Republic of the Philippines .
Department of Education
DepEd ORDER MAY 1.4 2012
No. 37° s. 2012
ADDENDUM TO DEPED ORDER NOS. 12 AND 25, S. 2012
(Revised Guidelines on the Hiring of Teacher I Positions Based on the Reform Actions
in Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda)
To: — Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau Directors
Directors of Services, Centers and Heads of Unit
Regional Directors
Schools Division /City Superintendents
All Others Concerned
1, In addition to DepEd Order Nos. 12 and 25, s. 2012, the Department of Education
(DepEd) hereby issues these supplementary guidelines on the hiring of teachers pursuant
to Republic Act (RA) No. 10155, the General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2012 under the
Budget of the DepEd particularly on Section 8 which specifically provides:
“8. Regularization of Qualified Contractual and Volunteer Teachers. In
the hiring of new teachers, whether to fill unfilled or newly created positions,
priority shall be given to qualified contractual and volunteer teachers, whether
employed by the DepEd or the local government units (Official Gazette Vol. 107
No. 1, p. 108).”
2. In view of this, all schools division/city superintendents (SDSs) are hereby directed
to implement the aforementioned provision of the law by implementing the following
additional guidelines:
a. Division offices shall prepare a masterlist of locally funded teachers in
their respective areas and identify who are eligible for inclusion in the
Registry of Qualified Applicants based on the provisions of DepEd Order
No. 12, s. 2012; and
b. Locally funded teachers shall still undergo the selection process stipulated
in Section 4 of the said DepEd Order and shall likewise meet selection
criteria stated in Section 5.3 of the same DepEd Order.
3. _ The issuance of these supplemental guidelines aims to strengthen the effort of the
DepEd in addressing the concerns of the teachers hired under the contracts of service or
job orders and to ensure the proper implementation of the aforementioned law.
4, Immediate dissemination of and strict compliance with this Order is directed.
BR. ARMIN A. LUISTRO FSC
Secretary
Depea Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig iy 1600 Mi 63.7208/6307226/632-1361 Md 636-4875/637-0209 wn. depd.n ohReferences:
DepEd Memorandum: (Nos. 12 and 25, s. 2012)
To be indicated in the Perpetual Index
under the following subjects:
APPOINTMENT, EMPLOYMENT, REAPPOINTMENT,
CHANGE
POLICY
‘TEACHERS
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