Guidelines on the Recruitment, Selection, and Appointment to Higher Teaching Positions

DEC 2 0 2024
DepEd ORDER No.020, s. 2024

GUIDELINES ON THE RECRUITMENT, SELECTION, AND APPOINTMENT TO HIGHER TEACHING POSITIONS

To: Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau and Service Directors
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
Public Elementary and Secondary School Heads
All Others Concerned

1. The Department of Education (DepEd) issues the enclosed Guidelines on the Recruitment, Selection, and Appointment to Higher Teaching Positions in the elementary and secondary levels, including senior high school (SHS). This Order provides for a systematic and competency-based process of recruitment, selection, and appointment that is anchored on the standards for teacher quality as defined in the Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers (PPST) and is consistent with the principles of merit, fitness, competence, equal opportunity, transparency, and accountability pursuant to the DepEd Merit Selection Plan (MSP) as stipulated in DepEd Order (DO) No. 019, s. 2022.

2. It aims to ensure that the organization and its human resources can respond to the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century with focus on the delivery of quality, accessible, relevant, responsive, and inclusive basic education.

3. This policy shall guide personnel and stakeholders towards a systematic and competency-based process of the recruitment, selection, and appointment of personnel to higher teaching positions in the elementary and secondary levels, including SHS.

4. In support of the basic principles and general policies under DepEd MSP, enclosed in this Order are the specific guidelines, procedures, criteria, and point system for the recruitment, assessment, selection, and appointment of teacher applicants to higher teaching positions.

5. All provisions of the DOs, rules and regulations, and other related issuances stated below that pertain to the recruitment, selection, and appointment of teachers to higher teaching positions, which are inconsistent with this Order and its provisions, are repealed, rescinded, or amended accordingly. The provisions of the applicable DOs that pertain to the hiring of Teacher I positions, which shall not be affected by this Order, shall remain in effect.

a. MEC Order No. 10, s. 1979, Implementing Rules and Regulations for the System of Career Progression for Public School Teachers

b. DO 66, s. 2007, Revised Guidelines on the Appointment and Promotion of Other Teaching, Related Teaching, and Non-Teaching Positions

c. DO 31, s. 2015, Guidelines on the Publication and Filling-up of Anticipated Vacancies

d. DO 3, s. 2016, Hiring Guidelines for Senior High School (SHS) Teaching Positions Effective School Year (SY) 2016-2017

e. DO 32, s. 2016, Addendum to DepEd Order No. 3, s. 2016 (Hiring Guidelines for Senior High School [SHS] Teaching Positions Effective SY [SY] 2016-2017)

f. DO 49, s. 2016, Guidelines on the Hiring of Contractual (Full-Time and Part-Time) Teachers in Senior High School

g. DO 51, s. 2017, Amended Qualification Standards for Senior High School Teaching Positions in the Technical-Vocational-Livelihood Track and Other Clarifications on the Hiring Guidelines

6. This Order shall take effect immediately upon its approval and after publication on the DepEd website and registration with the Office of the National Administrative Register (ONAR) at the University of the Philippines Law Center (UP LC), UP Diliman, Quezon City.

7. For more information, please contact the Bureau of Human Resource and Organizational Development-Human Resource Development Division, 4th Floor, Mabini Building, Department of Education Central Office, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City through email at bhrod.hrdd@deped.gov.ph or telephone number (02)