Divine Word of College

San Jose, Occidental Mindoro

Graduate School Program

School Legislation
R.A 9155 Governance of Basic
Education
Submitted to:
Dr. Heliodoro E. Macabata

Submitted by:
Ganie Mae T. Casuncad
January 10, 2015

R.A 9155 Governance of Basic Education

I Overview
An Act Instituting A Framework of Governance For Basic
Education, Establishing Authority and Accountability and
Renaming the Department of Education, Culture and Sports as
the Department of Education is also known as the Republic Act
9155 which is the Governance of Basic Education.
This Act declared that the state should protect and promote
the right of all citizens to have quality basic education and be
more accessible to all by providing all the Filipino children a
free and compulsory education in elementary and high school
level. And also, Alternative Learning System for all the out-ofschool youth and adult learners who want to be successful. The
main goal of Basic Education is to provide all the skills,
knowledge and values that every learner need to become caring,
self-reliant, productive and patriotic citizens.

This Republic Act 9155 - Governance of Basic Education

have purposes and objectives that can be guide to achieve higher
learning outcomes. These are:
(a) The governance should provide framework that will be
the general directions for educational policies.
(b) To define all the roles, responsibilities and provide
resources to the field offices.
(c) To make all schools and learning centers the most
important vehicle for teaching.
(d) Enable the schools and learning centers to reflect the
values of the community
(e) To encourage local initiatives for the improvement of
(f)

schools
To establish schools and learning centers as facilities
where school children are able to learn a range of core

This is a shared governance which recognize every unit in the

education bureaucracy which has a particular task, role and even
responsibility inherent in the office and accountable for worth
outcome. All the process of democratic consultation shall be
observed in the decision making process at all levels.

Every Level of the offices of the Department of education

have their power, duties and functions:
1. National Level:
2. Regional Level
3. Division Level
4. School District Level
5. School Level
All this five offices of Department of Education have their
own role in the department to have a better quality education.
II. Implementation of this Republic Act
It shall be vested with the authority, accountability and
responsibility for ensuring access, promoting equity and
improving the quality of basic education.
Before, Supervisors have the authority, accountability and
responsibility in school management. They are the one who
decide and approved such appointments which are about in the
school. The one who take lead to all the personnel inside the
compound. All the principal and school heads are only her/his
helper to do such reports.

But with this Republic act 9155, Principal or even

school head have the power, authority, accountability and
responsibility to decide and approved any reports and
appointment inside the campus. They are the one who budget all
the fund and be used to learning of pupils, teaching of all
teachers, constructing and repairing all the building in the
school. S/he the one who take an action and decide what shall
s/he do to have a quality learning in the school. Principal /
School heads need the help or the active participation of all the
stakeholders to work hand in hand such as, teachers, parents and
the person in the community.

III. Drawbacks/ who takes the lead? Their role and action taken?
After this R.A 9155 approved by the congress. Some of the
Supervisor didnt want this, because the Department of
Education take away their power over the School to decide how
to make the school better. School heads are the one who will
make any decision-making regarding to the school compound.
Example when it comes in substitute for the leave of one of her

teacher, School heads now, have the authority to choose who

will the one who take the position of the teacher who takes
leave. And also, all the budget he takes in-charge, he is the one
who have the guts to use this. Thats why, all Supervisor dont
have the money for school but the School heads.
According to my interviewee, Mr. Aliben Dogohoy, there
are more School heads who are dependent in their supervisor.
They want their supervisor to take in-charge in the school. There
is a case which one of the Principal ask the supervisor what s/he
will do. And s/he gave some advice and s/he did it. Evaluation
comes, the decisions are wrong all the feedbacks back to the
School head. Because the one who take in-charge is the School
Head and with this he is the one who should make decisions.

IV. Reccomendations

My recommendation for this is Principal or even school

heads should know how to manage school and s/he should focus
in learners to achieve the excellence. But this will work if s/he
are working with her/his co-teachers inside the school. School
heads should also have the courage and have a critical thinking
to make any decision about the school.

V. References:
http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2001/ra_915
5_2001.html
Interview with a School Head of Labangan North
District Mr. Aliben A. Dagohoy

Documentation for the interview: