THE Department of Education (DepEd) reminded public schools against the ban on soliciting funds for school supplies and appliances from students.
According to the DepEd, they are issuing such reminders after they received reports of complaints on contributions allegedly collected through PTAs or parents and teachers associations.
“Mayroon tayong tinatawag na no collection policy, so hindi po talaga puwedeng mangolekta ang ating mga paaralan,” DepEd spokesman Michael Wesley Poa said in an interview over TeleRadyo Serbisyo.
“Kung ginagamit po ang mga PTA para po ma-circumvent yung ating no collection policy, kami naman po ay bukas at tumatanggap ng complaints… Ang point ng no collection policy ay hindi dapat nakakaapekto sa grades o kung ano mang performance ng bata ‘pag hindi siya nakapagbigay,” he also said.
According to Poa, they will release a department order in order to reiterate the policy.
