[ DECS ORDER NO. 20, s. 1997, February 28, 1997 ]

TIME ALLOTMENT FOR MUSIC, ART AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION



1. DECS Order No. 35, s. 1996 entitled œRevised BPESS Program  provides for the increase in the time allotment of Physical Education classes from 80 to 120 minutes per week for Grades III-IV.

2. Starting school year 1997-1998, from Grades III-VI Physical Education will be taught three (3) times a week with a time allotment of forty (40) minutes per session or twice a week with a time allotment of sixty (60) minutes per session. Music and Art will be taught separately three times a week for thirty (30) minutes per session.

3. Immediate dissemination and compliance with this Order is desired.

Adopted: 28 Feb. 1997

(SGD.) RICARDO T. GLORIA
Secretary