Department of Education

Region XII

Division of Sultan Kudarat

Genzola Elementary School

Child Protection & Anti-Bullying Policies

Our Vision

We dream of Filipinos

who passionately love their country

and whose values and competencies

enable them to realize their full potential

and contribute meaningfully to building the nation.

As a learner-centered public institution,

the Department of Education

continuously improves itself

to better serve its stakeholders.

Our Mission

To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality, equitable,

culture-based, and complete basic education where:

Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and

motivating environment

Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture every learner

Administrators and staff, as stewards of the institution, ensure an

enabling and supportive environment for effective learning to happen

Family, community, and other stakeholders are actively engaged and share

responsibility for developing life-long learners

Our Core Values

Maka-Diyos

Maka-tao

Makakalikasan

Makabansa

goal

Genzola Elementary School promotes a zero-tolerance policy for any act of child abuse, exploitation, violence, discrimination, bullying and other forms of abuse.

Legal Bases

Convention on the Rights of the Child

  • Protects children from all forms of violence, injury or abuse;
  • Establishes the Right of the Child to Education

The Philippine Constitution

  • 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 (Art. XV. Sec. 3(b))

  • All educational institutions shall…x x x… foster love of humanity, respect for human rights …x x x...develop moral character and personal discipline… (Article XIV, Section 3, (b))

Article 218, 220, 233 of the Family Code of the Philippines 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”…..
  • “Authority and responsibility shall apply to all authorized activities whether inside or outside the premises of the school, entity or institution….”

Principles

1. Schools shall be conducive to learning and children shall have the right to education free from fear;

2. All children shall be protected from all forms of abuse and bullying to develop self-esteem and self-confidence;

3. Schools shall advocate a positive and non-violent mode of disciplining children to foster self-discipline and to improve self-esteem;

4. Corporal punishment shall not be imposed on any child in school for the purpose of discipline, training or control;

5. School Heads shall take steps to prevent bullying and ensure that the appropriate interventions, counseling and other services, are provided for the victims of abuse, violence, exploitation, discrimination and bullying;

6. Pupils, students or learners shall respect the rights of others and refrain from committing acts of bullying and peer violence;

7. Parents shall be actively involved in all school activities or events that raise awareness on children’s rights, positive discipline, and the prevention of bullying;

8. Visitors and guest shall be oriented on the Child Protection Policy.

Duties and responsibilities of the school

  • Ensure the institution of effective child protection policies and procedures and monitor compliance thereof;
  • Adopt a child protection policy, and organize and convene the Child Protection Committee (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

Chair:Michael A. Poblador

Principal-I

Co-chair: Lany F. Catiwalaan

Acting School Guidance Coordinator

Members:

Katherine R. Somcio

MT-I

Eunice M. Fajarito

T-II

Rep. of Faculty Club

jerry b. hapitan

PTA Executive Board President

mariel doronila

SPG President

Functions of CPC

  • Initiate information dissemination programs and organize activities for the protection of children;
  • Establish a system for identifying students who may be suffering from significant harm based on any physical, emotional or behavioral signs;
  • Monitor the implementation of positive measures and effective procedures in providing the necessary support for the child and for those who care for the child;
  • Ensure that the children’s right to be heard are respected and upheld in all matters and procedures affecting their welfare;
  • The CPC shall accomplish an Intake Sheet to assess both the victims and the offenders and report actions taken on the case.

Coverage

  • 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

  1. Child abuse;
  2. Discrimination against children;
  3. Child exploitation;
  4. Violence against children in school;
  5. Corporal punishment;
  6. Any analogous or similar acts; and
  7. Bullying or peer abuse specifically that which are stipulated in the RA 10627 to wit:

i. Bullying at the following:

a. school grounds;

b. classrooms, canteen, ICT room, reading room and in other school buildings;

c. school sponsored or school-related activities, functions or programs whether on or off school

grounds;

ii. Bullying through the use of technology or an electronic device or other forms of media owned, leased or used by a school;

iii. Bullying at a location, activity, function or program that is not school-related and through the use of technology or an electronic device or other forms of media that is not owned, leased or used by a school; and

iv. Retaliation against a person who reports bullying, who provides information during an investigation of bullying, or who is a witness to or has reliable information about bullying.

The following are specific prohibited acts in the campus:

  • Hitting
  • Slapping, spanking with the hand or with an implement
  • Kicking
  • Pinching
  • Pushing
  • Biting
  • Pulling hair or boxing ears
  • Stealing
  • Boxing
  • Teasing
  • Belittling
  • Humiliating/Insulting
  • Threatening
  • Ridiculing
  • Harassing
  • Intimidating
  • Discriminating
  • And/Or any other similar acts that has the effect of actually causing or placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm or damage to his property; creating a hostile environment at school for the other student; infringing on the rights of the other student at school; or materially and substantially disrupting the education

Do observe the Golden Rule!

Treat others the way you wanted to be treated.

PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Capacity Building of School Officials, Personnel, Parents & Students

Strategies:

  1. Conducting sessions, trainings and seminars on positive peer relationships and enhancement of social and emotional competence;
  2. Using training modules which include positive and non-violent discipline in classroom management and gender sensitivity;
  3. Integrating and teaching children’s rights in the classroom.
  1. PROCEDURE: Protective & Remedial Measures to Address Bullying and Other Acts of Abuse by a Pupil, Student or Learner
  • All bullying incidents shall be reported to the School Head.
  • The School Head shall in turn inform the parents of the pupils concerned and a meeting shall be held for that purpose.
  • The student shall be referred to the CPC for counseling and other interventions.
  • The School may impose Non-punitive Measures in accordance with the principles of Positive and Non-Violent Discipline.
  • Punitive measures will be a last resort.
  1. PROCEDURE: Protective and Remedial Measures to Address Corporal Punishment and Other Acts of Violence Committed by School Personnel
  2. Expeditious conduct of investigation and reporting of cases;
  3. School Head or the Schools Division Superintendent shall forward the complaint within 48 hours to the Disciplining Authority, who shall issue an Order for the conduct of a fact-finding investigation, not later than 72 hours from submission;
  4. If the person complained of is a non-teaching personnel, the Schools Division Superintendent shall cause the conduct of a fact-finding investigation within the same period;
  5. Criminal and civil liability shall not be a bar to the filing of an administrative case;
  6. The Revised Rules of Procedure of DepED in Administrative Cases shall apply in all other aspects;
  7. The identity or other information that may reasonably identify the pupil or student shall remain confidential; and
  8. The identity of a respondent-teacher shall likewise be kept confidential.
  1. Assessment & Referral of Victims to the Local Social Welfare and Development Office (LSWDO)
  2. The School Head may refer the victims and offenders to the local social welfare and development office (LSWDO) for assessment and appropriate intervention
  3. The CPC will coordinate closely with the Women and Child Protection Desks of the PNP, the LSWDO, other government agencies and NGOs, as may be appropriate
  1. Reporting and Monitoring System
  2. The Intake Sheets will be forwarded to the DepEd Division Office
  3. The DepEd Division Office will consolidate the reports on incidents and cases of all schools and submit a Division Report to the Regional Office
  4. The DepEd Regional Office will consolidate the reports on incidents and cases of the Division Offices within the Region and submit a Regional Report to the Undersecretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs
  5. The Central Office will be the Central Repository of Regional Reports

Prepared by:

Michael A. Poblador

Principal I

Concurred:

Noted:

Milford P. Soldevilla

Principal In-charge

Appendix

Definition of Terms

“Bullying” -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 that has the effect of actually causing or placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm or damage to his property; creating a hostile environment at school for the other student; infringing on the rights of the other student at school; or materially and substantially disrupting the education process or the orderly operation of a school; such as, but not limited to, the following:

  • Any unwanted physical contact between the bully and the victim;
  • Any act that causes damage to a victim’s psyche and/or emotional well-being;
  • Any slanderous statement or accusation that causes the victim undue emotional distress; and
  • Cyber-bullying or any bullying done through the use of technology or any electronic means.

“Cyber- bullying” or any bullying done through the use of technology or any electronic means.

-The term shall also include any conduct resulting to harassment, intimidation, or humiliation, through the use of other forms of technology,

such as, but not limited to texting, email, instant messaging, chatting, internet, social media, online games, or other platforms or formats as

defined in DepED Order No. 40, s. 2012; and -Any other form of bullying as may be provided in the school’s child protection or anti-bullying

policy, consistent with the Act and this IRR.

“Social bullying” - any deliberate, repetitive and aggressive social behavior intended to hurt others or to belittle another individual or group.

“Gender-based bullying” - any act that humiliates or excludes a person on the basis of perceived or actual sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).

“Sex”-is the classification of people as male or female. At birth, infants are assigned a sex based on a combination of bodily characteristics including:

chromosomes, hormones, internal reproductive organs and genitalia

“Gender”- refers to a culturally-defined set of economic, social, political roles, responsibilities,

rights, entitlements and obligations, associated with being female or male, as well as the power relations between and among women and men, girls and

boys. The definition and expectations of what it means to be a woman or a girl, a man or a boy, and sanctions for not adhering to those expectations, vary

across cultures and over time, and often intersect with other factors such as race, class, age and sexual orientation

“Gender Identity” -refers to one’s internal sense of being male, female, neither or both

“Sexual Orientation” -refers to one’s sexual or romantic attractions, and includes sexual identity, sexual behaviors and sexual desires. “Heterosexual,” “bisexual”

and “homosexual” are all sexual orientations. A person’s sexual orientation is distinct from a person’s gender identity and expression

“Gender Equity” -is the process of being fair to women and men, boys and girls. To ensure fairness, measures must be taken to compensate for cumulative

economic, social, and political disadvantages that prevent women and men, boys and girls from operating on a level playing field

“Gender Equality” -is the state or condition that affords women and men equal enjoyment of human rights, socially valued goods, opportunities, and resources. Genuine equality means more than parity in numbers or laws on the books; it means expanded freedoms and improved overall quality of life for all people

“Gender-Based Violence” -is a term used to describe any harmful acts perpetrated against a person's will, and that is based on socially ascribed (gender)

differences between males and females.

“Violence Against Women” -"any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women,

including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life."

“Violence Against Women and Children” -encompasses, "physical, sexual and psychological violence occurring in the family and in the general community

“Child Abuse”(Republic Act No. 7610 also known as “Special Protection of Children Against Abuse

Exploitation and Discrimination.”)

-refers to the maltreatment of a child which 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:

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.

“Violence against children committed in schools” -refers to a single act or a series of acts committed 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

“Corporal Punishment” -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.

Declaration of Policy

Overview and highlights of the policy

  1. Goal:

Effective implementation of a zero tolerance policy for any act of child abuse, exploitation, violence, discrimination, bullying and other forms of abuse.

  1. Prohibited Acts

Definition of Terms

  1. Duties and Responsibilities of School CPC
  2. School CPC
  3. Functions and Duties of CPC
  4. Preventive Measures
  5. Capacity-building
  6. Protective and Remedial Measures to address bullying other acts of abuse
  7. Procedures in handling child abuse, exploitation, violence and discrimination

Contents of School Policies Addressing Bullying (RA 10627)

a. Prohibited acts

b. Range of disciplinary administrative actions that may be taken against a perpetrator for bullying or retaliation which shall be commensurate with the nature and gravity of the offense and a rehabilitation program which shall be administered by the institution concerned.

c. Prevention and Intervention

d. Procedure

Prohibited Acts (RA 10627)

1. Bullying at the following:

a. school grounds;

b. property immediately adjacent to school grounds;

c. school sponsored or school-related activities, functions or programs whether on or off school grounds;

d. school bus stops;

e. school buses or other vehicles owned, leased or used by a school;

f. school buses or school services privately-owned but accredited by the school.

2. Bullying through the use of technology or an electronic device or other forms of media owned, leased or used by a school;

3. Bullying at a location, activity, function or program that is not school-related and through the use of technology or an electronic device or other forms of media that is not owned, leased or used by a school; and

4. Retaliation against a person who reports bullying, who provides information during an investigation of bullying, or who is a witness to or has reliable information about bullying.

Adoption of Anti-Bullying Policies

All elementary and secondary schools are directed to adopt policies to address the existence of bullying in their respective institutions.(Sec. 3, RA 10627)

All public and private kindergartens are also covered. (IRR)

IV. Policies on Behavior

As the pupils’ second home, the school will follow-up and supplement the basic behavior training gained by the pupils at home. In effect stakeholders of the school must observe the following: