This document provides guidance on classroom structuring and management. It discusses the standard facilities and equipment required for a regular classroom, including furniture, blackboards, bulletin boards, and other items. It describes how to ideally structure a classroom in terms of signage, displays, and placement of furniture and resources. The document also addresses considerations for classroom acoustics and the importance and guidelines for use of color in educational facilities. The overall purpose is to outline how to design classrooms to support effective teaching and learning.

1. “Classroom Structuring
and
Management”

2. Classroom
Structuring

4. ACTIVITY
D R A W y o u r o w n C l a s s r o o m
s e t u p w i t h a l l t h e e q u i p m e n t
a n d f u r n i t u r e p r e s e n t i n i t a s
o f t h e m o m e n t .

5. SESSION OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the session, the participants should be
able to:
• Understand the basic concept of standard
Classroom Structuring/Educational Facilities.
• Know the different standard facilities used in
Classroom Structuring.
• Make a model classroom using the given standard
facilities.
• Appreciate the importance of a Structured
Classroom and its impact to Teaching and
Learning process.

6. GROUP ACTIVITY
(Model Classroom)
M a k e a C l a s s r o o m L a y o u t w i t h
t h e f o l l o w i n g e q u i p m e n t a n d
F u r n i t u r e :
B l a c k b o a r d
B u l l e t i n B o a r d ( 2 S e t s )
A r m C h a i r ( 4 0 U n i t s )
T e a c h e r ’ s c h a i r a n d t a b l e
D e m o T a b l e
P i c t u r e F r a m e o f t h e P r e s i d e n t
W a s h s t a n d
B r o o m b o x
E t c …

7. GROUP ACTIVITY
( M o d e l C l a s s r o o m )
M a k e a C l a s s r o o m L a y o u t w i t h
t h e f o l l o w i n g e q u i p m e n t a n d
F u r n i t u r e :
B l a c k b o a r d
B u l l e t i n B o a r d ( 2 S e t s )
A r m C h a i r ( 4 0 U n i t s )
T e a c h e r ’ s c h a i r a n d t a b l e
D e m o T a b l e
P i c t u r e F r a m e o f t h e P r e s i d e n t
W a s h s t a n d
B r o o m b o x
E t c …

8. Groupings
 In five (5) minutes
 Briefly describe the Model Classroom you’ve
made;
 Give reasons why your Model Classroom is an
ideal classroom for Teaching and Learning
process.
 Record your answers in meta strips
 After five (5) minutes post you answers in
designated areas.
 Select a member of the group to read
out your answer.

9. The standard of
Classroom Structuring
and
Safeguarding
of
Educational Facilities

10. DepEd Educational Facilities Manual

11. DepEd Educational Facilities Manual

12. EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
DEFINED:
The te rm “Educational
Fac ili ties ” re fer s to a ll
p hysic a l p ro p ert ies o f a
school, consisting o f the
grounds , buildings , a n d the
various fac ili t ies wi thi n the
s c hool grounds a n d ins ide
the S c hool buildings .

13. EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
DEFINED:
Also known a s the
Sc ho o l Pla nt o r the
Phys ic a l F a c ilit ies o f a
S chool ; thus the terms
educ ational S c hool
Facili ties, school plant, and
phys ic al fac ili ti es m aybe
us ed interc hangeably.

14. COMPONENTS THAT
CONSTITUTE
EDUCATIONAL
FACILITIES ARE:
Sc ho o l sites,
Sc ho o l build ing s,
School Furniture and
Eq uip ment.

15. R E G U L A R C L A S S R O O M F A C I L I T I E S
T h e c l a s s r o o m i s a c o n t a i n e d u n i t o f
l e a r n i n g s p a c e . To b e e f f e c t i v e , i t
m u s t b e d e s i g n e d s u c h t h a t s p a c e s
a n d f a c i l i t i e s r e f l e c t t h e E d u c a t i o n a l
p r o c e s s e s a n d a c t i v i t i e s t h a t t a k e
p l a c e i n t h e m .
E v e r y c l a s s r o o m s h e l l b e s u i t a b l y
s t r u c t u r e d a n d d e c o r a t e d t o m a k e
t h e s u r r o u n d i n g s o f
p u p i l s / s t u d e n t s c o n d u c t i v e t o
l e a r n i n g .

16. Standard Facilities
The minimum furniture and equipment requirements for a
regular classroom are:
Furniture Quantity
Tables with 2 chairs with all wood/or non-wood
based materials for grades I-IV 25 sets
Tables with 2 chairs with all wood/or non-wood
based materials for grades V-VI 25 sets
or Tablet armchairs with all wood/or non-wood
based materials for grades V-VI 50 units
Tablet Armchairs with all wood/or non-wood
based materials for First to Fourth Year 50 units
Teacher’s Table with chair 1 set

17. Standard Facilities (Continuation)
Furniture Quantity
Chalkboard, framed, wall type
with ledge 4 ft. x 8 feet) 3 units
Teacher’s cabinet 1 unit
Hand washing facility 1 unit
Drinking jar/container, with faucet 1 unit
Water pail 1 unit
Divan (with storage space for cleaning materials) 1 unit
Trash can 1 unit

18. Standard Facilities (Continuation)
Furniture Quantity
Bulletin board 2 units
Filing/Storage cabinet 1 unit
DepED Forms Rack 1 unit
Utility box 1 unit
Chart stand 1 unit
First Aid Cabinet 1 unit

19. C L A S S R O O M S T R U C T U R I N G
T h e r e g u l a r c l a s s r o o m m a y b e i d e a l l y
s t r u c t u r e d i n t h e f o l l o w i n g m a n n e r :
a . A t t h e e n t r a n c e t o t h e r o o m , a
s i g n b o a r d i s p o s t e d , s h o w i n g t h e
f o l l o w i n g i d e n t i f i c a t i o n :
( G r a d e / Y e a r a n d S e c t i o n o c c u p y i n g
t h e r o o m )
( N a m e o f t e a c h e r h a n d l i n g t h e c l a s s )
b . A f r a m e d c o p y o f t h e c l a s s p r o g r a m
i s d i s p l a y e d o n t h e d o o r t o t h e
c l a s s r o o m a t a d u l t e y e - l e v e l .

20. c . O n t h e f r o n t w a l l ( t h a t i s , t h e w a l l
f a c i n g t h e c l a s s ) , t h e c l a s s r o o m
c h a l k b o a r d s , p r o p e r l y f r a m e d a n d
p r o v i d e d w i t h c h a l k l e d g e a n d
c u r t a i n s , a r e i n s t a l l e d a t a h e i g h t
w h i c h i s i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e
m a x i m u m c o m f o r t a b l e r e a c h o f t h e
c h i l d r e n t o t h e t o p o f t h e b o a r d . ( T h e
p r o p e r h e i g h t o f t h e c h a l k b o a r d f r o m t h e
f l o o r t o i t s t o p - e d g e i s d e t e r m i n e d b y
m u l t i p l y i n g t h e m e a n s t a n d i n g h e i g h t o f
t h e c l a s s b y t h e c o n s t a n t 1 . 2 . ) T h i s
c o n s t a n t i s t h e r e s u l t o f s t u d i e s
c o n d u c t e d o n t h e p o r t i o n o f t h e s t a n d i n g
h e i g h t t o t h e n o r m a l r e a c h o f t h e h a n d
o v e r t h e h e a d o f t h e i n d i v i d u a l . )

21. d . A b o v e t h e c h a l k b o a r d , a f r a m e d
p o r t r a i t o f t h e P r e s i d e n t o f t h e
P h i l i p p i n e s s h a l l b e d i s p l a y e d
p r o m i n e n t l y a t t h e c e n t e r, f l a n k e d o n o n e
s i d e a t a l o w e r l e v e l b y a f r a m e d m o t t o
( f o r t h e m o n t h o r w e e k ) a n d o n t h e o t h e r
s i d e b y a f r a m e d p i c t u r e p r e f e r a b l y
r e l e v a n t t o t h e m o t t o .
T h e b u l l e t i n b o a r d s a n d t a c k
b o a r d s , a s w e l l a s c h a r t s , m a y b e
p l a c e d o n t h e w a l l s a t t h e s i d e s o r a t
t h e b a c k o f t h e r o o m . T h e y s h a l l b e
p l a c e d a t t h e s a m e h e i g h t a s t h e
c h a l k b o a r d s .

22. e . T h e a t t e n d a n c e c h a r t a n d t h e D e p E D
f o r m s r a c k a r e p l a c e d n e a r t h e d o o r.
f . T h e t e a c h e r ’ s t a b l e , c h a i r a n d c a b i n e t
a r e l o c a t e d a t t h e r e a r o f t h e r o o m .
g . O n e c o r n e r o f t h e r o o m i s s e t u p a s a
r e a d i n g c o r n e r. A n o t h e r c o r n e r o f t h e
r o o m i s s e t u p a s a h e a l t h c o r n e r a n d
p r o v i d e d w i t h a f i r s t a i d o r m e d i c i n e
c a b i n e t w i t h m i r r o r, s o a p d i s h , t o w e l
r a c k , a n d h a n d w a s h i n g a n d d r i n k i n g
f a c i l i t i e s .
h . T h e s e a t i n g a r r a n g e m e n t o f t h e
p u p i l s / s t u d e n t s s h a l l b e f l e x i b l e ,
d e p e n d i n g u p o n t h e n e e d s o r a c t i v i t i e s o f
t h e c l a s s .

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25. D E S I R A B L E A U R A L
E N V I R O N M E N T
I n s i d e t h e c l a s s r o o m , t h e d e s i r a b l e a u r a l
e n v i r o n m e n t m a y b e p r o v i d e d a s f o l l o w s :
a . A r r a n g i n g t h e s e a t s i n s u c h w a y t h a t
n o p u p i l / s t u d e n t i s m o r e t h a n s e v e n
m e t e r s a w a y f r o m t h e t e a c h e r s t a n d i n g
i n f r o n t o f t h e r o o m ; a n d
b . W h e r e c l a s s r o o m s b o t h f a c e a c o m m o n
p a r t i t i o n / b a c k - t o - b a c k o n e i t h e r s i d e ,
p a r t i t i o n s h a l l b e u p t o t h e c e i l i n g , i f
p o s s i b l e , d o u b l e w a l l e d t o a v o i d t h e
n o i s e f r o m d i s t u r b i n g a n y o f t h e
c l a s s r o o m s .

26. I M P O R T A N C E O F C O L O R
a . t o c o n t r i b u t e t o v i s u a l c o m f o r t
b . f o r a e s t h e t i c e f f e c t
c . t o p r e s e r v e a n d p r o t e c t m a t e r i a l s
( a s t o m a i n t e n a n c e )
d . f o r s a f e t y p r e c a u t i o n s

27. G u i d e l i n e s o n t h e U s e o f C o l o r
T h e f o l l o w i n g g u i d e l i n e s o n t h e u s e
o f c o l o r a r e s u g g e s t e d :
 T h e c o l o r s c h e m e s h a l l b e p r a c t i c a l
a n d i n g o o d t a s t e ; g a r i s h c o l o r s o r a
r i o t o f c o l o r s s h a l l b e a v o i d e d .
 I n c l a s s r o o m s w h e r e p u p i l s ’
c o n c e n t r a t i o n i s d e s i r e d , t h e u s e o f
v a r i e d , s t r o n g c o l o r s , e s p e c i a l l y w i t h i n
e y e l e v e l o f t h e c h i l d r e n , s h a l l b e
a v o i d e d b e c a u s e o f t h e i r d i s t r a c t i n g
e f f e c t .
 C e i l i n g s s h a l l b e p a i n t e d i n o f f - w h i t e ,
f l a t p a i n t , w i t h a r e f l e c t o r a n t f a c t o r o f
8 5 % .

28.  W a l l s s h a l l b e p a i n t e d i n l i g h t c o l o r s ,
w i t h t h e u p p e r p o r t i o n i n l i g h t e r c o l o r
( w i t h a r e f l e c t i o n f a c t o r o f 6 0 % )
 t h a n t h e l o w e r p o r t i o n w h i c h s h a l l
h a v e a r e f l e c t i o n f a c t o r o f 4 0 % .
 F l o o r s s h a l l b e g r a y o r b l u e - g r a y s i n c e
t h e s e c o l o r s g i v e c o o l e r e f f e c t a n d
s h o w m a r k s l e s s t h a n d a r k c o l o r s ; t h e
r e f l e c t o r a n t f a c t o r o f f l o o r s s h a l l b e
f r o m 3 0 % t o 4 0 % .
 T h e r e s h a l l b e a s l i g h t c o n t r a s t i n
c o l o r b e t w e e n t h e c h a l k b o a r d a n d t h e
w a l l o n w h i c h i t i s i n s t a l l e d ; a r e a s o f
b r i g h t , d i s t r a c t i n g c o l o r s n e a r t h e
c h a l k b o a r d s h a l l b e a v o i d e d .

29.  T h e c o l o r o f t h e c h a l k b o a r d s h a l l
p r o v i d e a m u c h s t r o n g e r c o n t r a s t w i t h
c h a l k u s e d o n i t a n d g i v e a r e f l e c t a n c e
f a c t o r f r o m 2 0 % t o 2 5 % .
 T r i m s o r f r a m e s m a y b e p a i n t e d i n l i g h t
c o l o r, s u c h a s w h i t e o r o f f - w h i t e t o
c o n t r a s t w i t h t h e w a l l a n d s h a l l h a v e a
r e f l e c t o r a n t f a c t o r o f 4 0 % t o 6 0 % .
 P r o p e r c o m b i n a t i o n o f c o l o r s s h a l l b e
u s e d t o h i g h l i g h t o r e m p h a s i z e
e l e v a t i o n c h a n g e s , o b s t r u c t i o n s ,
s t a i r w a y s , e t c .

30. S A F E T Y C O L O R S C H E M E
T h e f o l l o w i n g s a f e t y c o l o r s c h e m e i s
u n i v e r s a l l y r e c o g n i z e d :
R e d d e n o t e s f i r e h a z a r d s o r f i r e - f i g h t i n g
e q u i p m e n t , s u c h a s f i r e a l a r m b o x e s , f i r e
p a i l s , f i r e e x t i n g u i s h e r s , e t c .
G r e e n s i g n i f i e s s a f e t y o r a g o - a h e a d
s i g n a l .
O r a n g e i s u s e d t o i n d i c a t e a l e r t o r
d a n g e r f r o m e q u i p m e n t .
W h i t e s e r v e s a s a t r a f f i c l i n e o r g u i d e .
Y e l l o w w i t h i t s h i g h v i s i b i l i t y , i s u s e d
t o w a r n d a n g e r f r o m s t u m b l i n g , f a l l i n g
o r s t r i k i n g , a n d i s u s u a l l y w i t h a l t e r n a t e
b a n d s o f a d a r k c o l o r.
B l u e i n d i c a t e s p r e c a u t i o n a n d i s u s e d o n
s w i t c h b o x e s , l e v e r s , e t c .

31. PROPERTY RESPONSIBILITY
A l l e d u c a t i o n a l f a c i l i t i e s
p r o c u r e d / p u r c h a s e d b y t h e
D e p a r t m e n t o r d o n a t e d b y L G U s / N G O s
a n d p r i v a t e i n d i v i d u a l s s h a l l b e
c o n s i d e r e d p r o p e r t y o f t h e r e c i p i e n t
s c h o o l . S c h o o l H e a d s / P r i n c i p a l s a r e
r e s p o n s i b l e t o t h e S c h o o l s D i v i s i o n / C i t y
S c h o o l s S u p e r i n t e n d e n t f o r t h e
e d u c a t i o n a l f a c i l i t i e s i s s u e d t o t h e m . I n
s a m e m a n n e r, t h e S c h o o l s D i v i s i o n / C i t y
S c h o o l s S u p e r i n t e n d e n t s a r e l i k e w i s e
r e s p o n s i b l e t o t h e R e g i o n a l D i r e c t o r.

32. CARE/PRESERVATION AND SAFEGUARDING
OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
It is the duty of the school head/principal to enforce the rules
on proper care of educational facilities such as:
1. Provision of perimeter fence along boundaries of the school
site with secured entrance and exit gates.
2. Proper utilization of school buildings, including undertaking
of minor repair and maintenance work.
3. Cleanliness and orderliness of classrooms shall be maintained
at all times.
4. Proper use of desks/armchairs and other classroom furniture
shall be strictly enforced by the teacher.
Instructional tools/equipment and supplies such as computers,
books, magazines, periodicals, journals,
bulletins and other publications issued by the Department or
procured from various sources shall be
displayed and kept in safe shelves/storage areas.