QuestionsQuestions (DECS ORDER NO. 21)
DECS Order No. 21 disseminates and applies CSC Office Memorandum No. 67, s. 1997 by providing uniform guidelines on the processing of appointments of teachers to implement R.A. No. 7836, particularly to ensure security of tenure of qualified incumbent teachers as of December 16, 1994.
No. Permanent appointments of such incumbent teachers shall not be disturbed.
The permanent appointment shall not be disturbed, but the teacher cannot be promoted until he registers as a Professional Teacher.
Up to September 20, 2000.
He will henceforth be required to pass the licensure examination for professional teachers; and for those in certain provisional cases, if the teacher fails to register, he shall be replaced by a qualified registered teacher.
A person holding a valid certificate of registration and license issued by the Board of Professional Teachers (BPT) and the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
When the incumbent meets all minimum requirements of the position, including a valid certificate of registration and license.
If the incumbent meets the education, experience and training requirements and has submitted a certification from the BPT that his application for registration has been approved in a BPT resolution, then the promotion or transfer under permanent status shall be approved.
They may continue teaching under provisional status until September 20, 2000, provided they submitted (1) a certification from DECS that they are incumbents as of December 16, 1994, and (2) certification from BPT that they filed application for registration.
Submission of a valid certificate of registration and license or a certified copy of the BPT/PRC resolution approving their application.
They may continue in the teaching service under provisional status until September 20, 2000 upon submission of temporary or special permits issued by the BPT.
If issued during the interim period, the appointment for change of status from provisional to permanent shall be approved.
He shall be replaced by a qualified registered teacher.
DECS through its Regional/Division Offices shall furnish CSROs and CSFOs masterlists of incumbent teachers as of December 16, 1994 for validation/verification purposes.
Yes. Appointments of registered and licensed teachers as substitutes shall be approved.
They may be approved subject to the condition that they may be replaced anytime by registered teachers certified by CSC based on the masterlist furnished by the PRC.
They are subject to the Qualification Standards of the positions involved and other pertinent Civil Service Law, rules and regulations.