The document summarizes Philippine laws and policies that promote inclusive education. It outlines several pieces of legislation that protect the rights of students with disabilities to accessible education, including the 1987 Constitution, the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons of 1992, and the 2019 Special Education Act. It also discusses the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the key US law mandating accessible public education for students with disabilities.

1. Inclusive
Education in the
Philippines vs.
Other Countries
Life is beautiful
Prepared by: Ms. Angel Joyce Durumpil
Department of Teacher Education

2. PHILIPPINE LAWS, POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS
• 1987- PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
• ARTICLE 14 SECTION 1- The State shall
protect and promote the right of all
citizens. to quality education at all
levels and shall take appropriate
steps to make such education
accessible to all.

3. PHILIPPINE LAWS, POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS
• 1987- PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION
• ARTICLE 14 SECTION 2- The State shall
establish, maintain and support a
complete adequate, and integrated
system of education relevant to the
needs of people and society.

4. PHILIPPINE LAWS, POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS
• REPUBLIC ACT 9442- An Act Amending Republic Act No. 7277,
Otherwise Known As The “Magna Carta For Disabled Persons,
And For Other Purposes”
• “An act providing for the Rehabilitation and Self-Reliance of Disabled Persons
and Their Integration to the Mainstream of Society and Other Purposes
granting Additional Privileges and Incentives and Prohibitions on Verbal, Non-
Verbal Ridicule and Vilification Against Persons with Disability,” which
required the Department of Health (DOH) to institute a national health
program for PWDs, establish medical rehabilitation centers in provincial
hospitals and adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to the health
development of PWDs which shall make essential services available to them at
affordable cost.

5. PHILIPPINE LAWS, POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS
Department order no. 26 s. 1997 on Institutionalized of SPED
Programs in All Schools
established resource centers in regular schools to provide
continuous support to children with special needs.
In support to the implementation of the Republic Act 7277
(Magna Carta for Disabled Persons) and to achieve the target set
for the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (1993-2002)
that 75% of the 4 million children with disabilities should be
provided equal educational opportunities, special needs

6. PHILIPPINE LAWS, POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS
CHED MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 40 S. 2008- MANUAL OF
REGULATIONS FOR PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION
It encourages private higher education institutions to admit
students with disabilities.

7. PHILIPPINE LAWS, POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS
REPUBLIC ACT 10410 - AN ACT RECOGNIZING THE AGE FROM
ZERO (0) TO EIGHT (8) YEARS AS THE FIRST CRUCIAL STAGE OF
EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND STRENGTHENING THE EARLY
CHILDHOOD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM, APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
“KNOWN AS EARLY YEARS ACT OF 2013”

8. PHILIPPINE LAWS, POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS
It is hereby declared the policy of the State to promote the rights of children to
survival, development and special protection with full recognition of the nature of
childhood and as well as the need to provide developmentally appropriate
experiences to address their needs; and to support parents in their roles as
primary caregivers and as their children’s first teachers. Further, the State hereby
recognizes the age from zero (0) to eight (8) years as the first crucial stage of
educational development of which the age from zero (0) to four (4) years shall be
the responsibility of the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Council.
Therefore, the responsibility to help develop children in the formative years
between age five (5) to eight (8) years shall be with the Department of Education
(DepED).

9. PHILIPPINE LAWS, POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS
The State shall institutionalize a National System for Early
Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) that is comprehensive,
integrative and sustainable, that involves multisectoral and
interagency collaboration at the national and local levels among
government; among service providers, families and communities,
and among the public and private sectors, nongovernment
organizations; professional associations and academic institutions.

10. PHILIPPINE LAWS, POLICIES
AND PROGRAMS
The System shall promote the inclusion of children with
special needs, provide for reasonable accommodation and
accessible environments for children with disabilities and
advocate respect for cultural and linguistic diversity, including the
use of Filipino Sign Language as the visual language of the deaf
community. It shall be anchored on complementary strategies for
ECCD that include service delivery for children from age zero (0)
to four (4) years, educating parents and caregivers, encouraging
the active involvement of parents and communities in ECCD
programs, raising awareness about the important efforts that
improve the quality of life for young children and families.

11. PHILIPPINE COMMISSION
ON WOMEN
The 2009 Philippine Magna Carta of Women
establishes a non-discriminatory and pro-gender
equality and equity framework for policy formulation
and implementation.

12. Indigenous People Right to
Education
“Indigenous peoples have the right to establish and control their
educational systems and institutions providing education in their
own languages, in a manner appropriate to their cultural methods
of teaching and learning.”

13. 2019 Special Education Act
It aims literally to institutionalize inclusive education
through the institutionalization of at least one special education
center in each school division and three such centers in larger
divisions, equipped with adequate qualified staff and
administered by the principal of the regular school

14. The 1983 Act to Enhance the Mobility of Disabled Persons
by Requiring Certain Buildings, Institutions, Establishments
and Public Utilities to install Facilities and Other Devices
to promote the realization of the rights of
persons with disabilities to participate fully in
the social life and the development of the
societies in which they live in for the full
enjoyment of the opportunities available to
other citizens

15. RA 7277 (1992) MAGNA CARTA FOR
DISABLED PERSONS
Equal Rights and privileges of PWDs on employment, education,
health, telecommunications, auxiliary social services, accessibility,
political and civil, rights .

16. RA 9442 (2007)- AMENDMENT OF
7277 (PRIVILEGES TO PWDs)
20% Discount privileges to PWDs
Change name from “ Magna Carta for Disabled
Persons to Magna Carta for PWD’s”
Added a clause on deliverance from public ridicul
and vilification.

17. RA 9442 (2007)- AMENDMENT OF
7277 (PRIVILEGES TO PWDs)
20% Discount privileges to PWDs
Change name from “ Magna Carta for Disabled
Persons to Magna Carta for PWD’s”
Added a clause on deliverance from public ridicul
and vilification.

18. Administrative Order 35(2002)
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation (NPDR Week) Every
third week of July

19. Administrative Order 35(2002)
National Disability Prevention and
Rehabilitation (NPDR Week) Every
third week of July

20. NCDA Administrative Order No. 001,
s. 2008- Guidelines on the Issuance
of PWD ID Cards relative to 9442
Identification Cards shall be issued to any bonafide PWD with
permanent disabilities due to any one or more of the following
conditions: psychosocial, chronic illness, learning, mental,
visual, orthopedic, speech and hearing conditions. This
includes persons suffering from disabling diseases resulting to
the person’s limitations to do day to day activities as normally as
possible such as but not limited to those undergoing dialysis,
heart disorders, severe cancer cases and such other similar
cases resulting to temporary or permanent disability.

21. RA 10070 (2010) Amendment of RA
7277 ( Implementation of Programs
and Services for PWDs in every
province, city and municipality-
PDAO Law

22. Establishing Institutional Mechanism
To Ensure The Implementation Of
Programs And Services For Persons
With Disabilities In Every Province,
City and Municipality, Amending
Republic Act No. 7277, Otherwise
Known As The Magna Carta For
Disabled Persons, As Amended, And
For Other Purposes

23. Local government units shall promote the
establishment of organizations of persons with
disabilities (PWDs) in their respective territorial
jurisdictions. National agencies and local
government units may enter into joint ventures
with organizations or associations of PWDs to
explore livelihood opportunities and other
undertakings that shall enhance the health,
physical fitness and economic and social well-
being of PWDs.

24. RA 10366 (2013 Accessible Polling
Places for PWDs)
• 1% of all government agencies, offices, and corps shall be
reserved for PWDs
• Private companies with over 100 employees are encouraged to
reserve at least 1% PWDs

25. RA 10754 (2016) An Act Expanding the
Benefits and privileges of PWDs
• Exemption of VAT on the following sales of goods and
services.
• Inclusion of funeral services.

26. RA 10754 (2016) An Act Expanding the
Benefits and privileges of PWDs
• Exemption of VAT on the following sales of goods and
services.
• Inclusion of funeral services.

27. Civil Service Commission MC No. 20,
s. 2017- express lanes for PWDs in all
commercial and government
establishments

28. RA 11228 (2019) – AMENDMENT OF
RA 7277
• All PWDs shall be automatically covered by the National
Health Insurance Program of the Philhealth and Philhealth
shall develop exclusive packages for PWDs that will address
their specific health and development needs.

29. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the
nation’s federal special education law that ensures public schools
serve the educational needs of students with disabilities. IDEA
requires that schools provide special education services to
eligible students as outlined in a student’s Individualized
Education Program (IEP).

30. BAHAMAS-AN ACf TO ACHIEVE EQUAUSATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR
PERSONS WITH DJSABDILITIES; TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION
ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITlES; TO PROVIDE RIGHTS AND
REHABILITATION AND REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES; TO ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; AND FOR CONNECCTED PURPOSES. )
" means an order made by the Commission under section 27;
"appropriate" means whatever is necessary to meet the
individual need or needs of a person with disabilities;

31. CHINA- DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION
ORDINACE
1. assist educational establishments to develop policies and
procedures that prevent and eliminate disability
discrimination;
2. provide educators with practical guidance on making
provisions for students with disabilities that are consistent
with the provisions set out in the DDO; and
3. enable persons with disabilities, their parents, and their
associates (such as family members, carers, and business
associates) to understand their rights and responsibilities
under the provisions of the DDO.

32. THANK YOU