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Panpacific University North Philippines
Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, Philippines
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Article 1: Philosophy, Goals and Objectives
Section 1: The State shall promote the right of every
individual to relevant quality education regardless of
sex, age, breed, socio-economic status, physical and
mental condition, social or ethnic origin, political and
other affiliation. The State shall therefore promote
and maintain equality of access to education as well as
the enjoyment of the benefits of education by all its
citizen. (BP Blg. 232)mental condition, social or ethic
origin, political )
Section 2: Every child with special needs has a right to
an educational program that is suitable to his needs.
Special education shares with regular education basic
responsibilities of the educational system to fulfill the
right of the child to develop to his full potential.
Article 1: Philosophy, Goals and Objectives
Section 3: Special education shall aim to develop the
maximum potential of the child with special needs to
enable him to become self-reliant and shall be geared
towards providing him with the opportunities for a full
and happy life.
Section 4: The specific objectives of special education
shall be the development and maximization of
learning competencies, as well as the inculcation of
values to make the learners with special needs a useful
and effective member of society.
Section 5: The ultimate goal of special education shall
be the integration or maintenance of learners with
special needs into the regular school system and
eventually in the community.
Article 2: Definition and Scope
Section 1: Special education refers to the education of
persons who are gifted or talented and those who have
physical, mental, social or sensory impairment and
cultural differences so as to require modifications of the
school curricula, programs and special services and
physical facilities to develop them to their maximum
capacity. These persons may be gifted/talented, fast
learner, mentally retarded, visually impaired, hearing
impaired, with behavior problems, orthopedically
handicapped, with special health problems, learning
disabled, speech impaired or multiply handicapped.
Section 2: These policies and guidelines shall apply to all
schools, centers and classes (national or local, public or
private, formal or nonformal) established under the
educational system of the Philippines for the education of
children with special needs.
Article 3: Identification, Screening, Assessment and
Evaluation of Children
Section 1: Identification, screening, assessment and
evaluation of children with special needs shall be
conducted by the school and the community utilizing
appropriate assessment instruments.
1.1 Identification and assessment of every child shall be
conducted as early as possible.
1.2 The team approach shall be used in the
identification and assessment procedures.
The team shall be composed of persons with
working knowledge and understanding of children
with special needs, such as the following:
1.2.1 parents/guardians/extended families, neighbors
and friends
1.2.2 regular teachers
Article 3: Identification, Screening, Assessment and
Evaluation of Children