To: Bureau Directors
Regional Directors
Schools Superintendents
District Supervisors
Vocational School Superintendents/Administrators School Heads

1. A comprehensive school census of all government elementary and secondary schools will be conducted by the Office of Planning Service. The school census aims to obtain complete, reliable and up-to-date school-level data on a variety of information areas to support the planning, budgeting and procurement activities of the Department.
2. Inclosed are the forms which shall be accomplished by the administrators/heads of all the government elementary and secondary schools in three (3) copies. One (1) copy of the accomplished form shall be submitted on or before April 30, 1996 to the Research and Statistics Division, Office of Planning Service, DECS, UL Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City. The second copy shall be submitted to the Schools Superintendent and the third copy shall be retained in the school.
3. Full attention and prompt compliance with this Order is earnestly requested of all concerned to ensure successful implementation of this data gathering activity.
4. Since the comprehensive school census is intended to be a one-time data submission, this Order does not supersede previous DECS Orders regarding annual collection and processing of basic education data.

Incls. : As stated
Reference : DECS Order: No. 42, s. 1995
Allotment: 1-2-3–(M.O. 1-87)

To be indicated in the Perpetual Index under the following subjects:
CENSUS
FORMS
SCHOOLS
STATISTICS (Data)

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