3. B. IMPORTANCE
OF
EDUCATIONAL
FACILITIES
Educational facilities are considered indispensable
to a school; they do not only provide housing for
the school
but also serve as facilitating agents for all the
educational activities that take place in a school.
The availability of safe, secured and satisfactory
educational facilities (i.e., site, building, furniture,
and equipment)
is one of the prerequisites for the opening of a new
school. Sites should be assessed in terms of its
vulnerability to various
geological and hydro meteorological hazards.
Hazard-specific resilient features that have
undergone thorough feasibility
4. and viability studies must be incorporated in
the design of the buildings or structures (Niño
Relox, PAGASA).
Conversely, one of the grounds for the closure
of a school is substandard facilities (i.e., lack
safe, sanitary, and
adequate buildings and site).
The availability of safe, secured, adequate and
satisfactory educational facilities will support
the teaching and
learning processes and ultimately improve the
quality of basic education.
5. C. BASIC
PRINCIPLES
ON
EDUCATION
AL
FACILITIES
The primary function of educational facilities is
to provide the proper school environment that is
most conducive
to effective teaching and learning. It shall be
responsive to changes in teaching methods and
school organization taking
into consideration the changes in educational
process which has become more active,
interrelated, and has become an
integral part of the wider community.
7. A.
SCHOOL
SEATS
The importance of good seating cannot be
overlooked since the school children usually
spend a significant part
of their time in school in a sitting position.
Good seating is necessary for comfort and good
posture and is crucial to the
proper physical development of the child.
For this purpose, an anthropometric study was
undertaken by the Bureau of Elementary
Education and the
following are some of its findings, which today
are still applicable/acceptable:
9. A.
MANAGEMENT
AND
ADMINISTRATIVE
CONTROLS
1. Function of Stakeholders
a. Physical Facilities and Schools Engineering Division
(PFSED)
The management and administrative control of
educational facilities in the Department of Education
are incumbent upon the Secretary of Education,
through the Physical Facilities and Schools Engineering
Division (PFSED).
PFSED is concerned primarily with such staff functions
as the formulation of policies, the setting up of
standards, and the issuance of regulations and
guidelines governing school facilities all over the
country.
