The Department of Education (DepEd) has issued DepEd Order No. 006, s. 2025, which focuses on streamlining school forms and reports accomplished by public school teachers. This initiative aims to reduce the workload of teachers, ensuring that their primary focus remains on delivering quality education. The order builds upon previous efforts, including DepEd Order Nos. 002 and 005, s. 2024, which addressed the removal of administrative tasks and rationalized workloads in public schools.
🎯 Key Objectives of DepEd Order No. 006, s. 2025
The core goals of this order include:
- Simplifying the reportorial requirements for teachers.
- Ensuring that forms and reports align with teaching-related tasks.
- Minimizing non-teaching responsibilities that burden educators.
- Creating a work environment that promotes teacher welfare and efficiency.
📚 Background and Rationale
DepEd recognizes that teachers are burdened with excessive administrative tasks, often detracting from their core function of teaching. To address this, previous issuances such as:
- DO No. 002, s. 2024 – Immediate Removal of Administrative Tasks
- DO No. 005, s. 2024 – Rationalization of Teachers' Workload and Payment for Overload
These policies paved the way for streamlining, but DepEd Order No. 006, s. 2025 further strengthens these reforms by focusing on school forms and reports that teachers need to accomplish.
📝 Creation of Task Force and Consultations
To ensure the effective implementation of this order, DepEd Memorandum No. 037, s. 2024 created a Task Force on Results-Based Performance Management System and Teachers’ Workload. This task force engaged in consultations with:
- Teachers
- School heads
- Non-teaching personnel
These consultations helped identify unnecessary and redundant school forms, leading to the formulation of concrete solutions to address these concerns.
🔥 What’s New: Key Provisions of the Order
1. School Forms Limited to Teaching and Ancillary Tasks
Teachers’ workload has been classified into three categories:
- Core Teaching Tasks – Directly related to classroom instruction and student progress.
- Ancillary Tasks – Additional duties such as mentoring, coaching, and extracurricular activities.
- Teaching-Related Assignments – Tasks associated with leadership roles or participation in school governance.
✅ The order mandates that school forms and reports required from teachers should be strictly limited to those falling under these three categories.
2. 📊 List of Standard School Forms for Teachers
DepEd has categorized the required forms into the following:
A. Core Teaching Tasks – Standard School Forms
- Learning Outcome Assessment
- Class Record
- Test Result and Analysis
- Report on Remedial and Intervention Program
- Individualized Learning Plan
B. Ancillary Tasks – Forms and Reports
- Kindergarten Progress Report
- Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI)
- Rapid Numeracy Assessment Result
- Learning Action Cell (LAC) Plans and Reports
- In-Service Training (INSET) Documentation
- Learner Information System (LIS) Updating
C. Teaching-Related Assignments – Reports
- Learning Area Action Plans
- Youth for Environment in Schools Organization (YES-O) Registration and Reports
- Intake Sheets and Incident Reports
- Election-related Forms for Learner Government
⚙️ Role of DepEd Offices in Implementation
1. Human Resource and Organizational Development (HROD) Strand
- Review and assess new forms and their implications on workload.
- Ensure alignment of existing forms with workload policies.
2. Regional and Schools Division Offices (ROs and SDOs)
- Constitute an implementation team to monitor policy implementation.
- Chairpersons: Assistant Regional Directors and Assistant Schools Division Superintendents.
- Members: Chiefs of Field Technical Assistance, Curriculum Implementation, and School Governance Divisions.
3. Strategic Management Strand
- Overall review, assessment, and streamlining of forms and reports.
- Compliance with Republic Act No. 10173 (Data Privacy Act of 2012) in managing and analyzing data.
⚡ Implementation and Compliance Guidelines
- Immediate Effectivity: The order takes effect immediately upon approval and publication on the DepEd website.
- Strict Compliance: Schools are directed to strictly adhere to the new guidelines, ensuring no deviation or additional workload for teachers.
✅ Review and Modification
- All previously issued DepEd Orders that are inconsistent with this new order are automatically repealed, rescinded, or modified.
📩 Contact Information for Queries
For more information, concerned parties may contact:
Bureau of Human Resource and Organizational Development – School Effectiveness Division (BHROD-SED)
4th Floor, Mabini Building, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City
📧 Email: bhrod.sed@deped.gov.ph
🎉 Conclusion: A Step Towards Teacher Empowerment
DepEd Order No. 006, s. 2025, marks a significant step in creating a teacher-friendly work environment by reducing administrative tasks and focusing on core teaching duties. By streamlining school forms and reports, this order ensures that teachers can devote more time and energy to what they do best – nurturing young minds and shaping the future.
Teachers, school heads, and education stakeholders are encouraged to familiarize themselves with this order and ensure its strict implementation to promote quality education and teacher welfare across the country. 📚✨