Procedures

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ADOPTION PROCEDURES

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1. Schools can be adopted by an individual, group, another school, company, foundation or organization.
2. The Adopt-A-School Secretariat shall facilitate the linkage between the adopting individual and the target school.
3. The Secretariat will provide the adopting entity with different adoption packages and the list of prospective schools with their corresponding needs.
4. The adopted school shall sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the adopting private entity. The MOA shall specify the terms and conditions of the adoption including the tasks and responsibilities of the private entity and the school.
5. The parties involved in the signing of the MOA will be the adopting entity and the head of the school concernced. In cases where the adopting entity adopts multiple schools in a certain divison, a MOA shall be facilitated between the adopting entity and the corresponding DepEd offcial. For a school located within a particular Division, the Schools Division Superintended wil be the official signatory; for regional project coverage, the Regional Director; and for projects that are national in scope, the Secretary of Education shall sign the MOA.
6. The MOA will be subject for review and approval by the Adopt-A-School Secretariat. The Agreement shall last two years with the possibility of extension.