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Preschool Education Program

“The child is one of the most important
assets of the nation. Every effort
should be exerted to promote his
welfare and enhance his opportunities
for a useful and happy life.”
(Article I, P.D. 603)

Legal mandates
• RA 9155 (Governance of Basic Education Act) Sec.
4b Basic Education –encompasses early childhood,
elementary and high school as well as alternative
learning systems…
• BP B 232 (The Education Act of 1982) defines Elem
Ed as the first stage of compulsory, formal
education and usually corresponding to six or
seven grades, including preschool

RA 8980 (ECCD Law) Promulgates a
Comprehensive Policy and a National
System for Early Childhood Care and
Development
E.O. 349 strengthen the implementation of
early childhood development program
of the DepED Education
E.O. No. 685 Expands the Preschool
Coverage to Include Five Year Old
Children Enrolled in Day Care Centers

• Senate Bill (SB) 2953, or the
Governance of the System of Pre-
School Education
• SB 2953 is pending in the Senate’s Committee on
Education, Arts, and Culture for committee report,
and its Lower House counterpart, House Bill 5367,
has been approved on third reading entitled “An Act
Institutionalizing the Preschool Education Into the
Basic Education System and Appropriating Funds
Therefore”
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Legal mandates

• Senate Bill (SB) 2953, or the
Governance of the System of Pre-
School Education
DepEd-supported bill that aims to expand quality preschool education
involves adoption of a standard curriculum, a training and hiring
program for preschool classes, day care’s teachers’ development, a
nutrition and health program for children, construction of preschool
classrooms, and distribution of learning materials to preschoolers.
This bill will greatly increase our children’s’readiness for formal
schooling.
• Education for All – targets to expand
coverage of quality-assured ECCD
programs

Expand coverage of preschool program
to reach all children through
• Summer Preschool Program
• DepED Contractual (Subsidized)
• Headstart Program
• Early Intervention for CWDs
• Day Care Centers with 5-Year Olds

Percentage of 5-Year Olds Served by DepEd
39%
42%
19%
Public
Private
Unserved
5-Year Old Population = 2,325,061

Ensure that children of poorest
households are priority of organized
preschool programs
• Preschool Service Contracting Program
• Evaluation of PSC
• Design evaluation instruments
• Conduct of data gathering/survey
• Analysis and formulation of finding
for policy recommendation

IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORGANIZED
PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS IN PREPARING
CHILDREN TO BE READY FOR GRADE 1
• Competency-Based Standards for Preschool
Teachers, Service Providers, Day Care Workers
• Capacity Building
1. Institution-Based Training
2. Cluster-Based Training
• Session Guides – printing on-going
• All core of trainers will be provided
with the session guides
• Standards for physical facilities and equipment
• Provision of classroom with fixtures

DepED Order No. 93, s. 2009

Inside Features

IMPROVE EFFECTIVENESS OF ORGANIZED
PRESCHOOL PROGRAM PREPARING CHILDREN
TO BE READY FOR GRADE 1
• Assessment tools for school readiness:
SReA,
• Primer
• Model Preschool Classes
• 2 preschool models per region in
partnership with UNICEF

Orientation-Training of Model Preschool
Implementers

Sample classroom set-up (pictures from the
Division of Olongapo City)

Sample classroom set-up (pictures from the
Division of Olongapo City)

Sample classroom set-up (pictures from foreign
schools)

Sample classroom setup
(pictures from
foreign schools)

Sample classroom setup
(pictures from
foreign schools)

IMPROVE READINESS AND FOUNDATIONAL
SKILLS OF 80% OF THE 5-YEAR OLD CHILDREN
THROUGH
• Comprehensive medical and health
interventions
• Provision of assistive
technology/multimedia equipment
• Provision of IMs
• Strengthen parent and community
support system

EXERCISE REGULATORY FUNCTIONS OVER
THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS
• Implementation of the Manual of
Operations for the Private Schools
(including preschools)
• Accreditation of public and private
preschool programs

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“Whose child is this?” I asked one day
Seeing a little one out at play
“Mine”, said the parent with a tender
smile
“Mine” to keep a little while
To bathe his hands and comb his hair
To tell him what he is to wear
To prepare him that he is always be good
And each day do the things he should”

“Whose child is this?” I asked again
As the door opened and someone came
in
“Mine”, said the teacher with a tender
smile
“Mine” to keep just a little while
To teach him how to be gentle and kind
To train and direct his dear little mind
To help him live by every rule
And get the best he can from school”

“Whose child is this?” I asked once more
Just as the little one entered the door
“Ours”, said the parent and the teacher
as they smiled
And each took the hand of the little child
“Ours” to love and teach together
“Ours this blessed task forever.”