Local Civil Registrar concerned and/or the
Civil Registrar General together with the
Baptismal Certificate of the student.

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 Change of Name
3. Joint Affidavit of two (2) disinterested persons
attesting to the fact/among others, that the
assumed name(s) and the legal name of the
student refer to one and the same person.
4. Affidavit of the student if of legal age, or that
of the parents or guardian, if still a minor,
explaining the circumstances that led to the use
of the assumed/erroneous name or alias,
attesting the same fact as called for previously.

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 Change of Name
5) School records bearing the erroneous name:
e.g. Diploma, Transcript of Record or
Registration Card (any one of these schools
records will suffice except that when there are
several name(s) appearing in the school
records, each school records bearing different
names must be submitted for purposes of
verification and identification of the requesting
student,.

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