Republic of the Philippines Department of Education Region XII DIVISION OF SULTAN KUDARAT District of South President Quirino SUBEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILD PROTECTION POLICY The Department of Education aims to improve the enrolment in school by decreasing the number of pupils or students to drop out from classes. Several studies had been conducted on why school children drop out from the school. These studies reported that pupils leave schools because they feel that they do not belong to the school. Moreover, they experience anxiety from their classmates, teachers, and community. Lack of fund was also a great factor of drop outs. These conditions thwart learning. They are made worse when learners have incompetent teachers to guide them, no textbooks to learn from or exercise books to write in, or if they have textbooks, they are of inferior quality that reinforces damaging stereotypes. Learning is further stymied when schools have no toilets, running water or electricity. (CFS manual, 2009) The result of those problems encountered by our pupils led to the adaptation of Child Friendly Schools by the Philippine Government. A child-friendly school is one that is a and child-seeking school. It is actively looking for children not in school - girls, the poor, those with disabilities or who speak a different language - instead of simply waiting for pupils to enrol and trying to develop a programme that will keep each of them in school. It is a school that is, first of all, inclusive of all children. The government of the Philippines and UNICEF signed an agreement for a new five - year Country Program for Children (CPC V). The program wants to improve the quality of education and accessibility to basic education of disadvantaged children through the strategy of
Republic of the Philippines Department of Education Region XII DIVISION OF SULTAN KUDARAT District of South President Quirino SUBEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILD PROTECTION POLICY The Department of Education aims to improve the enrolment in school by decreasing the number of pupils or students to drop out from classes. Several studies had been conducted on why school children drop out from the school. These studies reported that pupils leave schools because they feel that they do not belong to the school. Moreover, they experience anxiety from their classmates, teachers, and community. Lack of fund was also a great factor of drop outs. These conditions thwart learning. They are made worse when learners have incompetent teachers to guide them, no textbooks to learn from or exercise books to write in, or if they have textbooks, they are of inferior quality that reinforces damaging stereotypes. Learning is further stymied when schools have no toilets, running water or electricity. (CFS manual, 2009) The result of those problems encountered by our pupils led to the adaptation of Child Friendly Schools by the Philippine Government. A child-friendly school is one that is a and child-seeking school. It is actively looking for children not in school - girls, the poor, those with disabilities or who speak a different language - instead of simply waiting for pupils to enrol and trying to develop a programme that will keep each of them in school. It is a school that is, first of all, inclusive of all children. The government of the Philippines and UNICEF signed an agreement for a new five - year Country Program for Children (CPC V). The program wants to improve the quality of education and accessibility to basic education of disadvantaged children through the strategy of
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