DepEd personnel to receive sim cards with connectivity load on or before July 23

DepEd personnel to receive  sim cards with connectivity load on or before July 23

The Department of Education (DepEd) will be distributing sim cards and connectivity load for all of its teaching and non-teaching personnel to ensure to ensure ease in communication and unhampered delivery of services in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic.

The sim cards shall be delivered to ROs and SDOs between 05 July to 16 July 2021 and should be released to all teaching and non-teaching personnel by 23 July 2021 as stipulated in DepEd OUA MEMO 00-0721-0015.

"All sim cards that are not distributed to school and SDO personnel by the end of July 2021 should be returned to the Division Supply Officer for appropriate accounting. The same applies to the Regional Supply Officer for RO personnel," said memorandum.

"The Supply Officers and School Property Custodians shall register all the sim cards through https://depedconnect.com.ph/. All sim cards will be activated with an initial 34GB load on 30 June 2021, which will be usable for one year. Sim cards which are not registered on the website will not be loaded for the second month. Additional guidelines will be released for the provision of connectivity load in the succeeding months." said memorandum.

For complete details, please read the content of the memorandum:

OUA MEMO 00-0721-0015
MEMORANDUM

01 July 2021

For:
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents 

Regional and Division Supply Officers
Regional and Division Information Technology Officers
All Others Concerned

Subject:

GUIDELINES ON THE DELIVERY, DISTRIBUTION, AND REGISTRATION OF SIM CARDS FOR THE PROVISION OF CONNECTIVITY LOAD


To ensure ease in communication and unhampered delivery of services in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) procured Smart Communications, Inc. sim cards and connectivity load for all of its teaching and non-teaching personnel.

In this regard, the Office of the Undersecretary for Administration (OUA) through the Information and Communications Technology Service Technology Infrastructure Division (ICTS-TID) hereby issues the following guidelines on the delivery, distribution, and registration of sim cards for the provision of connectivity load.

1. The table below details the offices/officers responsible for releasing sim cards to identified recipients.

Issuing Authority	Recipient
Asset Management Division (AMD)	Central Office personnel
Regional Supply Officer	Regional Office (RO) personnel
Division Supply Officer	Schools Division Office (SDO) personnel  School Property Custodians (responsible for picking up sim cards at the SDO)
School Property Custodians	School personnel

2. Permanent, contractual and local government unit (LGU)-paid personnel who are working in DepEd schools and offices are allowed to receive sim cards.

3. The sim cards shall be delivered to ROs and SDOs between 05 July to 16 July 2021. 

4. The identified issuing authority should release the sim cards to all teaching and non-teaching personnel by 23 July 2021.

5. The Supply Officers and School Property Custodians shall register all the sim cards through https://depedconnect.com.ph/. All sim cards will be activated with an initial 34GB load on 30 June 2021, which will be usable for one year. Sim cards which are not registered on the website will not be loaded for the second month. Additional guidelines will be released for the provision of connectivity load in the succeeding months.

6. The release of a sim card to a DepEd employee shall be recorded following the procedures cited in Annexes A and B. For the Allocation per Region, please refer to Annex C.

7. A communal email with user ID depedcare@deped.gov.ph shall serve as a helpdesk/communication channel for the load recipients. Likewise, Smart Communications, Inc. and Curo Teknika will be sending SMS notices to load recipients using the name "DepEdCARE."

8. All sim cards that are not distributed to school and SDO personnel by the end of July 2021 should be returned to the Division Supply Officer for appropriate accounting. The same applies to the Regional Supply Officer for RO personnel.

For inquiries and concerns on this subject, please contact depedcare@deped.gov.ph.

For immediate and appropriate action.

ALAIN DEL B. PASCUA

Undersecretary

OUA MEMO 00-0721-0015 MEMORANDUM GUIDELINES ON THE DELIVERY, DISTRIBUTION, AND REGISTRATION OF SIM CARDS FOR THE PROVISION OF CONNECTIVITY LOAD - DOWNLOAD