The document discusses school facilities and their requirements. It covers furniture such as school seats and tables, as well as equipment, instructional devices, classrooms, libraries, sanitary facilities and more. Requirements include proper seating heights and furniture for left-handed students. Library facilities need shelves, racks and furniture. Classrooms require standard facilities. Sanitary facilities must have adequate toilets, hand washing areas and potable water supply.

1. School Furniture,
Equipment, and Other Facilities

2. School Furniture, Equipment, & Other Facilities
A. SCHOOL SEATS
B. SCHOOL TABLES
C. STORAGE AND DISPLAY
D. SCHOOL EQUIPMENT
E. FITTINGS, FIXTURES AND FURNISHINGS
F. INSTRUCTIONAL DEVICES
G. REGULAR CLASSROOM FACILITIES

3. School Furniture, Equipment, & Other Facilities
H. HOME ECONOMICS FACILITIES
I. INDUSTRIAL ARTS FACILITIES
J. AGRICULTURAL ARTS FACILITIES
K. LIBRARY FACILITIES
L. SANITARY FACILITIES
M. PLAYGROUND FACILITIES
N. ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES

4. School Furniture, Equipment, & Other Facilities
O. ADMINISTRATIVE FACILITIES
P. FACILITIES FOR ANCILLARY SERVICES
Q. SPECIAL EDUCATION FACILITIES
R. SCHOOL LUNCH COUNTER (SCHOOL
CANTEENS)
S. MEETING STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL
FACILITIES

5. 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.

6. SCHOOL SEATS
In the sitting position, the
inner knee height is very
important because the
height of the seat shall
allow the feet of the
sitting child to lie flat on
the floor.

7. Other body parts that facilitate learning and contribute to
proper posture of pupils/students are:
1) standing height
2) sitting height
3) elbow height, and
4) inner knee height
SCHOOL SEATS

8. It must be emphasized further that
provision for left-handed pupils/students
shall be considered, such that at least
two (2) armchairs for them are
available in each classroom/instructional
area.
SCHOOL SEATS

9. SCHOOL TABLES
1. Table height.
This is determined in relation to
the requirements:
2. Tabletop area
It is determined according to its purpose and
the part-body measurements of the person
working on it.

10. SCHOOL EQUIPMENT
Educational facilities, which have a normal life
span of two to five years, are classified as
equipment. The different kinds of school
equipment commonly used as prescribed by
the Commission on Audit (COA) needed in
elementary and secondary schools may be
categorized as follows:

11. SCHOOL EQUIPMENT
• Shop/Industrial Arts Tools
• Home Economics Utensils
• Garden tools
EPP/TLE
Equipment
• Science apparatuses
• Playground equipment
• Office equipment
• Mathematics gadgets
Instructional
Tools and
Devices
• Medical equipment
• Dental equipment
• Clinic equipment
Health
Equipment

12. SCHOOL EQUIPMENT
Emergency/Survival Kit
Water in soft, plastic container
Food-lightweight, compact, easy to
cook and prepare
First Aid Kit
triangular bandages
scissors/blade/needle and thread
antiseptic/alcohol/cotton
safety pins/tweezors/ medicine droppers
soap, gloves
medicines

13. INSTRUCTIONAL DEVICES
It comprise the wide range and variety
of educational media and technology
such as visual aids, audiovisual aids,
teaching aids and devices, and the like,
which are indispensable tools for
effective teaching and learning.

14. INSTRUCTIONAL DEVICES
a. Audio Visual
Equipment
• The latest types of
instructional materials
are creations of
modern technology,
which are utilized as
audio visual aids in
teaching. Audiovisual
aids consist of the
machines (or
hardware) and their
corresponding
materials (or software)
b, Proper Utilization of
Instructional Devices.
• Instructional devices
are effective when they
are properly planned,
selected and utilized.
c. Multi-Media
Materials/Equipment
• There are guidelines to
be observed when
showing projected
materials using multi-
media equipment or
devices.
1. Types of Instructional Devices

15. REGULAR CLASSROOM FACILITIES
1. Basic
Concepts
The classroom is a
contained unit of
learning space. To
be effective, it must
be designed such
that spaces and
facilities reflect the
educational
processes and
activities that take
place in them.
2. Standard
Facilities.
There are minimum
furniture and
equipment
requirements for a
regular classroom
3. Classroom
Structuring.
The regular
classroom may be
ideally structured in
the manner stated in
2010 Educational
Facilities manual

16. LIBRARY FACILITIES
LIBRARY
FACILITIES
1. School
Library.
2. The basic
equipment
requirements
3.
Classroom
Library.
4. Teacher’s
ProfessionaL
Library.
5. Learning
Resource
Center
(LRC).
with enrolment of 500
pupils/students and above
for a school library
are: library tables,
library chairs,
bookshelves, book
cases, newspaper
racks, magazine
racks, librarian’s table
and chair.
The number of books in the
classroom library collection may be
a minimum of 50 books and a
maximum of 100 books, to be
replenished from the school library
from time to time.
A teacher’s professional library may
be set up as a part of the school
library with a space of its own. The
main bulk of the library collection
shall be funded by the school and
further enriched through donations
from among the teachers
themselves on a cooperative basis,
as well as from outside sources.
The Learning Resource Center
represents a current trend in the
management of instructional
facilities, which involves the
integration of audio-visual center,
science room, social studies room,
the planetarium and all instructional
materials both print and non-print.

17. SANITARYFACILITIES Toilet Facilities
Hand Washing Facilities
Drinking Facilities
Water System and Wastewater
Disposal Stystem

18. SANITARYFACILITIES Toilet Facilities
Every school is required to have toilet facilities
within the school premises preferably with the toilet
for boys and that for girls located far apart.
Hand Washing Facilities
Group hand washing facility shall, if possible be
provided proximate to the playground, gardens,
school canteens and toilets. Minimum standard
capacity of two faucets for every 100 pupils/students
is recommended. Proper drainage shall be provided.

19. SANITARYFACILITIES
Drinking Facilities
A potable water supply shall be available in the
school premises. Drinking facilities shall be provided
on the basis of one faucet or fountain for every 75
pupils/students. Height of faucet or nozzle shall be
adjusted to the mean heights of the pupils/students.

20. SANITARYFACILITIES Water System and Wastewater Disposal Stystem
Pursuant to Section 902-904 of the National Building
Code the following is quoted in Section 4.1 Water
System and Wastewater Disposal System (p. 29
Chapter I).
a. The school shall provide rainwater catchment
systems wherever and whenever applicable to supply
water for drinking, hygiene and sanitation practices
during emergencies.
b. Standby sewer line and water supply line shall be
accessible in the designated evacuation center area of
the school premise (Edgar Viterbo, Plan Philippines).

21. SANITARYFACILITIES Water System and Wastewater Disposal Stystem
a. The school shall provide rainwater catchment systems
wherever and whenever applicable to supply water for
drinking, hygiene and sanitation practices during
emergencies. The system tank can also serve as water
storage
b. Standby sewer line and water supply line shall be
accessible in the designated evacuation center area of the
school premise (Edgar Viterbo, Plan Philippines).

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