Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region VIII
Division of Tacloban City
District Learning Center VII
JUDGE ANTONIO R. MONTILLA SR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Tacloban City

JARMSES

CHILD
POLIC
HANDBOOK
Prepared by:
 
JEANETTE SIA COMPLETADO
CPP Coordinator
 
Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 JUDGE ANTONIO R.MONTILLA SR.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
 
CHILD PROTECTION
CHAIRPERSON: VIVIAN G. ESCULTOR
School Head

CPP COORDINATOR: JEANETTE SIA COMPLETADO

Teacher III
TEACHER REPRESENTATIVE: MARIA FE P. ALAS
Faculty Club President
PARENT REPRESENTATIVE: ALBERTO L.
LABAGALA
GPTA President
PUPIL REPRESENTATIVE: CLAIRE SEVILLA
SINGZON
SPG President
BRGY. COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE:
HON. ALEJANDRO JUN M.
BALDECAŇAS
Brgy. Council for Protection of Children
We dream of Filipinos
who passionately love their
country
and whose values and compentencies
enable them to realize their full
potential
and contribute meaningfully to
building the nation.
 
As a learner centered public
institution,
the Department of Education
continously improves itself
to better serve its stakeholders.
 

DedEd
To protect and promote the right of every Filipino
to quality,equitable,culture-based, and complete
basic education where;
Student learn in a child-friendly,
gender-sensitive, safe,and motivating environment.
 
Teachers facilitate learning and
constantly nurture every learner.
 
Administrators and staff,as stewards of the
institution,ensure an enabling and supportive
environment for
effective learning to happen.
 
Family,community, and other stakeholders are
actively engaged and share responsibility for
developing life-long learners.
 
 

DedEd Core Values

Maka-Diyos
Maka-tao
Makakalikasan
Makabansa
 

Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region VIII
Division of Tacloban City
District Learning Center VII
JUDGE ANTONIO R. MONTILLA SR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Tacloban City
I. RATIONALE
For the information and guidance of all concerned, the
Department of Education (DepEd) specifically the JUDGE
ANTONIO R. MONTILLA SR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
issues the enclosed copy of the Policy and Guidelines on
Protecting Children in School from Abuse, Violence,
Exploitation, Discrimination, Bullying and Other Forms
of Abuse entitled "DepEd Child Protection Policy."
Pursuant to Section 26 thereof, this DepEd Order shall
take effect immediately upon issuance.
All Orders, Memoranda and other related issuances
inconsistent with these policy and guidelines are deemed
amended accordingly upon its effectivity.

II. LEGAL BASES OF THE POLICY

 A. The 1987 Philippine Constitution
The state shall defend the right of children to assistance,
including proper care and nutrition, and special protection
from all forms and neglect , abuse, cruelty, exploitation
and other conditions prejudicial to their development.
(Article XV, section 3 par 3)
 B. Republic Act 9262
Violence against Women and Children (VAWC)

 C. Republic Act 10627

Anti-Bullying Act (2013)
 D. Republic Act 7610
Special Protection of Children against abuse,
exploitation, and discrimination.
C ."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.
D ."School Personnel" — means the persons, singly
or collectively, working in a public or private school.
They are classified as follows:
a. "School Head" refers to the chief
executive officer or administrator of a
public or private school or learning
center.
b. "Other School Officials" include
other school officers, including
teachers, who are occupying
supervisory positions or positions of
responsibility, and are involved in
policy formulation or implementation
in a school.
c. "AcademicPersonnel" includes
all school personnel who are formally
engaged in actual teaching service or
in research assignments, either on a
full-time or a part-time basis, as well
as those who possess certain
prescribed academic functions directly
supportive of teaching, such as
registrars, librarians, guidance
counselors, researchers, and other
similar persons. They may include
school officials who are responsible for
academic matters, and other school
officials.
d. "Other Personnel" includes all
other non-academic personnel in the
school, whatever may be the nature of
their appointment and status of
employment.
E. "Child Protection" - refers to programs, services,
procedures and structures that are intended to
prevent and respond to abuse, neglect, exploitation,
discrimination and violence.
F. "Parents" - refers to biological parents, step-
parents, adoptive parents and the common-law
spouse or partner of the parent;

G. "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.

H. "School Visitor or Guest" — refers to any person

who visits the school and has any official business
with the school, and any person who does not have
any official business but is found within the
premises of the school. This may include those who
are within the school premises for certain reasons,
e.g. student teachers, catechists, service providers,
suppliers, bidders, parents and guardians of other
children.

I. "Child Abuse" — refers to the maltreatment of a

child, whether habitual or not, which includes any of
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
3) intrinsic worth and dignity of a child
as a human being;
4)unreasonable deprivation of the
child's basic needs for survival, such
as food and shelter; or
 5)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 RA 7610).
J. "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 by 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 other 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.
K. "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. These activities
disrupt the child's normal physical or mental health,
education, moral or social emotional development. It
covers situations of manipulation, misuse, abuse,
victimization, oppression or ill-treatment.
There are two (2) main forms of child
exploitation that are recognized:
1.Sexual exploitation — refers to the
abuse of a position of vulnerability,
differential power, or trust, for
sexual purposes. It includes, but it
is not limited to forcing a child to
participate in prostitution or the
 production of pornographic
materials, as a result of being
subjected to a threat, deception,
coercion, abduction, force, abuse of
authority, debt bondage, fraud or
through abuse of a victim's
vulnerability.
2.Economic exploitation — refers to
the use of the child in work or other
activities for the benefit of others.
Economic exploitation involves a
certain gain or profit through the
production, distribution and
consumption of goods and services.
This includes, but is not limited to,
illegal child labor, as defined in RA
9231.

L. "Violence against children committed in

schools" - refers to a single act or a 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
including threats of such acts, battery, assault,
coercion, harassment or arbitrary deprivation of
liberty. It includes, but is not limited to, the following
acts:

1.Physical violence refers to acts

that inflict bodily or physical
harm. It includes assigning
children to perform tasks which
are hazardous to their physical
well-being.
2.Sexual violence refers to acts
that are sexual in nature. It
includes, but is not limited to:
a) rape, sexual harassment,
acts of lasciviousness,
making demeaning and
sexually suggestive
remarks, physically
attacking the sexual parts
of the victim's body;

b)forcing the child to watch

obscene publications and
indecent shows or forcing
the child to do indecent
sexual acts and/or to
engage or be involved in,
the creation or distribution
of such films, indecent
publication or material; and
c) acts causing or attempting
to cause the child to engage
in any sexual activity by
force, threat of force,
physical or other harm or
threat of physical or other
harm or coercion, or
through inducements, gifts
or favors.
3.Psychological violence refers to
acts or omissions causing or
likely to cause mental or
emotional suffering of the child,
such as but not limited to
intimidation, harassment,
stalking, damage to property,
public ridicule or humiliation,
 deduction or threat of deduction
from grade or merit as a form of
punishment, and repeated
verbal abuse.
4.Other acts of violence of a
physical, sexual or
psychological nature that are
prejudicial to the best interest
of the child.
M ."Bullying or Peer Abuse" — refers to willful
aggressive behavior that is directed, towards a
particular victim who may be out-numbered,
younger, weak, with disability, less confident, or
otherwise vulnerable. More particularly:

1. Bullying — is committed when a

student commits an act or a series of
acts directed towards another
student, or a series of single acts
directed towards several students in a
school setting or a place of learning,
which results in physical and mental
abuse, harassment, intimidation, or
humiliation. Such acts may consist of
any one or more of the following:
a. Threats to inflict a wrong
upon the person, honor or property of
the person or on his or her family;
b. Stalking or constantly
following or pursuing a person in his
or her daily activities, with unwanted
and obsessive attention;
c. Taking of property;
 d. Public humiliation, or public
and malicious imputation of a crime
or of a vice or defect, whether real or
imaginary, or any act, omission,
condition, status, or circumstance
tending to cause dishonor, discredit or
expose a person to contempt;
e. Deliberate destruction or
defacement of, or damage to the
child's property;
f. Physical violence committed
upon a student, which may or may
not result to harm or injury, with or
without the aid of a weapon. Such
violence may be in the form of
mauling, hitting, punching, kicking,
throwing things at the student,
pinching, spanking, or other similar
acts;
g. Demanding or requiring
sexual or monetary favors, or exacting
money or property, from a pupil or
student; and
h. Restraining the liberty and
freedom of a pupil or student.
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.
Other acts of abuse by a pupil, student or
learner refers to other serious acts of
abuse committed by a pupil, student or
learner upon another pupil, student or
learner of the same school, not falling
under the definition of 'bullying' in the
preceding provisions, including but not
limited to acts of a physical, sexual or
psychological nature.
N. "Corporal Punishment" - refers to a kind of
punishment or penalty imposed for an 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 been given or has assumed authority
or responsibility for punishment or discipline. It
includes physical, humiliating or degrading
punishment, including, but not limited to the
following:

1) Blows such as, but not limited to,

beating, kicking, hitting, slapping, or
lashing, of any part of a child's body,
with or without the use of an
instrument such as, but not limited to
a cane, broom, stick, whip or belt;
2) Striking of a child's face or head, such
being declared as a
"no contact zone",
3) Pulling hair, shaking, twisting joints,
cutting or piercing skin, dragging,
pushing or throwing of a child;
4) Forcing a child to perform physically
painful or damaging acts such as, but
not limited to, holding a weight or
weights for an extended period and
kneeling on stones, salt, pebbles or
other objects;
5) Deprivation of a child's physical needs
as a form of punishment;

6) Deliberate exposure to fire, ice, water,

smoke, sunlight, rain, pepper, alcohol,
or forcing the child to swallow
substances, dangerous chemicals,
and other materials that can cause
discomfort or threaten the child's
health, safety and sense of security
such as, but not limited to bleach or
insecticides, excrement or urine;
7)Tying up a child;
8)Confinement,imprisonme
nt or depriving the liberty of a
child;
9)Verbal abuse or assaults, including
intimidation or threat of bodily harm,
swearing or cursing, ridiculing or
denigrating the child;
10)Forcing a child to wear a sign, to
undress or disrobe, or to put on
anything that will make a child look
or feel foolish, which belittles or
humiliates the child in front of
others;
 11)Permanent confiscation of
personal property of pupils, students
or learners, except when such pieces
of property pose a danger to the
child or to others; and
12)Other analogous acts.

O. "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. It is based on the fundamental principle
that children are full human beings with basic
human rights. 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.

PICTURES ON SOME PROHIBITED ACTS ON

CHILD PROTECTION POLICY
Child abuse violence bullying
Bullying classmates
kids in corner

Aggressive bullying Domestic Violence

Child Labor Sexual Abuse

PICTURES ON SOME PROHIBITED ACTS ON

CHILD PROTECTION POLICY
 Man stalking primary school
Cyber bullying in social networks
children

Corporal punishment Father hitting his daughter

Child Protection Child pulling hair

IV. DUTIES AND RESPOSIBILITIES

DIVISION OFFICES
The Division Offices shall have the following duties
and responsibilities:

A. Conduct the information-

dissemination activities and in-service
training for teachers on the protection of
children in school from abuse, violence,
exploitation, discrimination, bullying or
peer abuse and other related cases;
B. Undertake advocacy campaigns and
capability building activities to enable the
schools to do the following:
Apply positive and non-violent
discipline,
Formulate and implement
guidelines and procedures to emphasize
the role of all stakeholders and other
persons in the prevention and reporting
of cases of bullying, and Provide conflict
resolution or peer mediation, including
referral to appropriate service providers,
if needed;

C. Organize and conduct the capacity

building activities for members of the
Child Protection Committee and Guidance
Counselors/Teachers; including, but not
limited to the identification of students
who may be suffering from significant
harm based on any physical, emotional or
behavioral signs;
D. Develop strategies to address the
risk factors that contribute to the
commission of acts of abuse, violence,
exploitation, discrimination, and bullying;
 E. Consolidate the reports on incidents
and cases of all schools and submit a
Division Report (Annex "A") to the Regional
Office;
F. Monitor and evaluate the
implementation and enforcement by
public and private schools of this
Department Order and such other related
laws and regulations relative to abuse,
exploitation, violence and discrimination
of children;
G. Exercise disciplinary jurisdiction,
where appropriate, pursuant to the
Revised Rules of Procedure of the
Department of Education in
Administrative Cases and other existing
laws, rules and regulations;
H. Give recommendations to the
Regional Office and devise measures to
address and prohibit abuse, exploitation,
violence and discrimination, and bullying
or peer abuse of children, consistent with
this Department Order;
l. Utilize resources, coordinate with
appropriate offices and other agency or
instrumentality for such assistance as it may
require in the performance of its functions;
J. Encourage and support activities
and campaigns initiated by stakeholders;
and
K. Perform such other functions, as
may be assigned by the Secretary or the
Regional Director.
SCHOOLS
The School Heads shall have the following duties and
responsibilities:

A. Ensure the institution of

effective child protection policies
and procedures, and monitor
compliance thereof;
B. Ensure that the school adopts a
child protection policy;
C. Ensure that all pupils, students
or learners, school personnel,
parents, guardians or custodians,
and visitors and guests are made
aware of child protection policy
(Annex "C").

D. Organize and convene the Child

Protection
Committee for the school;
E. Conduct the capacity building
activities for the members of the
Child Protection Committee and
Guidance Counselors/Teachers;
F.Conduct disciplinary proceedings
in cases of offenses committed by
pupils, students or learners;
G. Ensure that the participatory
and other rights of children are
respected and upheld in all
matters and procedures affecting
their welfare;

H. Maintain a record of all

proceedings related to bullying or
 peer abuse and submit after each
school year to the Division Office
the report and a copy of the intake
form (Annexes "A" & "B",
respectively);

l. Conduct the appropriate

training and capabilitybuilding
activities on child protection
measures and protocols;

J.Ensure that the school adopts a

student Code of Conduct to be
followed by every pupil, student or
learner while on school grounds,
or when traveling to and from
school, or during a school-
sponsored activity, and during
lunch period, whether on or off
campus;
K. Adopt such conflict resolution
mechanisms that respect the
rights of indigenous peoples,
provided that they conform to this
Department Order and they
uphold the rights of the child;
L.Coordinate with the appropriate
offices and other agency or
instrumentality for appropriate
assistance and intervention, as
may be required in the
performance of its functions;
M. Coordinate with the Department
of Social Welfare and
Development or, the appropriate
government agencies or non-
 governmental organizations on a
Child Protection Hotline for
reporting abuse, violence,
exploitation, discrimination,
bullying and other similar acts
and for counseling;
N. Ensure that all incidents of
abuse, violence, exploitation,
discrimination, bullying and other
similar acts are addressed in
accordance with the provisions of
this Department Order.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOOL
PERSONNEL
Article 218 of the Family Code of the Philippines
provides the following responsibilities of school
administrators, teachers, academic and
nonacademic and other personnel:

A. Exercise special parental authority and

responsibility over the child while under
their supervision, instruction and custody.
Authority and responsibility shall apply to
all authorized activities whether inside or
outside the premises of the school, entity
or institution.
Articles 220 and 233 of the Family
Code of the Philippines, Presidential
Decree No. 603, and other related laws
enumerated the following duties and
responsibilities of the abovementioned
persons and personnel over the children
under their supervision, instruction and
custody:
B. Keep them in their company and
support, educate and instruct them by
right precept and good example;
C. Give them love and affection, advice
and counsel, companionship and
understanding;
D. Enhance, protect, preserve and
maintain their physical and mental health
at all times;
E. Furnish them with good and
wholesome educational materials,
supervise their activities, recreation and
association with others, protect them from
bad company and prevent them from
acquiring habits detrimental to their
health, studies and morals;
F. Represent them in all matters
affecting their interests;
G. Inculcate the value of respect and
obedience;
H. Practice positive and non-violent
discipline, as may be required under the
circumstances; provided, that in no case
shall corporal punishment be inflicted
upon them;

l. Perform such other duties as are

imposed by law upon them, as
substitute parents or guardians; and
 J. School personnel shall also strictly
comply with the school's child protection
policy.
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:

i. 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; ii. Doing any act that is
inappropriate or sexually
provocative; iii. Participating in
behavior of other students that is
illegal, unsafe or abusive; iv.
Marking or damaging school
property, including books, in any
way;
v. Engaging in fights or any
aggressive behavior; vi. 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 vii. Performing other
similar acts that cause damage or
injury to another.

An allegation that any of these acts

has been committed shall not be
used to curtail the child's basic
rights, or interpreted to defeat the
objectives of this Department Order.

B. Conduct themselves in accordance

with their levels of development,
maturity, and demonstrated
capabilities, with a proper regard for
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 for

pupils, students and learners.
V. PROTECTIVE AND REMEDIAL
MEASURES TO ADDRESS CHILD
ABUSE, EXPLOITATION, VIOLENCE,
DISCRIMINATION, BULLYING AND
OTHER ACTS OF ABUSE
PROCEDURES IN HANDLING BULLYING
INCIDENTS IN SCHOOLS. A COMPLAINT FOR
BULLYING OR PEER ABUSE SHALL BE ACTED
UPON BY THE SCHOOL HEAD FOLLOWING THE
PROCEDURES HEREIN SET FORTH:
a. Bullying - Upon the filing of a
complaint or upon notice by a school
personnel or official of any bullying or peer
abuse incident, the same shall be
immediately reported to the School Head,
who shall inform the parents or guardian
of the victim and the offending child, in a
meeting called for the purpose. The victim
and the offending child shall be referred to
the Child Protection Committee for
counseling and other interventions. 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.

b. Bullying that results in serious

physical injuries or death - If the
bullying or peer abuse resulted in serious
physical injuries or death, whenever
appropriate, the case shall be dealt with in
accordance with the provisions of
Republic Act 9344 and its Implementing
Rules and Regulations.
Procedure - In all cases where the
imposable penalty on the offending child
is suspension, exclusion or expulsion, the
following minimum requirements of due
process shall be complied with:
(1)The child and the parents or guardians
must be informed of the complaint in
writing;
(2)The child shall be given the opportunity
to answer the complaint in writing, with
the assistance of the parents or guardian;
 (3)The decision of the school head must be
in writing, stating the facts and the
reasons for the decision;

(4)The decision of the school head may be

appealed, as provided in existing rules of
the Department.

Implementation of Non-punitive Measures.

Depending on the gravity of the bullying
committed by any pupil, student or learner,
the school may impose other non-punitive
measures, in lieu of punitive measures, in
accordance with the principles of Positive
and Non-Violent Discipline.

Other acts of violence or abuse. Other

serious acts of violence or abuse committed
by a pupil, student or learner upon another
pupil, student or learner of the same school,
shall, and whenever appropriate, be dealt
with in accordance with the provisions of
Republic Act 9344 and its Implementing
Rules and Regulations.
VI.RULES AND PROCEDURES IN
HANDLING CHILD ABUSE,
EXPLOITATION, VIOLENCE AND
DISCRIMINATION CASES
PROHIBITED ACTS
The following acts are hereby prohibited
and shall be penalized in administrative
proceedings as Grave or Simple Misconduct
depending on the gravity of the act and its
consequences, under existing laws, rules and
regulations:

1 . Child abuse;
2. Discrimination against children;
3. Child Exploitation
4. Violence Against Children in School;
5. Corporal Punishment;
6. Any analogous or similar acts.

Investigation and Reporting. The conduct

of investigation and reporting of cases of child
abuse, exploitation, violence or discrimination,
shall be done expeditiously, as herein
provided.

JURISDICTION. Complaints of child abuse,

violence, discrimination, exploitation, bullying
and other acts of abuse under this
Department Order shall be within the
exclusive jurisdiction of the Department, and
shall not be brought for amicable settlement
before the Barangay, subject to existing laws,
rules and regulations. Complaints for acts
committed by persons not under the
jurisdiction of the Disciplinary Authority of the
Department shall be referred to the
appropriate authorities.

In child abuse, violence, discrimination,

exploitation, bullying or peer abuse and other
acts of abuse by a pupil, student or learners,
the identity or other information that may
reasonably identify the pupil, student or
learner, whether victim or offender, shall be
withheld from the public to protect his or her
privacy.

On the other hand, the Magna Carta for

Public School Teachers protects the rights of
teachers and no publicity shall be given to any
disciplinary action against a teacher during
the pendency of his or her case.

CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LIABILITY. Criminal

and civil liability arising from child abuse,
discrimination, exploitation, and other acts of
abuse are separate and distinct, and shall not
be a bar to the filing of an administrative case
under these guidelines.
VII.REFERRAL AND ASSESSMENT OF
VICTIMS AND OFFENDERS AND
OTHER CHILDREN
REFERRAL AND ASSESSMENT. In all cases
involving child abuse, violence, exploitation,
discrimination, bullying and other acts of abuse, the
CPC shall accomplish the Intake Sheet (Annex "B").
The School Head may refer the victims and offenders
in cases involving child abuse, exploitation,
discrimination, bullying or peer abuse and other acts
of abuse, to the CSWDO for assessment. The
CSWDO shall determine the appropriate
intervention.

The School Head, with the aid of the

assigned CPP Coordinator/Teacher, and in
coordination with the CSWDO, shall
immediately remove the victim, or in
appropriate cases the offender, from the place
of the incident, if the victim is determined to
be at risk. The child's family shall be informed
of any action taken.

The School Head may also refer to the

CSWDO other pupils, students or learners
who are victims of abuse at home, children at
risk, children in especially difficult
circumstances, children with special needs or
at risk, children facing difficult situations, or
those who are exhibiting signs of aggressive
 behavior, with a view to obtaining professional
assessment, appropriate interventions and
assistance from competent service providers.

PREVENTIVE MEASURES ON CHILD

PROTECTION POLICY

VANDALISM
 1ST OFFENSE Reprimand
 2nd OFFENSE Suspension for 3 days

DESTROYING PROPERTIES
 1ST OFFENSE Reprimand
 2nd OFFENSE Suspension for 3 days

DISRESPECTFUL TO SCHOOL PERSONNEL

 1ST OFFENSE Reprimand
 2nd OFFENSE Suspension for 3 days

BRINGING OF GUNS, KNIVES, ETC.

 1ST OFFENSE Reprimand
 2nd OFFENSE Suspension for 3 days
 Suspension means staying in the library or Guidance Office doing
other learning activities as provided by the adviser and counselling
sessions.
BULLYING
 1ST OFFENSE Reprimand
 2nd OFFENSE Suspension for not more than one
one (1) week (this is after the
offending child has received
counselling or other interventions)
 During the period of suspension, the offending child and the
parents or guardians maybe required to attend further seminars and
counselling.