DO 25, s. 2018 - School Calendar for School Year 2018–2019

May 24, 2018

DO 25, s. 2018

School Calendar for School Year 2018–2019

To: Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau and Service Directors
Regional Directors
Regional Secretary, ARMM
Schools Division Superintendents
Public and Private Elementary and Secondary School Heads
All Others Concerned


1. The School Year (SY) 2018-2019 shall formally open on Monday, June 4, 2018 and shall end on Friday, April 5, 2019. It shall consist of 208 school days inclusive of the five-day In-Service Training and the three days for the Parent-Teacher Conferences (PTC) conducted within the school year. However, learners are expected to be in school for a total of 200 class days as shown in Enclosure No. 2. 

2. Private schools may deviate from this School Calendar. However, they may not start classes earlier than the first Monday of June and not later than the last day of August, as provided in Republic Act (RA) No. 7797, entitled An Act to Lengthen the School Calendar from Two Hundred (200) Days to Not More than Two Hundred Twenty (220) Class Days. Said schools should notify in advance their respective regional offices (ROs) regarding any deviation from the school calendar.

3. The Implementing Guidelines on the SY 2018-2019 Calendar of Activities are provided in Enclosure No. 1 to enable the schools to effectively and efficiently implement the school events and activities. Likewise, the guidelines shall allow the ROs and the schools division offices to provide support to schools, particularly in the areas of instruction, and progress monitoring and evaluation.

4. Schools may observe national and local celebrations/activities and holidays other than those indicated in Enclosure Nos. 2 and 3, provided that the activities are beneficial to the teaching-learning process, and that the total number of class days shall not be compromised.

5. Make-up classes are recommended in lieu of class cancellations due to celebrations and holidays, as well as natural and man-made calamities. Mechanism for the conduct of make-up classes must be agreed upon by school heads and the Parent-Teacher Associations. In this regard, the ROs may issue a regional school calendar to announce and reflect their concerned events. 

Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.


(Sgd)LEONOR MAGTOLIS BRIONES
Secretary


Encls.: As stated
Reference: DepEd Order No. 25, s. 2017
To be indicated in the Perpetual Index under the following subjects:

CALENDAR, SCHOOL
CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVALS
CLASSES
MONITORING AND EVALUATION
OFFICIALS
POLICY
SCHOOLS

Opening of Classes is on June 4: Released May 18, 2018

DepEd gears up for school opening through Oplan Balik Eskwela 2018

May 18, 2018

PASIG CITY May 18, 2018 – In line with its annual initiative to engage education partners and stakeholders in preparation for the opening of classes, the Department of Education (DepEd) is set to reactivate the National Oplan Balik Eskwela (OBE) for School Year 2018-2019 from May 21 to June 8 at the Bulwagan ng Karunungan, DepEd-Central Office in Pasig City.

“The conduct of the OBE will ensure that all our learners are properly enrolled and able to attend school on the first day of classes by addressing problems, queries, and other concerns commonly encountered by our stakeholders at the start of the school year,” Education Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones explained.

Under the OBE, the DepEd-Central Office (CO) shall set up the OBE Information and Action Center (IAC) at the Bulwagan ng Karunugan which shall serve as the information and complaints processing and routing zone for the duration of the project. Likewise, regional and division offices are encouraged to set up a command center to receive and respond to concerns directly from the ground.

Regional information officers and other OBE personnel attended the 2018 OBE National Orientation last May 10 to 11 at the DepEd-CO to capacitate them on how to properly handle and answer questions from the public.

Some of the topics discussed at the orientation include Learner Reference Number (LRN) and Learner Information System (LIS); Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE); Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT); K to 12 Program; enrollment policies; Kindergarten; Alternative Learning System (ALS); Madrasah Education Program; Special Education (SpEd) Program; disaster-preparedness; Child Protection Policy; and teacher hiring, among others.

Mobilizing partner agencies, organizations
Furthermore, to ensure that all school opening concerns will be addressed, including those outside the purview of the Department, DepEd will assemble the OBE Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF).

“We are also working closely with our partners to ensure the delivery of quality, accessible, relevant, and liberating basic education… Para kapag may concern sa school regarding electricity, o hindi ma-access ang eskwelahan dahil sa sira ang tulay, madali itong maaaksyunan with the assistance of our partners,” Briones said.

The OBE-IATF is composed of the Department of Energy (DOE); Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG); Department of Health (DOH); Department of National Defense (DND), Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH); Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD); Department of Trade and Industry (DTI); Manila Electric Company (MERALCO); Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS); Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA); Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA); and Philippine National Police (PNP).

The opening of classes for School Year 2018-2019 in all public schools nationwide is on June 4.

This effort is pursuant to the DepEd Memorandum No. 50, series of 2018, or the 2018 Oplan Balik Eskwela which is available online at http://www.deped.gov.ph/memos/dm-050-s-2018.

Source: http://www.deped.gov.ph/press-releases/deped-gears-school-opening-through-oplan-balik-eskwela-2018

Mid-year bonus. Am I qualified to receive? Here's the guidelines.

GOOD NEWS para sa mga kawani ng gobyerno!

Matatanggap na ang mid-year bonus simula Mayo 15, 2018.

Ayon kay Budget Secretary Diokno, aabot sa P36.2 bilyon ang inilaan ng gobyerno para sa mid-year bonus. Tinatayang 1.5 milyong empleyado ng gobyerno ang makakatanggap nito.

Tingnan ang infograph para malaman kung ikaw ay kabilang dito.

Para sa iba pang detalye, basahin ang Budget Circular No. 2017-2:  https://www.dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/Issuances/2017/Budget%20Circular/BUDGET%20CIRCULAR%20NO.%202017-2.pdf

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Clothing allowance: Who are qualified? Here are the new guidelines

MAGANDANG BALITA PARA SA MGA CIVIL SERVANTS!

Itinaas na sa anim na libong piso (P 6,000) ang matatanggap na Uniform/ Clothing Allowance (U/CA) ng mga kawani ng gobyerno. Matatandaang limang libong piso (P 5,000) lamang ang halaga ng U/CA noong mga nakaraang taon.

Nasa halos P1.12 bilyon ang inilaang pondo para sa pagtaas ng U/CA.

Inatasan ang mga ahensya ng gobyerno na bumuo ng kani-kanilang sariling internal guidelines para sa paggawad ng U/CA.

Para sa karagdagang detalye, maaaring tumungo sa: https://www.dbm.gov.ph/…/Budg…/BUDGET-CIRCULAR-NO-2018-1.pdf

School Year 2017-2018 K to 12 Basic Education Program End of School Year Rites

To: Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau and Service Directors
Regional Secretary, ARMM
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
Public and Private Elementary and Secondary School Heads
All Others Concerned

1. For School Year (SY) 2017-2018, the Department of Education (DepEd) announces the conduct of the following End of School Year Rites:

Grade Level Completers	Ceremony	Proof of Completion
Kindergarten	Moving Up or Completion	Kindergarten Certificate (Enclosure No. 1)
Grade 6	Graduation	Elementary Certificate (Enclosure No. 2)
Grade 10	Moving Up or Completion	Junior High School Certificate (Enclosure No. 3)
Grade 12 learners from Schools with DepEd-approved K to 12 transition plan Schools with permit to operate Senior High School since 2014 International schools with K to 12 Program	Graduation	Senior High School Diploma (Enclosure No. 4)

2. ​The 2018 ceremonies shall focus on the theme Mag-aaral ng K to 12: Handa sa Hamon ng Buhay (K to 12 Learners: Ready to Face Life’s Challenges). Schools, divisions, or regions may translate the theme in Mother Tongue. This theme highlights the role of K to 12 Basic Education Program in harnessing the skills and competencies of the Filipino learners to face life’s challenges.

3. As announced in Enclosure No. 1 of DepEd Order (DO) No. 25, s. 2017 entitled School Calendar for School Year 2017-2018, the end of school year rites should be scheduled not earlier than April 2, 2018 but not later than April 6, 2018. Schools, divisions, or regions with an extended school year will have to be guided by their approved revised school calendar.

4. All Grade 12 learners are required to take the Basic Education Exit Assessment (BEEA) which will be conducted before April 6, 2018. Details of the examination will be issued on a separate memorandum.

5. In line with the government’s austerity program, DepEd reiterates the following policies:

  a. Graduation rites should be simple but meaningful which encourage civil rights, a sense of community, and personal responsibility. While these rites mark a milestone in the life of the learners, these should be conducted without excessive spending, extravagant attire, or extraordinary venue;

  b. Moving Up or Closing Ceremonies should be simple involving only the learners, their parents and the school; and

  c.  Non-academic projects such as attendance to field trips, film showing, junior-senior promenade, and other school events should not be imposed as requirements for graduation or completion.

For Public Schools only

  a. Expenses relative to the activity should be charged to the school’s Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses under the 2018 Budget;

  b. Any DepEd personnel should not be allowed to collect any graduation/moving up/closing ceremony fees or any kind of contribution; and

  c. Contribution for the annual yearbook, if any, should be on a voluntary basis.

6. Use of enclosed completion certificate and diploma templates:

For private elementary and secondary schools, technical and vocational institutions (TVIs), and higher education institutions (HEIs) including state universities and colleges (SUCs) and local universities and colleges (LUCs)	The use of the enclosed completion certificate and diploma templates is optional.  The signature of the school head is required, while the signature of the schools division superintendent is not required.
For public elementary and secondary schools	The use of the enclosed completion certificate and diploma templates is required.

7. Awarding of honors to learners from Grades 1 to 12 shall follow the guidelines stipulated in DO 36, s. 2016 entitled Policy Guidelines on Awards and Recognition for K to 12 Basic Education Program.

8. Further, the end of school year rites and moving up or closing ceremony should be conducted in an appropriate solemn ceremony befitting the learners and their parents, and shall not be used as a political forum.

9. Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.

(Sgd) LEONOR MAGTOLIS BRIONES

                              Secretary

Encls.: As stated
References: DepEd Order: Nos. 8 and 25, s. 2017, and 36, s. 2016
To be indicated in the Perpetual Index under the following subjects:

BASIC EDUCATION
CERTIFICATE
DIPLOMA
GRADUATION
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION
LEARNERS
POLICY
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Some offices/personnel of DepEd are excluded and will not receive 2016 PBB" says DBM

The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is accelerating the evaluation and processing of pertinent documents to ensure that the FY 2016 Performance-Based Bonus (PBB) will be released at the soonest possible time. The release of the FY 2016 PBB has encountered several delays owing to late or incomplete submission of requirements for the compliance validation process conducted by the oversight agencies concerned to determine an agency’s eligibility for the grant of the PBB.

The final validation by the Administrative Order (AO) No. 25 Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on whether or not the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Health (DOH) are eligible for the PBB was only received by the DBM on January 17, 2018.

Processing of the FY 2016 PBB of the DepEd

         

The DepEd submitted its FY 2016 Accomplishment Report to the AO No. 25 Secretariat on April 18, 2017. Upon review by the different validating agencies of its compliance with various PBB requirements, the DepEd was informed, through a letter of the AO No. 25 Secretariat dated May 18, 2017, of the need to provide justifications for the non-achievement of some of its targets in FY 2016. Accordingly, on December 22 and 28, 2017, the DepEd sent its justifications for the purpose to the AO No. 25 IATF for its evaluation. On January 17, 2018, the DepEd was declared eligible for the grant of the FY 2016 PBB.

          However, although the DepEd is eligible on the grant of the FY 2016 PBB, the following offices/ personnel of the Department will be excluded from the FY 2016 PBB ranking:

●                The unit/s including the highest ranking official, from the 25 DepEd Schools Division Offices (SDOs) / Schools most responsible for the agency’s non-accomplishment of the posting requirements in the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS); and

●                DepEd Bureaus/Offices with low utilization rate that affected the non-attainment of the Department’s Budget Utilization Report-General Administration and Support Services Target.

          The DBM has also noted discrepancies in the DepEd’s ranking of delivery units, and has thereby requested the DepEd to reconcile the same at the soonest possible time.

          To date, the DBM Central Office Bureau concerned has endorsed the following DepEd ROs to the DBM ROs for the processing and issuance of the necessary fund release documents for the FY 2016 PBB:

●           14 SDOs with 1,414 eligible employees under DepEd RO No. I;

●           20 SDOs with 2,052 eligible employees under DepEd RO No. III;

●           77,438 eligible employees from the different elementary and secondary schools under the jurisdiction of the DepEd RO No. III;

●           19 SDOs with 1,938 eligible employees under DepEd RO No. IV-A;

●           86,305 eligible employees from the different elementary and secondary schools under the jurisdiction of the DepEd RO No. IV-A;

●           13 SDOs with 1826 eligible employees under DepEd RO No. V; and

●           56,826 eligible employees from the different elementary and secondary schools under the jurisdiction of the DepEd RO No. V.

          The DBM ROs concerned are in the process of preparing the corresponding Special Allotment Release Order (SARO)/Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA), in coordination with the DepEd.

          As regards the ranking of the delivery units of the other offices of the DepEd in its Central Office, ROs and SDOs, the same are yet to be submitted by the DepEd to the AO No. 25 IATF and the DBM.

Given so, the AO No. 25 IATF is working closely with the DepEd to hasten the preparation and finalization of the necessary documents for the FY 2016 PBB for the benefit of its qualified officials and employees.

Processing of the FY 2016 PBB of the DOH

          The DOH submitted its FY 2016 Accomplishment Report to the DBM in November 2017. On December 17, 2017, the DOH submitted its justifications for the late submission of the Budget and Financial Accountability Reports (BFARs). However, on January 4, 2018, the DBM considered the late submission, based on the justifications provided by the DOH-OSEC, as due to factors controllable by the DOH.

          In addition, the PhilGEPS Office indicated in its report on March 31, 2017 that 14 offices of the DOH (i.e. 6 Regional Offices, 1 Technical Unit, 1 Level I Hospital, 2 Level II Hospitals, 3 Level III Hospitals, and 1 Special Hospital) are non-compliant with their respective PhilGEPS posting requirement.

          In this regard, while the DOH is eligible for the grant of the FY 2016 PBB, the DOH units that are non-compliant with PhilGEPS, as well as those responsible for the delays in the procurement and failed biddings and delays in the submission of the BFARs to the DBM will not be included in the grant of the FY 2016 PBB.

          It may be highlighted that the DBM has already completed the evaluation of the DOH submitted documents necessary for the grant of FY 2016 PBB and is now in the process of preparing the necessary SARO/NCA for the payment of the FY 2016 PBB of the qualified officials and employees of the DOH.

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Memo on Collection of Personnel Data Relative to the Release of 2016 PBB

Collection of data for the release of 2016 PBB is ongoing. 

Additional guidelines of ELIGIBLE and NON-ELIGIBLE personnel.

REGISTRY OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS - SHS SY 2017- 2018

based on DepEd Order No. 3, s. 2016

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REGISTRY OF QUALIFIED APPLICANTS - SEC SY 2017- 2018

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