SINAIT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Orientation of Child Protection

Policy for Learners and Parents
SY 2021-2022
 CHILD PROTECTION
DEPED ORDER NO. 40 S,
2012
POLICY
Policy and Guidelines
on Protecting Children in School from
Abuse, Violence, Exploitation,
Discrimination, Bullying and Other
Forms of Abuse
 DEPED’S RESPONSE
DEPED LAUNCHED ITS CHILD PROTECTION POLICY ON
MAY 3, 2012, THROUGH DEPED ORDER NO. 40, S. 2012, TO
PROMOTE A ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY FOR ANY ACT OF
CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION, VIOLENCE, DISCRIMINATION,
BULLYING AND OTHER RELATED OFFENSES
 DEPED CONDUCTED A NATIONWIDE INFORMATION
DISSEMINATION CAMPAIGN AND IS CURRENTLY
CONDUCTING A MONITORING AND EVALUATION ON HOW
SCHOOLS HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE CPP.
 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
 Legal Bases
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))
 Definition of terms
 Child – refers to any person below eighteen
(18) years old or those over but are unable to
fully take care of themselves or protect
themselves from abuse, neglect, cruelty,
exploitation or discrimination because of
physical or mental disability or condition (RA
7610). For purpose of this Department Order,
the term also includes pupils or students who
may be eighteen (18) years of age or older but
are in school
 Definition of Terms
 Children in school – refers to bona fide
pupils, students or learners who are
enrolled in the basic education system,
whether regular, irregular, transferee or
repeater, including those who have been
temporarily out of school, who are in the
school or learning centers premises or
participating in school-sanctioned activities.
 Definition of Terms

Pupil, Student or learner– means

a child who regularly attends classes
in any level of the basic education
system, under the supervision and
tutelage of a teacher or facilitator.
 Definition of Terms

Child Protection – refers to the

programs, services, procedures and
structures that are intended to
prevent and respond to abuse,
neglect, exploitation, discrimination
and violence.
 Definition of Terms
Parents – refers to biological parents, step-
parents, adoptive parent and the common-
law spouse or partner of the parent.
Guardians or Custodians – refers to legal
guardians, foster parents, and other
persons, including relatives or even non-
relatives, who have physical custody of the
child.
 Definition of Terms
Child Abuse – refers to the maltreatment of a
child, whether habitual or not, which includes
the following:
1.Psychological or physical abuse, neglect,
cruelty, sexual abuse and emotional
maltreatment.
2.Any act by deeds or words which debases,
degrades or demeans the intrinsic worth
and dignity of a child as a human being.
 Definition of Terms
3. Unreasonable deprivation of the child’s
basic needs for survival, such as food and
shelter; or
4. Failure to immediately give medical
treatment to an injured child resulting in
serious impairment of his or her growth and
development or in the child’s permanent
incapacity or death (sec. 3[b], RA 7610).
 Definition of Terms
“Discrimination against children” – refers to an act
of exclusion, distinction, restriction or preference which
is based on any ground such as age, ethnicity, sex,
sexual orientation and gender identity, language,
religion, political or other opinion, national or social
origin, property, birth, being infected or affected Human
Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), being pregnant, being a
child in conflict with the law, being a child with disability
or others status or condition, and which has the purpose
or effect of nullifying or impairing the recognition,
enjoyment or exercise by all persons, on an equal
footing, of all rights and freedoms.
 Definition of Terms
“Child exploitation” – refers to the use of children for
someone else’s advantage, gratification or profit often
resulting in an unjust, cruel and harmful treatment of
the child.
There are two (2) main forms of child exploitation:
1. Sexual exploitation – refers to the abuse of a position
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.
 Definition of Terms
“Violence against children committed in schools” –
refers to a single act or 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. It includes, but is not limited to, the following acts:
1. Physical violence
2. Sexual violence
3. Psychological violence
4. Other acts of violence of a physical, sexual or
psychological in nature that are prejudicial to the best
interest of the child.
 Definition of Terms
“Bullying or peer abuse” – refers to a willful
aggressive behavior that is directed towards a
particular victim who may be out-numbered,
younger, weak, with disability, less confident, or
otherwise vulnerable.
1. Bullying – is committed when a student commits
an act or series of acts directed towards another
student, or a series of single acts directed towards
several students in a school setting or place of
learning, which results in physical or mental
abuse, harassment, intimidation, or humiliation.
 Definition of Terms

2. Cyber-bullying – is any conduct

defined in the preceding paragraph, as
resulting in harassment, intimidation, or
humiliation through electronic means or
other technology such as but not limited
to texting, email, instant messaging,
chatting, internet, social networking
websites or other platforms or formats.
 Definition of Terms
“Other acts of abuse by a pupil, student or learner” –
refers to others acts of abuse committed by a pupil,
student or learner upon another pupil, student or learner of
the same school, not failing under the definition of
“bullying” in the preceding provisions, including but not
limited to acts of physical, sexual or psychological nature.
“Corporal Punishment” – refers to kind of punishment or
penalty imposed for 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 given or has assumed
authority or responsibility for punishment or discipline.
 Definition of Terms
“Positive and Non-Violent Discipline of
Children” – is a way of thinking and a holistic,
constructive and pro-active approach to teaching
that helps children develop appropriate thinking and
behavior in the short and long-term and fosters self-
discipline. Positive discipline begins with setting the
long-term goals or impacts that teachers want to
have on their students’ adult lives, and using
everyday situations and challenges as opportunities
to teach life-long skills and values to students.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PUPILS,
STUDENTS AND LEARNERS
Pupils, students and learners shall have the following duties
and responsibilities:
A. Comply with the school’s regulations, as long as they are
in harmony with their best interests. Pupils, students and
learners shall refrain from:
1. Engaging in discrimination, or leading a group of pupils
or students to discriminate another, with reference to
one’s physical appearance, weaknesses and status of
any sort;
2. Doing any act that is inappropriate or sexually
provocative.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PUPILS,
STUDENTS AND LEARNERS
3. Participating in behavior of other students that is illegal,
unsafe and abusive;
4. Marking or damaging school property, including books, in
any way;
5. Engaging in fights or any aggressive behavior;
6. Introducing into the school premises or otherwise
possessing prohibited articles, such as deadly weapons,
drugs, alcohol, toxic and noxious substances, cigarettes
and pornographic material and;
7. Performing other similar acts that cause damage or injury
to another.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PUPILS,
STUDENTS AND LEARNERS

B. Conduct themselves in accordance with their levels of

development, maturity and demonstrated capabilities, with
a proper regard of the rights and welfare of other persons;
C. Respect another person’s rights regardless of opinion,
status, gender, ethnicity, religion, as well as everyone’s
moral and physical integrity; and
D. Observe the Code of Conduct of pupils, students and
learners
Here is the Code of Conduct which
is part of the School-Based Child
Protection Policy.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
PARENTS
The penalty of reprimand, if warranted, may be
imposed by the School Head in the presence of the
parents or guardians.

If bullying is committed for a second or subsequent

time, after the offending child has received
counseling or other interventions, the penalty of
suspension for not more than one (1) week may be
imposed by the School Head. If such is warranted.
During the period of suspension, the
offending child and the parents or
guardians may be required to attend
further seminars and counseling. The
School Head shall likewise ensure that the
appropriate interventions, counseling and
other services, are provided for the victim
or victims of bullying.
 ASSESSMENT
1. What do you call the Policy and Guidelines on Protecting Children
in School from Abuse, Violence, Exploitation, Discrimination, Bullying and
other forms of Abuse?
2. When was the launching of the Department Order Number 40 series
2012?
3. Give at least 3 Code of conduct to be observed by the learners.
4. Enumerate the members of the Child Protection Committee.
5. Give at least 3 code of conduct to be observed by the Parents.
 FLORDELIZA SALVOSA-ALCARION
Head Teacher III – Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao