This document summarizes the key components and implementation scheme of the DepEd's Comprehensive Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools (WASH) Program. The 8 components of the WASH Program are listed as oral hygiene, safe water supply, toilet/handwashing facilities, environmental sanitation, food sanitation, menstrual hygiene, deworming, and hygiene education. The implementation scheme is called the Three Star Approach, which uses a rubric to track schools' incremental progress towards national WASH standards through daily routines, self-analysis and improvement plans, and ultimately meeting all standards.

3. Official List of Enrollees
Grade 8 – Galileo
SY. 2021 – 2022
(As of September 7, 2021)
BOYS:

4. Official List of Enrollees
Grade 8 – Galileo
SY. 2021 – 2022
(As of September 7, 2021)
GIRLS:

10. DepEd Memo on WASH in Schools -DO 10, s. 2016: Policy and Guidelines for the
Comprehensive Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools (WinS)
Program DO_s2016_10-1
DepEd Memorandums On WASH In Schools

11. Why WASH in Schools?
Lack of access to adequate water supply, insufficient toilet and
proper handwashing facilities, and non-practice of hygiene behavior remain
key contributors to hygiene and sanitation challenges. UNICEF correctly
notes that poverty is linked directly to poor sanitation and hygiene, and has
emphasized the vital role of government in breaking the cycle of poverty and
ensuring access to improved drinking water and sanitation.
The situation is compounded by other factors, including shortage of
funds for: (a) the installation of toilet and handwashing facilities, (b) the
provision of adequate water supply, and hygiene items for schools,
and (c) the implementation of school-based solid waste management.

12. Best practices around the world show that improving access to and use of
water and sanitation facilities within schools and enhancing hygiene and sanitation
practices can effectively halt water and sanitation-related diseases. To address this
challenge, the Department of Education (DepEd) had been conducting semi-annual
deworming of kindergarten and elementary school children in all public schools
nationwide under its Integrated Helminth Control Program (IHCP). In the last six
years, it had combined deworming with daily toothbrushing and proper handwashing
under one program. The Department Order (D.O.) No. 56, s. 2009 titled “Immediate
Construction of Water and Hand Washing Facilities in All Schools for the Prevention
of Influenza A (H1NI)” and D.O. No. 65, s. 2009 titled “Implementation of the
Essential Health Care Program (EHCP) for the School Children” were issued in an
effort to institutionalize good health and hygiene practices among students.

13. Key Components of WASH in Schools
The DepED WASH in Schools Program has eight (8) components,
namely:
1.Oral hygiene and proper handwashing;
2.Provision of safe and adequate water supply;
3.Provision of toilet, handwashing, and drainage facilities;
4.Environmental sanitation (including the elimination of breeding
grounds for mosquitoes that carry the dengue virus) and solid waste
management;
5.Food sanitation;
6.Menstrual Hygiene Management;
7.Deworming; and
8.Hygiene and sanitation education

18. Implementation Scheme:
The Three Star Approach: Incremental Progress for WASH in Schools
Following an international concept of encouraging incremental improvements towards national standards, the DepEd
set in place a mechanism for programming, monitoring progress, ensuring quality, and recognizing exemplary
performance. This integrated mechanism is called the DepEd’s Three Star Approach.
The components of the DepEd’s Three Star Approach (TSA) are:
1.ONE STAR – Daily Routine to Promote Healthy Habits. The cornerstone of the TSA is a set of rubrics that articulates
the incremental steps towards national standards and achieving the objectives of WinS.
2.TWO STAR – Incremental Improvement. This describes the processes involved in school’s self analysis as basis for
planning to address gaps and / or continuous improvement. The data being collected in the WinS TSA – Monitoring
complements the Department’s Basic Education Information System (BEIS).
3.THREE STAR – Meeting National Standards. This aspect of the TSA ensures that schools are motivated to move
towards national standards. The TSA gives premium to the effort of the school community to improve and the results of
these efforts.

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