School Plant and Facilities

1. SCHOOL PLANT AND FACILITIES
DEVELOPMENT
Aniyah A. Saidar
Educ 220R Instructional Leadership
Prof. Teresita M. Sambo, Ph.D.

2. School Plant
Refers to school facilities of the school
consisting of the site, buildings and other
structure, equipment. and furniture.
The term physical facilities, Educational
facilities and Equipment, as they are applied
to the school, denote any of the components
of the school plant.

3. A. Physical facilities Management
--Acquisition of School Sites
1. By purchase
2. By donation
3. By appropriation
4. By barter or exchange
5. By Presidential Proclamation
6. By gratuitous conveyance

4. Purchase
The parties involved are the seller called
vendor and the buyer called vendee.
donation
The parties involved are the donor who is
the giver and the donee or the receiver of the
benefits or beneficiary. Donation maybe
simple, conditional, intervivos or mortis
causa.

5. Simple Donation—is one whereby a
person disposes gratiously of a piece
of land in favor of the municipality,
city, province or the Republic f
Philippines.
Conditional Donation – is one, which imposes a
condition such as “that the land should be
devoted only for education purposes”. In such
case, the donation maybe revoked the
moment the condition or use by reason for
which it was donated is changed.

6. Inter vivos donation—takes
effect during the lifetime of the
donor. When the donation takes
effect only after the donor’s
death, it is referred to as mortis
causa.
Expropriation– Land desired for school
purposes maybe acquired through
condemnation proceedings or
expropriation.

7. 1. A Sketch of the school site in
the city/municipality or barangay
proposed for expropriation must
be prepared. The sketch should
indicate the location and the
land area of the sites,
boundaries, roads, streets, or
trails or other improvement.

8. 2. The District Health Officer’s
certification as to the sanitary
condition of the school site should
be obtained.
3. A school official’s certification that
the site is deal for school purposes is
likewise necessary.

9. 4. A certification to the effect that
the funds for the purpose are
available is similarly needed.
5. A certification by the DAR office
that the lot is not tenanted or
covered by agrarian reform CARP.

10. Barter or Exchange
An existing school
site may be
changed for
justifiable reasons.

11. Planning Standards for School Facilities
The preferred way of expressing
minimum standards is regulating
minimum space per pupil.

12. Minimum Standards listed hereunder apply only to
buildings and the sites for elementary and secondary
schools.
1. obviously, school facilities must be planed for the
instructional program.
2. School facilities must also be planned for flexibility
to anticipate educational as well as social change.
3. An equally important principle is that the school
involves people.
4. The scarcity of resources relative to wants and needs
makes it imperative that the only spaces for which
validated functions can be specified be planned into school
facilities.

13. MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOL PLANT
1. Keep informed about the work schedule and
specific responsibilities of each member of the
custodial staff.
2. Tour the school building and grounds regularly for
the purpose of observing the extent to which they are
being kept clean and in good repair.
3. Design some methods or procedure for student
teachers or others to bring to the attention of the
school administrator any problem in plant and ground
maintenance.
4. Develop a good working relationship with the
custodian staff or utility workers.

14. School Plant Planning

15. 1. Define the educational objectives
and the programs and activities which
will be implemented in order to
achieve those objectives.
2. Involvement in the planning of the new
facility, the support of the people from
within and outside the school must by all
means be solicited.

16. Elementary School Sites
Standard Requirements

17. Site– the size of the site must meet the
requirements of enrolment and kind of
school as well as the recreational needs
of the pupils.
1. One half hectare (1/2 Ha) for barrio school,
which has only 1 or 2 classes and no grade above
Grade IV.
2. One hectare (1 Ha.) for a central school, which
has six classes, or for non-Central school, which
has three or 4 classes.

18. 3. Two hectares (2Ha.) for schools, which
have seven or nine classes.
4. Three hectares (3 Ha.) for schools, which
have from 10 or 12 classes
5. Four hectares (4 Ha.) for schools, which
have more the 12 classes.

19. However, for special case, where there is difficulty
in meeting above standards, the following may be
allowed.
A. For Rural Areas
½ hectare fro central
school, which has six
classes, fro non-central
school, which has 3-4
classes. 1 ½ hectares for
schools which have 7-10
classes. 2 hectares for
schools which have been
10 classes.
B. For Urban Areas
½ hectare for 6-10 classes.
¾ of a hectare for 11-20
classes. 1 hectare for 20 or
more classes.

20. Space
1. Instructional Space
1.1 Academic Classrooms
1.1.1 Elementary
1.1.2 Secondary
1.2 Science Laboratories
1.2.1 General Science
1.2.2 Mathematics
1.2.3 Biology
1.2.4 Physics
1.2.5 Chemistry
1.3 Learning Resource
Center
Minimum Standards
1.20 sq. m. /place
1.40 sq. m./ place
2.40 sq. m./place
1.75 sq.m./place
2.00 sq.m./place
2.40 sq.m/place
2.40 sq.m/place
2.40 sq.m/place

21. 1.4 Workshop
1.4.1 Boy’s Work
Educational Practical Arts
1.4.2 Girl’s Work
Educational Practical Arts
1.4.3 Girls Trade
Homemaking
1.4.4 Wood Trade
1.4.5 Metal Trades
1.4.6 Mechanical Trades
1.4.7 Electrical Trades
1.4.8 Drafting/ Drawing
1.4.9 Farm Machinery
Building
2.50 sq. m/place
2.70 sq.m/place
2.50 sq. m/place
5.00 sq.m/place
5.00 sq.m/place
7.00 sq.m/place
4.50 sq.m./place
3.25 sq.m/place
6.50 sq.m/place

22. 2. Administrative Space
2.1 Administrative Office
2.2 Health and Guidance
Services
One health Clinic per School
One Guidance Clinic per
School
3. Non-programmed Spaces
3.1 Sanitary Facilities
3.1.1 Boy’s Urinal
3.1.2 Boy’s Toilet Seat
3.1.3 Girl’s Toilet Seat
3.1.4 Lavatory
3.1.5 Faucet
5.00 sq. m/place
1 urinal/50 pupils or
Urinal through/100 pupils
1 set/100 pupils
1 seat/50 pupils
1 lavatory/toilet seat
1 for every 2 classrooms

23. 3.2.1 500 pupils or
less
3.2.2 501- 1,000
3.2.3 Over 1,000
pupils
2.00 m. wide
2.25 m. wide
2.50 m. wide

24. 4.1 URBAN
4.1.1 500 pupils or less
4.1.2 501 to 1,000 pupils
4.1.3 1.001 to 2,000 pupils
4.2 RURAL
4.2.1 50-300 pupils
4.2.2 310 to 500 pupils
4.2.3 501 to 1,000 pupils
0.5 hectares
1.0 hectares
2.0 hectares
0.5 hectares
1.5 hectares
3 hectares

25. 4.3.1 For trade, Technical,
Home Industries and
Non-Traditional Schools
4.3.2 For Agricultural
Schools
4.3.3 For Fisheries
4 hectares
30 hectares
Shall be for fishpond

27. School maintenance is an essential
aspect of school plant management and
requires constant attention and careful
planning by administrators.
Maintenance is defines as the measure or
measures necessary to retain an item in or
restore it to its original status or a specified
condition.

30. 1. MOOE
2. Capital Outlay
3. Infrastructure Funds
4. Special Education Fund
5. Income Generating Projects
6. Non-Governmental Agencies/Organizations

32. Minor Repair- is the replacement of school component which
are not subjected to critical structure loads and stress and
which are estimated to cost less the 10 % of the cost of the
standard unit such as repair of windows, doors, partitions and
the like.
Major Repair- is the replacement of school component which are
subjected to critical structure loads and stress and are estimated to
cost 10 % of the standard building unit such as repair of roof,
frames, posts, exterior walls, etc.

33. - is a
comprehensive repair of the whole
building or a major section of it.
is a
major changes in its architectural
design or structure.

34. Property Replacement Fund
--under administrative Order No. 33, it
prescribes guidelines for insurance of all
properties, contract rights of action and other
insurance risks of the government incluyding
those in which the government has an
insurable interest with the General Insurance
Fund of the Government Service Insurance
System.

35. The PRF was created under the
General appropriations Act for CY
1989 and is sustained in the 1990
budget for the restoration of losses
of government property and
payment of premium for insurance
against extraordinary losses of
certain government property.

36. Restoration/indemnification for any damages to or
loss of property covered by the following perils.
-fire in any nature except arson
-typhoon- Tropical depression duly recorded by
PAGASA
-flood
- Earthquake fire
-earthquake shock
-Theft and robbery

37. - Aviation and marine risk
- other risks which are insured by
the fund

38. Procedure Guidelines
1. Submission of Inventory-DECS order
no. 76 s. 1994 provides clarificatory
supplementary guidelines for the
availment of GSIS PRF, wherein all
schools should accomplish the
Inventory Form to reflect all property
within the school.

39. 2. On Claim Settlement
A request for restoration/
indemnification of damage/ loss of
property should be submitted to the
PRF for the agency with Notice of
Claim signed and sworn to by head
of the agency not later than 90 days
after the damage/loss.

40. 1.Name and description of property
2.Location of property
3.Time and Cause of Loss/ Damage
4.Amount of Loss/ Damage
5.Description of Loss/Damage
6.Supporting papers
6.1Proof of ownership of lost/damage of property
6.2A building report of lost/damage prepared by
the District/City Engineer with the building
administrator or head of the agency, and
6.3 File report

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