1. In line with DepEd Order No.022, s.2023 or the Implementing Guidelines on the School Calendar and Activities for the School Year 2023-2024, the School Governance and Operations Division in collaboration with Curriculum Implementation Division shall provide timely, relevant, and demand-responsive technical support by Monitoring of Opening of Classes on the first week of School Year 2023-2024.
2. The activity aims to ensure the compliance of schools with the policies and guidelines and determine issues and concerns encountered by the school.
3. CID and SGOD personnel shall monitor the compliance of schools with the policies and guidelines set by the department along with the health and safety protocols. The SDO Team will commence the monitoring activity from August 31, 2023 (Thursday) until September 1, 2023 (Friday). Classes shall not be disrupted as per Deped Order No. 9, s. 2005 or Instituting Measures to Increase Engaged Time-on-Task and Ensuring Compliance Therewith.
4. School Heads with their select school personnel will be responsible on monitoring the first day of their actual school operation and opening of classes.
5. Travel and other incidental expenses shall be charged against the Division Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE), subject to usual accounting rules and regulations.
6. Attached in this Memorandum is the composition of the Division Monitoring Team, terms of reference and monitoring tool. Therefore, this Memorandum rescinds the composition of the monitoring team stipulated in Division Memorandum No. 432, S. 2023 titled Reconstitution of Oplan Balik Eskwela – Public Assistance Action Center (OBE-PAAC) Task Force 2023 and Conduct of 2023 Oplan Balik Eskwela Monitoring.
7. Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is earnestly desired.
