DepEd suspends school-based management validation activities


The Department of Education (DepEd) has temporarily suspended the conduct of division and regional School-Based Management (SBM) validation operations in order to help held offices and schools in their gradual transition to a new policy.

The said moratorium was announced in DepEd Memorandum No. 75 series of 2022 signed by Undersecretary and Chief of Staff Epimaco Densing III dated Aug. 26.

Regarding the ongoing policy development of the revised guidelines on the implementation of the DepEd School-Based Management (SBM) Framework, DepEd said that “all ongoing and planned activities relative to the conduct of the validation process to determine the SBM level of Practice by the schools division offices (SDOs) and regional offices (ROs) shall be held in abeyance.”

The said moratorium, DepEd explained, is issued to prepare and assist held offices and schools in their gradual transition from DepEd Order No. 83, s. 2012 or the Implementing Guidelines on the Revised School-Based Management Framework, Assessment Process And Tool (APAT) to the new SBM policy.

The moratorium on the conduct of division and regional school-based management validation activities was issued to all undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, bureau and service directors, regional directors, schools division superintendents, public elementary and secondary school heads, and all others concerned.

“During this period, field offices shall observe a practice-based provision of technical assistance in lieu of recognition-based validation activities,” DepEd said.

SDOs, DepEd added, shall “provide the necessary technical assistance for continuous improvement of school practices and processes on areas identified as dimensions of school operations.”

ROs are also expected to “extend support and trainings to their SDOs to enhance capacity in providing technical assistance to schools.”

Likewise, SDOs and ROs shall “strengthen and further develop their tools and mechanisms to ensure relevance and enhance the efficiency of the provision of their respective technical assistance.”

Meanwhile, DepEd noted that “schools shall continue to undergo self-assessment using the existing SBM tool with the purpose of identifying areas for improvement”, particularly in various dimensions of school operations such as leadership, governance and accountability, human resources and team development, finance, and resource management and mobilization, curriculum and instruction, and learning environment.

“This moratorium shall remain in effect until the new SBM policy is issued,” DepEd said.

 
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