DO 40, s. 2014 – Establishment, Merging, Conversion, and Naming/Renaming of Public Schools, and Separation of Public School Annexes in Basic Education
August 26, 2014
DO 40, s. 2014
Establishment, Merging, Conversion, and Naming/Renaming of Public Schools, and Separation of Public School Annexes in Basic Education
To: Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau Directors
Directors of Services, Centers and Heads of Units
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
Heads, Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
All Others Concerned
- The Department issues the enclosed Revised Guidelines on the Establishment, Merging, Conversion, and Naming/Renaming of Public Schools, and Separation of School Annexes in Basic Education. It aims to provide comprehensive guidelines to streamline, synchronize and update the aforementioned work processes.
- The systems and procedures including the criteria set therein shall be used as guide by the DepEd Central and Field Offices/Units as well as the Department’s external stakeholders to ensure that schools to be established, merged, converted, and named/renamed and the school annexes separated from their mother schools are in accordance with DepEd quality standards to enhance the delivery of basic education.
- All provisions of DepEd rules, regulations, and issuances, which are inconsistent with these guidelines are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
- This Order shall take effect immediately upon its issuance.
- Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.
Encl.: As stated
Reference: DepEd Order: No. 29, s. 2011
To be indicated in the Perpetual Index under the following subjects:
POLICY
RULES AND REGULATIONS
SCHOOLS