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Students' Rights and Responsibilities

The document summarizes students' rights and responsibilities in Philippine education. It discusses how students' rights have expanded from a limited concept of "in loco parentis" to include freedom of expression, participation in policymaking, and rights to records. The Magna Carta for Students enshrines students' rights like an independent student council and non-discrimination policies. Guidelines cover suspension, expulsion, searches, and the selection of honor students. Several laws and orders also aim to improve education quality at various levels.

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Students' Rights and Responsibilities

The document summarizes students' rights and responsibilities in Philippine education. It discusses how students' rights have expanded from a limited concept of "in loco parentis" to include freedom of expression, participation in policymaking, and rights to records. The Magna Carta for Students enshrines students' rights like an independent student council and non-discrimination policies. Guidelines cover suspension, expulsion, searches, and the selection of honor students. Several laws and orders also aim to improve education quality at various levels.

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Students’ Rights

and
Responsibilities
Until the 1970’s, students’ rights were limited by their status
minors and by the concept of “in loco parentis” where school
authorities assumed the powers of the child’s parents during the
hours the child was under school supervision. Students are
increasingly becoming aware of their rights, and schools deal with
their rights, and schools deal with their demands in varying degrees.
The latest bill #4288 (Magna Carta of Students) covers in detail the
rights of students.
In Loco Parentis

The rights of students are to be protected while under the


supervision of the school. There would be no corporal punishment
and whatever disciplining is needed must be done with only their
best interests in mind.
Freedom of Expression

Students are entitled to freedom of expression in so far as


these views are consistent with the rules of the school and will not
disrupt school order or transgress the rights of others.
The Magna Carta for
Students provides
a) for a fully independent and autonomous student council and mandates
school owners to provide the necessary funds to sustain their activities;
b) that there should be one student council for each campus which shall
have its own set of officers elected in annual popular elections and a charter duly
ratified ;
c) that no student shall be denied admission to any school on account of
his physical handicap, socioeconomic status, political or religious beliefs or
membership in a student organization;
d) for the participation of students in the tertiary level in the school’s
policy making process.
Suspension and Expulsion

Guidelines for suspension and expulsion are contained in the


manual of Regulations for Private Schools and in School Rules and
Regulations. Suspension and expulsion has due process requirements
have to be followed.
Search and Seizure

Searches usually are conducted because school authorities


suspect that illegal or dangerous items are on the students. The rise
of drug use and fraternity squabbles are legitimate reasons for
search. Searches may be done in school entrances and, generally,
students do not mind this especially when all others are searched.
Lockers which are considered school property may be searched if
reasonable cause exists. Body or strip searches are unconstitutional
and should never be allowed.
Students’ Records

Parents retain right of access to their children’s school records


until the child reaches the age of eighteen. The student alone
possesses the right to his school records. Parents or other parties
may apply for records only upon the written authority of the student.
Board of Textbooks

Republic Act No. 139 provides the basis for the selection and
adoption of textbooks. It created the Board of Textbooks which
selects and approves textbooks for use in the public schools. The
board does not select textbook for use? In the private schools.
Private Schools, however cannot use any textbook in? which the
board has any objection.
Bilingual Evaluation

Department Order No. 25 s. 1974 (Bilingual Education


Program) mandates the use of English and Filipino separately as
media of instruction. English Communication Arts, Mathematics and
Science are to be taught in English and the rest of the subjects are to
be taught in Filipino. The implementation begins in Grade One for
Tagalog speaking areas in 1974-1975 and for Non-Tagalog speaking
areas in 1978-1979. By 1981-1982, the shift of media was to begin in
all high schools. No definite time-table or program for tertiary level
institutions was prescribed.
PD No. 907 Granting Civil
Service Eligibility to College
Honor Graduates
The Decree provides that honor graduates from school year
1972-73 from schools, colleges and universities of good standing as
determined by the Secretary of Education and Culture shall be
conferred appropriate civil service eligibilities.
The term honor graduate refers to those students who
finished their course with at least cum laude honors.
The Decree took effect upon its approval on March 11, 1976.
Free Public Secondary
Education Act of 1988
Republic Act No. 6655 provides for a system of free public
secondary education commencing in School year 1988-1989.
Students enrolled in secondary course offerings in national and
general comprehensive high schools, state colleges and universities,
specialized schools, trade, technical, vocational, fishery and
agricultural schools, and in schools established, administered,
maintained and funded by local government units, including city,
provincial, municipal and barangay high schools and those public
high schools which may be established by law, shall be free from
payment of tuition and other school fees.
Selection of Honor Students

DECS order No. 49, 1992 entitled “Selection of Honor Students in the
Secondary Schools” provides the guidelines for the election of honor
students. Implementation of the guidelines started SY 1992-1993 in all public
and private secondary schools.
The designation “valedictorian”, “salutatorian”, and honorable
mention” shall apply to graduating students in all secondary schools. There
shall be one valedictorian and one salutatorian for all the graduating classes.
In case of a tie between two candidates both may be declared valedictorians
and salutatorians. The number of students to be declared honorable mention
in a school shall be one percent (1%) of the total number of graduating
students.
The ranking of students for the selection of those who will be
awarded honors should be based on total weighted rank. Academic
excellence shall be given a weight of 7 while performance in co-
curricular activities shall be given a weight of 3. Academic excellence
shall be based on the general average of the grade of the graduating
students in the last two years (third and fourth years) of schooling.
Performances in co-curricular activities shall cover the
achievement of the candidates for the last two years. The rating shall be
based on the combined assessment of all the third and fourth year
teachers of the candidates.
MECS Order No. 44 s. 1983 once more revised the “Revised
Procedure for Determining Honor Pupils in Elementary Grades”. According
to this, the honor pupils graduating from the elementary schools shall be
designated First Honors and Second Honors. Scholarship and character shall
be based on the general average for the last year only. Selection of honor
students is based on scholarship and character, and on co-curricular
activities. Scholarship and character are given a weight of 9 while co-
curricular activities are given a weight ?, effective school year 1987-1988
when the pupils which tried out the NESC in school year 1982-1983 will
graduate. It shall be used on a national scale in school year 1988-1989
(MECS Order No. 55 s. 1983).
DECS Order No. 37 s. 1994
National Elementary Assessment
Test (NEAT)
A National Elementary Assessment Test for all grade VI
elementary pupils will be given every year on the 13th Tuesday
following the beginning of the school year. The test consists of a
battery of achievement tests of the multiple choice? Type.
NSAT- A new yet similar, test for high school seniors, the
National Secondary Assessment Test or NSAT is scheduled to be given
three days after the NEAT.
The NSAT replaces the abolished NCEE but, unlike the NCEE,
passing the new NSAT will not be pre-requisite to entrance to college.
DECS Order No. 1 s. 1994
School Calendar
The Elementary and Secondary Schol year shall consist of not
less than forty-two (42) calendar weeks, with a minimum of two
hundred (200) class days inclusive of examination days for both
public and private schools.
In addition to Regular Holidays and Special Holidays
authorized in Executive Order No. 203 promulgated on June 30,
1987, DECS will permit the observance by public and private schools
of other holidays, provided the minimum number of class hours and
days are observed.
DepEd Order No. 34 s. 2001

All public elementary and secondary school children are


required to read at least two books apart from the textbook a year.
Congressional Commission
on Education (Edcom)
To raise the quality of our educational system, Edcom,
Congressional Commission on Education – a bicameral body- has
pushed the approval of the laws.
RA 5698 created the Legal Education Board to improve the
quality of law schools and arrest the climbing numbers of bars flunkers.
RA 7686 institutionalized dual training, allowing students of
vocational and technical education to pursue their studies while at the
same time getting paid for on-the-job-training in private industries.
RA 7687 established a scholarship program for courses that will
encourage the youth to pursue careers in science and technology.
RA 7722 puts up the Commission of Higher Education (CHED) to
take over from the Department of Education, Culture and Sports the task
of over seeing tertiary education.
RA 7731 abolished the NCEE to give the marginalized sector greater
access to college education .
RA 7743 called for the establishment of city and municipal libraries.
RA 7784 created the Centers for Excellence in Teacher Education.
End of my Report

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