Republika ng Pilipinas

Kagawaran ng Edukasyon
Tanggapan ng Pangalawang Kalihim

MEMORANDUM
May 14, 2019

For: Regional Directors

Schools Division Superintendents
Regional/Division IT Officers

Members, Election Task Forces (ETF)

Public Schools District Supervisors (PSDS)
DepEd Supervisor Officials (DESO)
Members, Electoral Boards (EB)
All Others Concerned

Subject: NEW APK, VALIDATION QUESTIONS, AND FEEDBACK

In view of the numerous submissions of comments about Vote Counting

Machines (VCMs) and the current situation on the national count, there is a need
for further validation of these remarks. As such, we are incorporating the following
questions in the DepEd Election Monitoring App:

• Was there an incident where the VCM in your area malfunctioned

at any given time from 6:00am to 6:00pm on May 13?
• Was there an incident where a voter reported that the printed voter
receipt did not match the votes in the ballot?
• Was there an incident where the Secure Digital (SD) card
malfunctioned, cannot be read or cannot save data?
• Was there an incident where the SD card was replaced?
• Was there an incident where the SD card needed reconfiguration?
• Was there an incident of a transmission malfunction or glitch?

We will also gather feedback and comments about the app for further
improvement. We will also be incorporating the following:

On a scale of 1-3, 1 being the highest, please rate:

• The DepEd Monitoring app is useful
• The DepEd Monitoring app is user-friendly/easy to use

Office of the Undersecretary for Administration

(Administrative Services, Information and Communications Technology, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management, Schools Health,
Youth Formation, Baguio Teachers' Camp, Education Facilities/School Buildings)
Department of Education, Central Office, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City
Room 519, Mabini Building; Mobile: +639260320762; Landline: +6326337203, +6326376207
Email: usec.admin@deped.gov.ph; Facebook/Twitter @depedtayo
 • The App saves time to relay information
• The App is a better way to communicate
• I want to use the app in the next elections
• I will encourage others to use the app

To enable these questions/items to be incorporated into the app, users and

all concerned should click UPDATE THE APP at the link
electionmonitoring.deped.gov.ph beginning at 2:00pm today, May 14, 2019,
to download and install the new Android Package Kernel (APK).

Current users do not need to uninstall or log-in again. Once downloaded

and installed, the new version of the APK will automatically do the incorporation.

Should you have concerns, kindly ask your regional and/or division ITOs to
assist in this undertaking, or take advantage of the Workplace groups we use.

Other questions and/or clarifications may be directed to Lance Aquino

Mendoza, President of the DepEd Information Technology Officers Association of
the Philippines (ITO AsPH) at Workplace, or via email at usec.admin@deped.gov.ph,
or via phone (02) 633-7203.

We reiterate that the Office of the Undersecretary for Administration (OUA)

will conduct a Post-Election Assessment Conference to sum-up experiences,
identify best practices and lessons, and assess the use/relevance of the election
monitoring app and the role/functions of the ETFs. It is the intention of OUA to
undertake policy recommendations and meaningful reforms in preparation of the
Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Elections on May 2020. As such,
sending of the feedback reports is a necessity.

For guidance and compliance.

ALAIN DEL B. PASCUA

Undersecretary