I. Pursuant to DepEd Order No. 005, s. 2024, titled “Rationalization of Teachers’ Workload in Public Schools and Payment of Teaching Overload,” this office hereby informs the field of the mechanisms, procedures, and standards stipulated in the order.
2. In light of this DepEd Order, the following are emphasized:
a. Teachers shall render eight hours of service per day, of which six hours shall be devoted to actual classroom teaching.
b. The remaining two hours shall be allotted for work incidental to the normal teaching duties which may be spent within or outside school premises.
c. Other teaching-related work, such as but not limited to being a school coordinator, shall be duly compensated in accordance with Section 14 of RA 4670.
d. In exigency of service, actual classroom teaching in excess of the required six hours shall be compensated through payment of teaching overload, provided that it does not exceed two hours per day.
3. The relative DepEd Order is enclosed with this Memorandum for full reference and detailed information.
4. Widest dissemination of and compliance with this Memorandum is directed.
