Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region XI
DIVISION OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL
Fishing Village, Malita, Davao Occidental
DIVISION MEMORANDUM
No. __________, s. 2019
TO : Chief Education Supervisors
Education Program Supervisors
Senior Education Program Specialist
Education Program Specialists II
Public School District Supervisors
Public Secondary and Elementary School Heads
Public School Teachers
All Others Concerned
FROM : REYNALDO B. MELLORIDA, CESO VI
Schools Division Superintendent
SUBJECT: 2019 DIVISION BRIGADA ESKWELA IMPLEMENTATION
DATE: February 4, 2019
1. The Department of Education Division of Davao Occidental will conduct 2019 Brigada Eskwela
from May 20 – May 25, 2019 with the year’s theme “Matatag na Bayan para sa Maunlad na
Paaralan“. The Brigada Eskwela is the National Schools Maintenance Week which aims to bring
together all education stakeholders to participate and contribute their time, effort, and resources
to prepare public school facilities for the opening of the school year in June (include first day of
classes).
2. Schools Heads (SHs) shall take the lead role in planning the activities geared on making schools
ecologically conscious, resilient, clean, safe and conducive to learning. Important reminders to
SHs are also found in the attachment No. 1 of National Unnumbered Memorandum, s. 2019.
Further, SHs are enjoined to hang advocacy tarpaulins not later than April 30, 2018.
3. On May 20, 2019, each district and public secondary school shall hold a caravan and motorcade
to launch the first day of Brigada Eskwela and to be followed by a kick-off ceremony in the final
stop of the caravan. This year’s Division Kick-off Ceremony will be at Lawa National High
School, Barangay Lawa, Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental.
4. After the maintenance week, BE Form 7 needs to be accomplished by the school head and to be
submitted to the district office for compilation before it will be forwarded to the SDO. Please
refer to attachment No. 2 for the schedule of submission of 2019 BE School Accomplishment
Report.
5. Furthermore, Department of Education ordered that all DepEd employees are encouraged to join
the Brigada Esklwela activities. Interested employees are given two days to do volunteer work
on official time, provided that such work is approved by their heads of offices. The non-teaching
personnel shall earn a Compensatory Time Off (CTO) for the complete eight hours
participation in the maintenance effort on the last day of BE week which is on Saturday.
6. Teaching personnel are entitled to earn vacation service credits arising from their active
involvement in the Brigada Eskwela activity. Teachers shall earn a one-day service credit for
the accumulated eight hours participation in the maintenance effort. For further details on
granting service credits for teachers, please refer to DepEd Order No. 53, s.2003 entitled
Updated Guidelines on Grant of Vacation Service Credits to Teachers, particularly Item No. I-d
Sub-item d and k Item No. 1-f, procedure in the grant of service credits.
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region XI
DIVISION OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL
Fishing Village, Malita, Davao Occidental
7. PSDSs' are enjoined to encourage school heads to join the search. The guidelines for the search
for the Division Brigada Eskwela Best School Implementers, schedule of activities and entry form
are provided in attachments nos. 1, 2 and 3 respectively.
8. For your information, guidance and usual support.
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region XI
DIVISION OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL
Fishing Village, Malita, Davao Occidental
(Attachment No. 1)
GUIDELINES FOR THE SEARCH FOR THE DIVISION BRIGADA ESKWELA
BEST SCHOOL IMPLEMENTERS
1. The search shall include the following levels / categories for both elementary and secondary
levels:
Level Category Number of Teachers Generated Resources
Small School 9 and below 99,999 and below
Elementary Medium School 10-29 100,000 -299,999
Large School 30-50 300,000-499,999
Mega School 51 and above 500,000 and above
Small School 15 and below 99,999 and below
Secondary Medium School 16-30 100,000 -299,999
Large School 31-50 300,000-999,999
Mega School 51and above 1,000,000 and above
2. For Elementary level, each district is entitled to have one official entry per category upon the
recommendation and/or endorsement of the district supervisor. In the Secondary level, the
search is open to the Twenty-Five (25) secondary schools, except Mariano Peralta NHS who
won as Hall of Famer, but encouraged to join in the Hall of Famer Category.
3. School-entries shall submit Means of Verifications (MOVs’) in the order based on the criteria.
Likewise, the Brigada Eskwela (BE) Form No. 7 – BE School Accomplishment Report with
evidences and/or attachments to the division office through the School Governance and
Operations Division (SGOD) not later than May 28, 2019. Please include means of evidences
to all activities relative to Wash in Schools during Brigada Eskwela, Scholl Safety and
Preparedness Guide and Advocacy on Brigada Eskwela theme translated into school
overall experiences and learnings (see Annex A to Annex D of Enclosure No. 1 to National
Unnumbered Memorandum, s. 2019).
4. All entries shall be subjected to preliminary evaluation based on the MOVs and/or documents
submitted by the Division Evaluation Committee on May 31, 2019. The top three (3) schools
(per category per level) during pre-evaluation shall be subjected to the final division
evaluation.
5. Entries will be judged based on the following criteria:
CRITERIA PERCENTAGE
1. Scope of Work 30%
2. Diverse Volunteer Participation
Parent Volunteers (15%) 25%
Other Volunteers (10%)
3. Generated Resources 15%
4. Alignment to the Theme of Brigada Eskwela 15%
Disaster Risk Reduction Management (6%)
Wash in Schools (WinS) (6%)
Advocacy on Brigada Eskwela theme
translated into school overall experiences
and learnings (3%)
5. Creativity and Innovation 10%
6. Increment of Resources and Volunteers 5%
Source: Enclosure no.2 to National Unnumbered Memorandum, s. 2019
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region XI
DIVISION OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL
Fishing Village, Malita, Davao Occidental
6. The SDO will declare three winners (first place, second place, third place) per category per
level. First placers in all level/category will be the official entry of the division in the regional
level. However, those lone entry/ies which do not meet the expected 90 points will not be
endorsed to the regional office.
7. Hall of Famers is encouraged to participate upon the recommendation and/or endorsement
of the district supervisor.
CRITERIA OF SELECTION for Brigada Eskwela Plus Most Sustained School
A. School maintenance activities throughout the school year – 70%
B. School and Community effort to improve participation and reduce drop-out, or enroll in
the alternative delivery mode – 15%
C. School and Community effort to improve student and community learnings.
8. School-winners shall receive plaques and outstanding accomplishment certificates.
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region XI
DIVISION OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL
Fishing Village, Malita, Davao Occidental
(Attachment No. 2)
2019 DIVISION BRIGADA ESKWELA IMPLEMENTATION
SCHEDULES OF ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY SCHEDULE
Pre-Implementation Stage of Brigada Eskwela (Assessment
of Physical Facilities and Maintenance Needs of the
Schools, Resource Mobilization Organization of Brigada January 3-May 17, 2019
Eskwela Committees and their Orientation on Specific Roles
and Tasks, among other activities)
Division ASP/Brigada Eskwela Coordination Conference March 6, 2019
Hanging of Advocacy Tarpaulins Not later than 30 April 2019
Submission of Entry Form 2019 Search for BE Best School Not later than
Implementers May 15, 2019
Brigada Eskwela National Kick-off Program and Caravan May 16, 2019
Brigada Eskwela Regional and Schools Division Kick-off May 20, 2018
Program and Caravan
Brigada Eskwela Implementation and Monitoring of Schools May 20 – May 25, 2019
Submission of MOVs/ Documents (Best School May 28, 2019
Implementers)
Preliminary Evaluation of Entries (Best School May 31, 2019
Implementers – select Top 3 of every category)
Capacity Building of School Heads, BE Coordinators and
Working Committees of 2019 Brigada Eskwela Entries on June 7, 2019
Documents Packaging (Top 3 of every category)
Submission of BE Accomplishment Reports (Form 7 ) to the June 10, 2019
District Office
Submission of consolidated BE Accomplishment Reports to June 25, 2019
the Schools Division Office (SDO)
Submission of consolidated BE Accomplishment Reports to July 25, 2019
the Regional Office
Validation, Ocular and Final Evaluation of Entries (Top 3) 3rd week and 4th week of June
2019
Submission of Division entries for the Brigada Eskwela July 1, 2019
Awards to the Regions
Conduct of Brigada Eskwela Division Awarding Ceremony July 31, 2019
Regional Selection and Deliberation of Brigada Eskwela August 1-31, 2019
Awards Candidates
Submission of Final List of School Candidates as Brigada
Eskwela National Awardees to External Partnerships On or before September, 2019
Service, including the submission of rating sheets reflecting
the ranks and scores of the awardee candidates.
Conduct of Brigada Eskwela Regional Awarding Ceremony Third quarter of the Year 2019
Conduct of Brigada Eskwela National Awarding Ceremony Within November 2019
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region XI
DIVISION OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL
Fishing Village, Malita, Davao Occidental
(Attachment No. 3)
SEARCH FOR THE 2019 DIVISION BRIGADA ESKWELA
BEST SCHOOL IMPLEMENTERS
ENTRY FORM
(Deadline: Not later than May 15, 2019)
Level (Please tick) : Elementary ( ) Secondary ( )
Category : Small ( ) Medium ( ) Large ( ) Mega ( )
School :_________________________________________________
School ID :______________________District_____________________
School Address :_________________________________________________
School Head :_________________________________________________
Contact Number :_________________________________________________
School BE Coordinator:_______________________________________________
Contact Number :_________________________________________________
PTA President :_________________________________________________
Contact Number :_________________________________________________
Submitted by:
_______________________
School Head
………………………………………………………………………………………………….
1st Endorsement
(May 2019)
Respectfully forwarded to REYNALDO B. MELLORIDA, CESO VI, Schools
Division Superintendent, Division of Davao del Occidental the entry form of
____________________________________ as entry of ________________________
(school) (district)
for the Search for 2019 Division Brigada Eskwela Best School Implementers.
__________________________
PSDS/DPIC
