Deped 11 to relaunch election task force
THE Department of Education (Deped 11) will relaunch its Election Task Force (ETF) and Monitoring Center for the teachers with poll duties in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections from May 13 to 15.
Deped 11 spokesperson Jenielito Atillo said the ETF will ensure that teachers and other Deped personnel who will render election service will be provided with adequate information, technical and legal assistance in the course of the performance of their duties in the elections.
"The election task force is being setup in our Deped central office and all the regional offices nationwide. So, if there is an issue or a situation wherein the teacher needs assistance, we could immediately provide them the assistance they needed, with our partner agencies," Atillo said.
All Deped officials and personnel, being in the civil service, are reminded not to intervene directly or indirectly in any election campaign or engage in any partisan political activity, except to vote.
In a memorandum of the Deped, the ETF Operations and Monitoring Centers shall also serve as its institutional link to those volunteer organizations, individuals, as well as partner agencies involved in the conduct of the polls, which will be on May 14.
DepEd is one of the national agencies deputized by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to ensure free, orderly, honest, peaceful and credible elections, through the appointment of public school teachers to serve as chairpersons and members of the Electoral Board.
The ETF shall be headed by the Undersecretary for Administration who is instructed to immediately constitute the working committees and support mechanisms of the Deped election task force.
Atillo also assured that the regional office will work closely with local government officials, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Comelec, Philippine National Police (PNP), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and other concerned agencies to ensure the safety of their personnel who have election duties. ICT