midyear reform

1. Basic Education in the Time of
COVID-19:
WinS Situation and Direction
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 1

2. WASH IN SCHOOLS AND COVID-19
The Department of Education recognizes
the need to support the continuity of
education in the pandemic without
compromising the health and safety of
learners and teachers.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 2

3. WASH IN SCHOOLS AND COVID-19
• In the onset of the
pandemic , schools
were closed March
2020 and start of
distance/ online/
remote learning for
SY 2020-2021 was
moved from June to
October 2020 and is
set to end July 10.
Some private
schools started their
online and remote
learning classes in
July.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 3

4. WASH IN SCHOOLS AND COVID-19
• Remote and distance learning was implemented for the year
through the following modalities: Learning Modules, Online
Delivery, Television and Radio, or a combination. However, the
possibility of phased face to face classes for pilot schools is being
studied.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 4

5. 01/24/2020
OUA MemoNo.
08-0120-0598
Department of
Education’s
Response on
Health Problems
due to
Coronavirus and
Re-emergence
of Polio in the
Philippines
02/01/2020
DM No. 11, s.
2020
Creation of a
Task Force for
the Management
of the
Department of
Education
Response to
Novel
Coronavirus
Acute
Respiratory
Disease
(Amended on
02/11/2020
through
DM No. 19,s.
02–03/2020
DMs 15, 21, 23,
31, 34, s. 2020
First to Fifth Sets
of Policy
Directives of the
DepEd Task
Force COVID-19
Continuous Issuances of DTFC Memoranda for COVID-19-Response-Related Concerns in DepEd
04/27/2020
DOH AO
2020-0015
DOH Guidelines
on the
Risk-Based
Public Health
Standards of
COVID-19
Mitigation
06/25/2020
DO 14, s. 2020
Guidelines on the
Required Health
Standards in Basic
Education Offices
and Schools
11/26/2020
DOH DM
2020-0512
Revised
Omnibus Interim
Guidelines on
Prevention
Detection,
Isolation,
Treatment, and
Reintegration,
Strategies for
COVID-19
• Ongoing Development of
the Omnibus Guidelines
on the Minimum Public
Health Standards for the
Safe Reopening of the
Economy (which includes
Education Sector)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
• Ongoing Development of
a Joint Circular between
DepEd and the DOH on
the Minimum Health
Standards for the
Reopening of Schools for
Face to Face Classes
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Timeline of Important Issuances

6. DepEd Required Health Standards
• DepEd Order No. 14, s. 2020 or the
Guidelines on the Required Health
Standards in Basic Education Offices and
Schools (25 June 2020)
• Aimed at ensuring safe return to schools
when physical classes are already allowed
by the President and/or other national
authorities
• Primarily based on the Department of
Health (DOH) AO 2020-0015 or the
Guidelines on the Risk-Based Public
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
WASH IN SCHOOLS AND COVID-19

7. WASH IN SCHOOLS AND COVID-19
Measures done to address the challenges
In response to the new
normal where there
are no face-to-face
classes, DepEd adopts
the new guidelines to
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 7
assist the
coordinators
filling-out
monitoring
Field
in the
of the
tool and
uploading of the WinS
data for SY 2020-2021

8. WASH IN SCHOOLS AND COVID-19
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 8
Measures done to address the challenges
On Partnership …
The Department of Education intensifies its and
recognizes the importance of Partnership in various
organizations in the effective implementation of
various school health programs and services for all
the learners and personnel such as the WASH in
Schools (WinS) Program.

9. WASH IN SCHOOLS AND COVID-19
ensures that
of the DO 41, s. 2020,
around
13,118,898 Kinder to Grade
6 Pupils amounting to Php
787, 133, 180 shall receive
healthcare supplies or kits
which include toothpaste,
toothbrush, and soap.
Measures done to address the challenges
Provision of Health Care Kits/Supplies
DepEd, through the issuance
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 9

10. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
MEASURES FOR SCHOOLS
Schools (Enclosure No. 2)
I. Routines and Protocols for Health
and Safety
A. General Health and Safety
Protocols
B. Detection and Referral
C. School Activities and Events
D. School Clinic and Health Services
E. DepEd Health and Safety Policies
II. Physical Arrangement in Schools
NOTE: Tobe followed in all basic education schools and community learning centers (CLCs), and DepEd offices, when and to extent that
personnel, teachers, non-teaching personnel, and learners will already be allowed to physically return to DepEd schools and/or offices
II. Support Mechanisms
A. Physical and Mental Resilience
B. Administrative Support
IV. Screening of Returning Personnel
and Learners and Testing Protocol
For the purpose of this presentation,
the DO contains 45 specific measures
for schools.
WASH IN SCHOOLS AND COVID-19

11. WASH IN SCHOOLS AND COVID-19
WinS challenges due to the pandemic
• WinS Monitoring
• Infrastructure Support
• Provision for Sanitation, Disinfection for supplies
• Procurement and Distribution of Hygiene Supplies
• Reinforcement of WinS Behaviors in the Home
• Capacity Building for WinS Focals and other
stakeholders
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 11

12. STATUS OF PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
WinS Online Monitoring
• Increased participation rate
and increase in all WinS
indicators for the past 3
years
• Revised guidelines for
WinS Monitoring and
validation during the remote
learning/ no face-to-face
classes in the school year
• Increased participation
rate in 2020-2021 – 91.5%
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 12

13. STATUS OF PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
• Capacity Building for Division Officers, School Leaders
and Teachers
• Information Dissemination
• WINS Massive Open Online Courses in
partnership with SEAMEO Innotech
✔ Leading WinS
✔ Accelerating WinS
• Webinars in partnership with the WINS TWG
Group(GIZ, Save the Children, Unicef)
• Capacity Building and Learning Exchange
activities(e.g. component 3 schools)
• First WinS Yearend Forum involving all
regional and school division focals
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 13

14. STATUS OF PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
• WASH in Schools
Resources
-WinS Booklets and other
resources available through
the DepEd WASH in Schools
Website
- #MeronAko Resources
- WinS LACS for Teachers
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 14

15. WINS PLANNED ACTIVITIES
• Strengthen and support WinS implementation on all levels to help
schools fulfill health and hygiene requirements for safe school
operations
• Further Institutionalization of the WinS MOOC as a Capacity Building
Activity
• Strengthening the Institutionalization and Implementation of WinS
Monitoring, including use of data via Dashboard for planning on all
levels
• Institutionalization of Regular activities for WinS Forum and Midyear
forum for WinS Focals
• Development of Research Capacity for WinS of CO, Regional and
School Divisions
• Development of additional materials for WinS Support and Capacity
Building (additional videos, review / updating of manuals)
• Institutionalization of Appointment and Designation of the WinS Focal
for BLSS-SHD – national, regional and school division
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16. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SUSTAINING WINS
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• WinS Capacity BuildingActivities
• Further Institutionalization of the WinS MOOCs
• Strenthening WinS TWG and the National and
Regional WinS Network
• Process analysis to strengthen specific capacities
• WinS Resources Inventory
• WinS Webpage and Facebook (OK sa DepEd)
• Operation Manuals
• Training Materials (Videos)
• Development of Research and Monitoring Culture
• Selection and Training of Possible WinS
Advocates
• Support and Integration to other School Health
Pillars as part of a comprehensive approach

17. Thank you!