Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2012
“Child Protection Policy”
Declaration of Policy
• DepEd shall ensure that schools are a safe place for the
education of children. The best interest of the child shall be
the paramount consideration in all decisions and actions
involving children.
• The DepEd zero tolerance policy for any act of child abuse,
exploitation, violence, discrimination, bullying and other
forms of abuse.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2
Violence, Physical, Verbal and Sexual Abuse
Inflicted by Teachers & Other School Personnel
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
DEPED’s RESPONSE
DepEd launched its Child Protection Policy on
May 3, 2012, through DepEd Order No. 40, s.
2012, to promote a zero-tolerance policy for any
act of child abuse, exploitation, violence,
discrimination, bullying and other related
offenses
DepEd conducted a nationwide information
dissemination campaign and is currently
conducting a series of training of trainers (ToT)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 4
Consolidated Report on the Incidence of Child Abuse in
schools:
999
291
2013
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Summary of Reports on Bullying, Child and
Sexual Abuse Cases (SY 2013-2014)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Summary of Reports on Bullying, Child and
Sexual Abuse Cases (SY 2013-2014)
Region Bullying Child Abuse Total
VI 37 25 62
VII 8 26 34
VIII 47 17 64
IX 0 14 14
X 30 5 35
XI 44 23 67
XII 36 9 45
XIII 0 5 5
Total 1190 521 1711
Percentage 70% 30% 100% 7
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Prohibited Acts
a. Child abuse;
b. Discrimination against children;
c. Child exploitation;
d. Violence against children in school;
e. Corporal punishment;
f. Any analogous or similar acts; and
g. Bullying or peer abuse
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 8
Violence against children committed in schools
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 9
Corporal Punishment
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 10
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOOLS
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
PREVENTIVE MEASURES:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 12
PROCEDURE: Protective and Remedial Measures to Address Corporal
Punishment and Other Acts of Violence Committed by School Personnel
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 13
Criminal and civil liability shall not be a bar to the filing
of an administrative case;
The Revised Rules of Procedure of DepED in
Administrative Cases shall apply in all other aspects;
The identity or other information that may reasonably
identify the pupil or student shall remain confidential;
and
The identity of a respondent-teacher shall likewise be
kept confidential.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 14
Assessment & Referral of Victims to the Local Social Welfare
and Development Office (LSWDO)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 15
Reporting and Monitoring System
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 16
Reporting Requirement
All schools shall inform their respective
schools division superintendents in writing
about the anti-bullying policies formulated
within six (6) months from the effectivity of
the Act.
Notification shall be an administrative
requirement prior to the operation of new
schools.
Every first week of the start of the schoolyear,
the schools division superintendents shall
compile these data and report the same to
the Secretary of the DepED.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 17
Sanction for Noncompliance
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 18
Teachers' duty of care
The general law of negligence provides that a person may be negligent if
There is no doubt that teachers owe a duty of care to students. When this
duty starts, where it ends and precisely what constitutes a breach of duty are
not nearly so clear cut.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
The following general principles apply:
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TASK/ACTIVITY 2
• Read the Right of the Child under the
UDHR
• Give five major protection given by the
state to children.
• What is juvenile delinquency? How the
state protects children under this law?
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION