DepEd ORDER No. 024, s. 2021

GUIDELINES ON THE COORDINATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOLS IN

RESETTLEMENT SITES DUE TO DISASTERS AND/OR EMERGENCIES

To:

Undersecretaries

Assistant Secretaries Minister, Basic, Higher, and Technical Education, BARMM Bureau and Service Directors Regional Directors Schools Division Superintendents Public and Private Elementary and Secondary School Heads All Others Concerned

1. The Department of Education (DepEd) issues the enclosed Guidelines on the Coordination for Establishment of Schools in Resettlement Sites due to Disasters and/or Emergencies which establishes the processes for planning and providing access to quality basic education services in resettlement sites following disasters or emergencies. This supplements DepEd Order No. 40, s. 2014 which provides the guidelines for the Establishment, Merging, Conversion, and Naming/Renaming of Public Schools, and Separation of Public School Annexes in Basic Education.

2. The processes cover the roles and responsibilities, data gathering and reporting mechanisms that shall guide the concerned offices of divisions, regions, and the central office on coordination with different concerned agencies and field offices with regard to resettlement of families and learners, thereby, aiding decisions on education interventions in resettlement sites.

3. All DepEd Orders, Memoranda and other related issuances, rules, regulations, and provisions which are inconsistent with these guidelines are hereby repealed, rescinded, or modified accordingly.

4. For more information, please contact the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service, 2nd Floor, Mabini Building, Department of Education Central Office, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City through email at drrmo@deped.gov.ph or telefax no. (02) 637-4933.