DepEd revises 'Brigada Eskwela' guidelines, scraps search for best implementing schools
There will be no search for the “Brigada Eskwela” Best Implementing School Award for this school year, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced.
(MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO)
In DepEd Memorandum No. 020 s. of 2023 signed by Undersecretary Revsee Escobedo, the agency revised the 2022 Brigada Eskwela Implementing Guidelines “in response to the issues and concerns” on the implementation of the said program. Since there will be no search for the Brigada Eskwerla Best Implementing School Award, DepEd said that the implementing guidelines and selection criteria provided “shall not be in effect.” Moreover, DepEd noted that “there will be no certificate of recognition given to School Heads and Teachers, which has corresponding points for outstanding accomplishment for the purpose of promotion and office/individual performance.” read the memorandum. To recognize the efforts of elementary and secondary schools that implemented the “Brigada Eskwela” last year, DepEd said they will be given a Certificate of Recognition for their “compliance and on engaging with partners to participate and support the effort of DepEd to prepare the schools for the opening of classes.” Schools Division Superintendents (SDS), on the other hand, were still allowed to “exercise their sound discretion as to how they will recognize the schools with exemplary implementation” of Brigada Eskwela. “The SDO level recognition shall focus on the partners and stakeholders on their voluntary contribution and participation to the Brigada Eskwela,” the memo read. DepEd said that the awarding or distribution of the Certificate of Recognition for the school implementors was scheduled from February to March 2023. “Brigada Eskwela” also known as the National Schools Maintenance Week, is an annual activity led by DepEd where stakeholders in the school community - including the private sector - work together to prepare schools for the opening of the classes. The Best Implementing Schools Award, on the other hand, is awarded by DepEd to give “due recognition to schools whose efforts in the implementation of the Brigada Eskwela program are exemplary.”
(MANNY LLANES / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO)
In DepEd Memorandum No. 020 s. of 2023 signed by Undersecretary Revsee Escobedo, the agency revised the 2022 Brigada Eskwela Implementing Guidelines “in response to the issues and concerns” on the implementation of the said program. Since there will be no search for the Brigada Eskwerla Best Implementing School Award, DepEd said that the implementing guidelines and selection criteria provided “shall not be in effect.” Moreover, DepEd noted that “there will be no certificate of recognition given to School Heads and Teachers, which has corresponding points for outstanding accomplishment for the purpose of promotion and office/individual performance.” read the memorandum. To recognize the efforts of elementary and secondary schools that implemented the “Brigada Eskwela” last year, DepEd said they will be given a Certificate of Recognition for their “compliance and on engaging with partners to participate and support the effort of DepEd to prepare the schools for the opening of classes.” Schools Division Superintendents (SDS), on the other hand, were still allowed to “exercise their sound discretion as to how they will recognize the schools with exemplary implementation” of Brigada Eskwela. “The SDO level recognition shall focus on the partners and stakeholders on their voluntary contribution and participation to the Brigada Eskwela,” the memo read. DepEd said that the awarding or distribution of the Certificate of Recognition for the school implementors was scheduled from February to March 2023. “Brigada Eskwela” also known as the National Schools Maintenance Week, is an annual activity led by DepEd where stakeholders in the school community - including the private sector - work together to prepare schools for the opening of the classes. The Best Implementing Schools Award, on the other hand, is awarded by DepEd to give “due recognition to schools whose efforts in the implementation of the Brigada Eskwela program are exemplary.”