PROHIBITION ON COLLECTION DURING ENROLMENT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

National Administrative Register [ DECS ORDER NO. 12, S. 2002, APRIL 7, 2002, April 17, 2002 ]



The following policies on enrolment in public schools shall be strictly enforced:

1.         Absolutely no school fees or contributions shall be collected during enrolment.

2.         The period of collection and guidelines for collection of voluntary contributions authorized in previous schoolyears such as Boy Scouts, Philippine National Red Cross, Anti-TB Fund, school publication fees and PTCAs fees shall be set later through separate Dep Ed issuances.

3.         Any violation of this Order by any school official or teacher will be dealt with administratively.

For immediate and strict implementation.

Adopted: 17 April 2002

(SGD.) RAUL S. ROCO
Secretary