Question & AnswerQ&A (DECS ORDER NO. 64)
The approval of the application by the Regional Directors shall be based on the result of the evaluation of the merits of the application by the division offices concerned.
The application must be in triplicate and include the list of faculty with their qualifications, a tentative list of subjects based on report of failures, schedule of classes, and authorized student fees.
No, no teacher may be assigned to teach the subject in the summer session which he/she has not taught for at least three (3) regular school years.
Summer classes can be offered only to graduating students who lack one laboratory or two non-laboratory subjects to graduate, and irregular students who lack the minimum subjects to be classified as regular students in the succeeding school year.
Yes, no student may carry more than one laboratory subject or two non-laboratory subjects during the summer classes.
The summer session shall consist of not less than 36 days excluding holidays and enrolment days but including one examination day. A laboratory subject requires 266.6 hours (7 hours and 24 minutes daily), a non-laboratory subject requires 133.3 hours (3 hours and 42 minutes daily).
No student shall be given credit for his/her work if he/she has missed classes for more than three (3) days.
All requirements for the regular school year apply including accommodations, finances, equipment, library, facilities, admission, faculty, promotion, and reports except the one about attendance mentioned above.
Gross violation of regulations and conditions mentioned in the revised guidelines shall be sufficient cause for cancellation of permit to operate and for denial of future requests to operate summer classes.
The Division Superintendents are delegated to monitor and evaluate summer classes, with guidelines prepared by the division office, and they must submit evaluation reports to the Regional Directors within fifteen working days after the last day of classes.