Teachers can bring home computers from school for online training, online classes

Teachers can bring home computers from school for online training, online classes

Teachers can bring home Desktop Computers, Laptops, tablet PCs, and Smartphones at Home During the Covid-19 Pandemic from school for online training, online classes.

The Department of Education (DepED) issued OUA Memoradum titled "Guidelines on the use of Desktop Computers, Laptops, tablet PCs, and Smartphones at Home During the Covid-19 Pandemic."


This memorandum authorizes school heads to release Desktop Computers, Laptops, tabletr PCs, and Smartphones to teachers for usein the conduct of online trainings and online classes during the COVID-19 pandemic subject to the following guidelines:

Guidelines on the use of Desktop Computers, Laptops, tablet PCs, and Smartphones at Home During the Covid-19 Pandemic.

1. The principals/school heads (SHs) shall ensure that the devices which are government property are properly used, cared for, safeguarded from natural and human elements, and recorded upon turn-over to teachers;

2. Teachers can bring home the said devices to enable them to attend onlinetraining courses and conduct online classes for their students using tools such as the DepEd Commons, LR Portal, and other websites duringsituations when face-to-face instruction is no longer possible due toquarantine restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

3. The teacher is liable for any losses or damages while the device is in theircustody if it is determined that there was negligence on the part of the teacher.

4. Teachers are required to return the said devices upon the resumption of regular classes.

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