Rights and

Responsibilities of
Learners During
Online Interaction
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1.
Rights of
Learners
× Learners have the right to be respected irrespective of the 3

child’s or his or her parent's or legal guardian's race, color,

sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national,
ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other
status.
× Learners have the right to freedom of expression; this right
shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information
and ideas of all kinds9. This includes the right to safe and
engaging child-friendly discussion, allowed to ask questions
and clarifications in a language he/she understands.
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 Learners have freedom of
thought, conscience and
religion10, of association and
to freedom of peaceful
assembly.

 Learners has the right against

subjected to arbitrary or
unlawful interference with his
or her privacy, family, home or
correspondence, nor to
unlawful attacks on his or her
honor and reputation
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× Learners has the right to access to information
and material from a diversity of national and
international sources, especially those aimed at
the promotion of his or her social, spiritual and
moral well-being and physical and mental
health.
× Learners have the right to be protected against
all forms of abuse, cruelty or exploitation14
from any sources, whether from members of
the family and members of the community,
strangers, and other leaners and from school
personnel.

× Learners have the right to information

regarding hotlines and other channels
where they may report any violations of
their rights.
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Learner’s
Responsibilities
WITH ALL THE RIGHTS
OF LEARNERS, THEY
HAVE THE FOLLOWING
CONCOMITANT
RESPONSIBILITIES:
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× Learners shall be on time during

online sessions.

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× Leaners shall be kind to and treat
all teachers with respect. Learners
shall not engage in any acts that
produce any harmful effects to
school personnel through social
media and other communication
platforms.
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× Learners shall respect
the personal spaces of
co-learners and avoid
creating fake accounts
and contents.

× They should understand and be

empathic to the situation of others.
They shall not engage in
online/cyber bullying and report
any bullying incidences to his/her
adviser, when they become aware
of it.
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Online Bullying
includes:
Habitual posting of any
message that humiliates or
cause embarrassment to a
co-learner online;
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Online Bullying
includes:
× Sending, posting, or
sharing negative,
harmful, false, or
mean content about
a co-learner;
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Online Bullying
includes:
× Sharing personal of
private information
about someone else
causing
embarrassment.
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What should the learners do?

× Report any × Follow the × Learners shall think first
behavior of instructions before clicking the
any learner and directions “post” or “share”
that makes of teachers, as buttons in social media.
them feel long as this They should avoid
uncomfortable will not lead to posting inappropriate
to their personal materials/content that
adviser or harm. may lead co-learners,
guidance teachers or other
counselor persons to feel bad.
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Learners shall also protect

one’s privacy and the privacy
of others by not sharing or
posting the following
information of others, when
known:
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About an individual’s race, ethnic origin,

marital status, age, color, and religious,
philosophical or political affiliations;

About an individual’s health, education,

genetic or sexual life of a person, or to any
proceeding for any offense committed or
alleged to have been committed by such
individual, the disposal of such proceedings,
or the sentence of any court in such
proceedings
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Any learner who violates this provision shall

be subjected to intervention programs by
the CPC/Anti-Bullying Committee (ABC)
with parental support and other Child
Protection actors in the community, as well
as, other administrative proceedings before
the School Head, pursuant to existing
DepEd rules and regulations, when
warranted.
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Thank you
for
listening!