DepEd Order No. 40 s.

2012
Policy and Guidelines
on Protecting Children in School from
Abuse, Violence, Exploitation,
Discrimination, Bullying and Other
Forms of Abuse
 The school is expected to be
a safe place
where our children’s learning
blossoms.
Learning is not only about sharpening
the mind but also about nurturing the
heart.
 Violence, Physical, Verbal and Sexual Abuse Inflicted
by Teachers & Other School Personnel
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GRADE LEVEL TYPE OF ABUSE PERCENTAGE/NO. OF

VICTIMS
I –III Physical Abuse 3/10
Verbal Abuse 4/10
HIGHER GRADE Physical Abuse 5/10
LEVELS Verbal Abuse 7/10
IV-VI Verbal Sexual Violence 36.53%
Inappropriate Touching 11.95%

High School Verbal Sexual Violence 42.88%

Inappropriate Touching 17.60%

•Source: “ Towards A Child –Friendly Education

Environment”, PWU-CWC- UNICEF for Plan
Philippines in 2009
Violence, Physical, Verbal and Sexual Abuse Among
Children (i.e. Bullying, etc.)

GRADE TYPE OF ABUSE PERCENTAGE

LEVEL /NO. OF
VICTIMES
IV-VI VERBAL ABUSE 73.58%
PHYSICAL ABUSE 30.17%
VERBAL SEXUAL ABUSE 26.74%
INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING 9.65%
HIGH SCHOOL VERBAL ABUSE 78.36%
PHYSICAL ABUSE 37.57%
VERBAL SEXUAL ABUSE 43.71%
INAPPROPRIATE TOUCHING 17.71%

•Source: “ Towards A Child –Friendly Education

Environment”, PWU-CWC-12
UNICEF for Plan
Philippines in 2009
 Summary of Reports on Bullying, Child and Sexual Abuse Cases (SY
2012-2013, including those reports submitted to our office as of
September 2013)
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Region Bullying Child Abuse Total

CAR 216 12 228
NCR 443 46 489
I 24 6 30
II 7 9 16
III 10 8 18
IV-A 112 71 183
IV-B 48 19 67
V 18 31 49
 Summary of Reports on Bullying, Child and
Sexual Abuse Cases (SY 2012- 2013)
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Region Bullying Child Abuse Total

VI 114 20 134
VII 13 17 30
VIII 6 10 16
IX 5 11 16
X 1 4 5
XI 61 6 67
XII 85 11 96
XIII 2 10 12
Total 1165 291 1456
Percentage 80% 20% 100%
 DEPED’s RESPONSE
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 DepEd Order No. 40, s. 2012

 DepEd Memo No. 153, s. 2013

 Republic Act 10627 and its IRR thru DepEd Order

No. 55, s. 2013
 UN Convention on the Rights of
the Child

a. Protects children from all forms of

violence, injury or abuse;

b. Establishes the Right of the Child to

Education
 The 1987 Philippine Constitution

(Art. XV. Sec. 3[2])

The State shall protect the right of children to:
-assistance, including
-proper care and nutrition, and
-special protection from all forms of neglect,
abuse, cruelty, exploitation and other conditions
prejudicial to their development.
 Article XIV, Section 3, (b)
All educational institutions shall, among others:

-foster love for humanity and respect for human rights

-teach the rights and duties of citizenship

-develop moral character and personal discipline

 Family Code of the Philippines
Article 218, 220, 233 and PD 603

Gives the school, its administrators and

teachers, or the individual, entity or
institution engaged in child care the special
parental authority and responsibility over
the minor child while under their
supervision, instruction or custody.
 Art. 233
The person exercising substitute parental authority
shall have the same authority over the person of the
child as the parents.

In no case shall the school administrator, teacher or

individual engaged in child care exercising special
parental authority inflict corporal punishment upon
the child. (n)
 Coverage of DepEd’s CPP

 Children who are enrolled in the basic

education system;

 School Personnel
 School Head
 Teaching or Non-Teaching personnel

 School Visitor or Guest

 Media
 Suppliers or Bidders
 Parents and Guardians, etc.
 PROHIBITED ACTS
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a. Child abuse;
b. Discrimination against children;
c. Child exploitation;
d. Violence against children in school;
e. Corporal punishment;
f. Any analogous or similar acts; and
g. Bullying or peer abuse
 CHILD ABUSE
Refers to the maltreatment of a child;
Includes:
1) Psychological Abuse or Physical Abuse;
2) Neglect or Cruelty;
3) Sexual Abuse and Emotional Maltreatment;
4) Any act by deeds or words that degrades the
dignity of a child as a human being;
5) Unreasonable deprivation of the child’s basic
needs for survival;

6) Failure to immediately give medical treatment to

an injured child resulting in serious impairment of the
child’s growth and development and permanent
incapacity or death.
 Discrimination against Children

Refers to an act of exclusion, distinction,

restriction or preference which impairs the
recognition, enjoyment or exercise by all
pupils or students on an equal footing, of
all rights and freedoms.
 Child Exploitation

Refers to the use of children for someone

else’s advantage, gratification or profit
resulting in unjust, cruel and harmful
treatment of the child.
 Forms of Child Exploitation
1) Sexual Exploitation – refers to the abuse of
a position of vulnerability, differential power, or
trust, for sexual purposes.

2) Economic exploitation – refers to the use of

the child in work or other activities for the benefit
of others.
 Corporal Punishment
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refers to a kind of punishment or penalty

imposed for an alleged or actual offense,
which is carried out or inflicted, for the
purpose of discipline, training or control, by a
teacher, school administrator, an adult, or
any other child who has been given or has
assumed authority or responsibility for
punishment or discipline.
 Violence against children committed in schools
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 a single act or a series of acts

 by school administrators, academic and non-academic
personnel
 against a child
 which result in or is likely to result in physical, sexual,
psychological harm or suffering, or other abuses
including threats of such acts, battery, assault, coercion,
harassment or arbitrary deprivation of liberty. It
includes, but is not limited to the following acts:
1. Physical violence
2. Sexual violence
3. Psychological violence
4. Other acts of violence
 Bullying (RA 10627)

 Any severe or repeated use

 by one or more students

 of a written, verbal or electronic

expression, or a physical act or gesture,
or any combination thereof,
 directed at another student
 Effects Of Bullying
1. actually causing or placing the victim in
reasonable fear of physical or emotional
harm or damage to his property;

2. a hostile environment at school for the

other student;
 Effects of bullying…
3. infringing on the rights of the other
student at school;

4. materially and substantially disrupting

the education process or the orderly
operation of a school; such as, but not
limited to, the following:
 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
SCHOOLS
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 Institution of effective CP policies and

procedures
 Adopt a child protection policy, and
organize and convene the CPC of the
school;
 Conduct the capacity building activities for
the members of CPC and Guidance
Counselors/Teachers;
 Ensure that the participatory and other
rights of children are respected and upheld
in all matters and procedures affecting
their welfare;

 Coordinate with appropriate offices,

agencies or instrumentalities for
appropriate assistance and intervention;

 Establishment of Monitoring System

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Composition:
 School Head/Administrator – Chairperson
 Guidance Counselor/ Teacher –Vice Chairperson
 Representative of the Teachers as designated by
the Faculty Club
 Representative of the Parents as designated by the
PTA
 Representative of pupils/students as designated
by the Supreme Student Council
 Representative from the Community as designated
by the Punong Barangay, preferably from the
Barangay Council for the Protection of Children
 Functions of CPC’s
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 Information dissemination programs;

 Establish a system for identifying students who may

be suffering from significant harm;

 Monitor the implementation of positive measures;

 Ensure that the children’s right to be heard are

respected and upheld in all matters and procedures
affecting their welfare;

 Accomplishment of Intake Sheet.

 PROCEDURES

Protective and Remedial Measures to Address Corporal Punishment

and Other Acts of Violence Committed by School Personnel
 Code of Ethics for Professional
Teachers
Art. VIII
Sec. 2 A teacher shall recognize that the interest and
welfare of learners are of first and foremost concern,
and shall deal justifiably and impartially with each of
them.
Sec. 8 A teacher shall not inflict corporal punishment on
offending learners nor make deductions nor make
deductions from their scholastic ratings as a punishment
for acts which are clearly not manifestation of poor
scholarship
People don’t care how much
you know
unless they know how much
YOU CARE.
THANK YOU!
ANNA A. JAPONE
PSDS