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Department of Education
OFFICE OF THE UNDERSECRETARY
GOVERNANCE AND FIELD OPERATIONS
This Office, through the Bureau of Learner Support Services-School Health Division (BLSS-
SHD), provides additional information on the conduct of the National Kickoff of Oplan
Kalusugan sa DepEd (OK sa DepEd) and Launch of Healthy Learning Institutions (HLI),
as previously communicated through OUGFO Memorandum No. 2022-03-0158 titled
National Kickoff of Oplan Kalusugan Sa Deped (OK sa DepEd) and Launch of Healthy Learning
Institutions (HLI) and OUGFO Memorandum No. 2022-03-024 titled Strengthening School
Health Support for SY 2022-2023.
b. The actual kickoff/launch will be held in Quirino High School, Molave St.
Project 3, Quezon City, on September 28, 2022. Transportation will be provided
to the participants from Hotel Rembrandt to Quirino High School and vice versa.
c. Attached is the updated Activity design (Annex A) and the Complete Staff Work
(CSW), with the latest proposed program of activities for the kickoff/launch
proper (Annex B).
2. The Regional Office (RO) is given the prerogative to finalize its list of participants
for the activity, provided that the personnel identified in the previous memoranda
are prioritized (e.g., Chief of the Education Support Services Division (ESSD), the
school health and nutrition [SHN’ personnel, and a selected Nurse II from one of the
Schools Division Offices (SDOs) under the RO).
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a. In case the personnel identified are not available to participate in the activity, the
RO may identify other health personnel from the SDOs to complete the slots
allotted for the RO.
c. It is clarified that the funds downloaded for the transportation expenses of the
field participants cover both those from the RO and those from the SDO, subject
to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations. ROs are requested to
augment for costs that may not be sufficiently covered by the downloaded funds.
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is
requested to charge the travel expenses of their participants to local funds,
subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.
d. Board and lodging of personnel from DepEd ROs and SDOs, and from BARMM
will be covered by BLSS-SHD from September 26 (check-in, first meal: lunch) to
September 29 (check-out, last meal: a.m. snacks).
3. The following are requested from the ROs as part of the preparations for the activity:
Note: There will be no direct presentation to the ExeCom but there will be a
deliberation and further consolidation of the specific issues, concerns, and
recommendations to raise to the ExeCom during the consultative workshop with
them.
For questions and concerns, please contact Belinda C. Beltran, Nutritionist-Dietitian III, or
Gian Erik M. Adao, Education Program Specialist II, BLSS-SHD, through (02) 8-632-9935 or
email at blss.shd@deped.gov.ph .
Annex A
Complete Staff Work on the National Kickoff of OK sa DepEd and Launch of HLI
Launched through DepEd Order No. 28, s. 2018, OK sa DepEd is the convergence of the
Department’s health and nutrition initiatives for their effective and efficient implementation
at the school level, in partnership with various stakeholders. It currently focuses on
strengthening and harmonizing the various components of the following flagship and
support programs coordinated by BLSS-SHD:
Program Description
School-Based Feeding Through the SBFP, hot meals/nutritious food products and milk are
Program (SBFP) and provided to selected learners from Kindergarten to Grade 6 to improve
other Nutrition Support classroom attendance and encourage learners to go to school every
Programs day.
In 2022, DepEd entered into a partnership with the DOH and other agencies concerned for
the strengthening of schools under the basic education sector as healthy learning institutions
(HLI), through the DSWD-DepEd-CHED-LEB-TESDA-DILG JAO 2022-0001 titled
Guidelines on Healthy Settings Framework in Learning Institutions.
Pursuant to Section 30 of Republic Act 11223 or the Universal Health Care Act, the JAO
operationalizes the designation of schools as healthy settings, based on standards set by the
DOH and DepEd. The HLI framework is based on the World Health Organization’s (WHO)
six pillars of a health-promoting school.
The framework, which is currently being pilot-tested in 273 last-mile elementary schools in
eight provinces and one city, is intended to be adopted as the framework for OK sa DepEd.
Descriptions of the interventions per pillar of the HLI framework are as follows:
Pillar Description
Healthy School Integration into school planning documents and strategies such as the Annual
Policy Implementation Plan, School Improvement Plan, and School-Based
Management
Physical School Investments in physical resources and infrastructural improvements that
Environment would allow students to practice healthy behaviors at school; as well as IEC
materials to provide information on healthy habits and nudge them to practice
these
Social Guides for teachers to practice healthy behaviors in the school setting; and,
School recommendations for clubs that will allow students to hone health seeking and
Environment health promoting behaviors outside class
Links with the Onboarding and health-education workshops with parents and guardians to
Community allow them to build trust and healthy communication practices with their
children and reinforce health behaviors and habits learned in the classroom at
home
Health Skills Integration of health-related competencies, topics, materials, and activities in
and Education school lessons inside and outside health as a subject
Access to Health Development of referral networks within the school and between the school
Care and the local government unit
III. National Kickoff of OK sa DepEd for SY 2022-2023 and Launch of HLI
An annual activity for OK sa DepEd, the national kickoff ceremonially signals the field
implementation of OK sa DepEd and the flagship programs for the School Year. Field health
personnel are gathered, and the Secretary and/or ExeCom members concerned are invited
to provide strategic directions on matters related to school health and nutrition. The national
kickoff also serves as a venue to provide updates and directions on the implementation of
OK sa DepEd for the school year, as well as to showcase the selected practices of the regions
and partnership opportunities for school health.
Before the pandemic, national kickoffs were held in Makati City (2018) and in General
Santos City (2019).
This year, the national kickoff will be held at Quirino High School, Quezon City, on
September 28, 2022, Wednesday, with the theme: “Pinalakas na Oplan Kalusugan sa
DepEd, Pinatatag na Healthy Learning Institutions.”
The theme leads to the highlight of this year’s kickoff which is the Launch of HLI where the
Secretary of Education and the OIC-Secretary of Health are invited to attend and deliver
their messages.
Luncheon fellowship and consultative workshop with field SHN personnel are also
scheduled after the ceremonial OK sa DepEd kickoff and the HLI launch to provide a venue
to consolidate and raise the issues, concerns, and recommendations of SHN personnel with
the current management.
Invited participants are the Chiefs of the Education Support Services Divisions (ESSDs) of
the Regional Offices (ROs), the regional school health and nutrition (SHN) personnel
(Medical Officer IV, Dentist III, Nutritionist-Dietitian II), and selected nurses from selected
Schools Division Offices (SDOs). Five (5) SHN personnel from BARMM have also been
invited.