Davao del Norte, June 8 (PIA) - - The Department of Education (DepEd) Region XI did not close some of the private schools in the region but only disallowed them to operate for the school year 2015-2016 due to its failure to renew government permit to operate.
“There is no truth about the allegations that they are being closed. We did not close any schools; they are just simply disallowed to operate for 2015-2016 school year because of that failure,” said DepEd XI Information Officer Jenielito Atillo.
Atillo said that in their count, there are around 25 private institutions including those schools in Talaingod and Kapalong of this province that will not be allowed to operate for this school year.
He cited Batas Pambansa 2032 and Manual of Regulations of 2010, which stated that no private school should operate without government authority provided to them by the DepEd for basic education (kindergarten to highschool) or the Commission on High Education for tertiary education.
He bared that according to law, the schools should have acted on their renewal last August 1 to September 30 of 2014, in order to operate on this school year.
“They could still operate on 2016 and beyond provided they pass the requirements, which will then be perused,” Atillo said.
He added that the department will still examine their papers including the facilities and human resources before they will be given the permit to operate.
“If they will opt to continue to operate this school year, all efforts exerted by the school and the students will not be taken as official records and as within regulations by the department,” he said.
Atillo said that they already issued notice of non renewal to the schools.
“The best thing for them to do if they have already catered or enrolled students is to transfer them to public or private education institution with government authority,” he said. (PIA11, Michael Uy)
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