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Republic of the Philippines Department of Education Region XII Division of South Cotabato Banga North District SANCHO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Brgy. Liwanay Banga South Cotabato ANTI-BULLYING POLICY REPUBLIC ACT NO 10627

AN ACT REQUIRING ALL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO ADOPT POLICIES TO PREVENT AND ADDRESS THE ACTS OF BULLYING IN THEIR INSTITUTION Pursuant to Dep.Ed Order No. 68.,s.2012(Anti-Bullying Law), Sancho Elementary School adheres to the guidelines promulgated in compliance to wit:

A. RATIONALE

On September 12, 2013, Republic Act No. 10627, entitled “An Act Requiring All Elementary and Secondary Schools to Adopt Policies to prevent and Address the Acts of Bullying in their Institutions” was signed by President Aquino, officially placing executive imprimatur on the Bill passed by the 15th Congress.

Also referred to as the “Anti- Bullying act of 2013”, the law defines the act of bullying as “any severe or repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal or electronic expression, or a physical act or gesture, or any combination thereof “that is “directed to another student”. Furthermore, such use must have the effect of “actually causing or placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm or damage to his property; creating a hostile environment at school for the other student; infringing on the rights of the other student at school; or materially and substantially disrupting the education process or the orderly operation of the school. “Anti-bullying law has been institutionalized since 2013. The Department of Education has forwarded its child protection policy through the weaving of school-based child protecting laws that enables the school to have a framework of disciplinary actions regarding bullying and to protect the children in general.

B. OBJECTIVE OF ANTI-BULLYING LAW 1. Protect all children against any abuse 2. Eliminate bullying in school 3. Encourage legal literacy on children’s rights against abuse

C. MECHANISM OF ANTI-BULLYING POLICY Sancho Elementary School will practice this mechanism to ensure the exercise of systemized handling of cases, to wit:

1. Acceptance of Complain 2. Evaluation of the School Head/Principal over situation. 3. Convergence of the child protection committee for further investigation and analyses of the case. 4. Gathering of relevant pieces of evidence. 5. Notification of the concerned parent, guardian, teacher. 6. Summoning of the perpetrator involved 7. Counselling of all the parties involved 8. Custody of records signed by conflicting parties