{"id":12665,"date":"2014-05-29T13:05:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-29T05:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=12665"},"modified":"2014-05-29T03:08:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T19:08:06","slug":"deped-no-collection-policy-in-public-schools-still-in-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/05\/29\/deped-no-collection-policy-in-public-schools-still-in-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"DepEd: No collection policy in public schools still in effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DepEd.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12666\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DepEd.png\" alt=\"DepEd\" width=\"465\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DepEd.png 465w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/DepEd-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Education (DepEd) reiterated that public schools are prohibited from collecting fees during enrollment and first day of classes.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, DepEd Secretary Bro. Armin Luistro said public schools should not use as basis for not admitting those students unable to pay these fees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We call on all teachers and school officials to see to it that we do not refuse a single student who wants to enroll. We strongly remind them that we do not collect any fees as a requirement for enrollment,&#8221; according to the secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Luistro stated that although there are fees that are authorized by the department, these are voluntary.<\/p>\n<p>Among these fees include Boy Scout and Girl Scout membership fees, Philippine National Red Cross, Anti-TB fund, school publication fee and Parents-Teachers Association fee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let me be clear on this: in no case shall nonpayment of voluntary school contributions or membership fees be made as basis for non-admission, nonpromotion or nonissuance of clearance to student. And that includes withholding of school cards,&#8221; the secretary reiterated.<\/p>\n<p>DepEd Order 41 series of 2012 mandates school officials not to collect any fees from Kindergarten up to Grade Four anytime during the school year.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, schools are not allowed to impose fees on Grade Five pupils up to Fourth Year High School from June to July.<\/p>\n<p>The secretary warned that schools would face administrative sanctions if they do not comply with the guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, DepEd Assistant Secretary Jesus Mateo stressed that the government provides free basic education to all citizens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Schools are not allowed to turn away students. Only in extreme cases of overpopulation, can they do it. In such cases, schools opt for Alternative Delivery Modes (ADM),&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Education (DepEd) reiterated that public schools are prohibited from collecting fees during enrollment and first &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":12666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[4301,3462,4299,4300,4226],"class_list":["post-12665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","tag-department-of-education","tag-deped","tag-no-collections","tag-no-payment","tag-public-school","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}