Physical Facilities Administration and Supervision

Physical Facilities also known as Physical Plant, educational facilities for education
comprises land building, and furniture. It also includes physical facilities for teaching
spaces and for ancillary rooms.
The management of educational facilities is an aspect of school administration. It shall
assume

both

leadership

and

service

function.

Proper

management

develops

leadership, stimulates and appreciates creative or innovative efforts and facilities

services for its clientele.
To be effective educational facilities management shall be democratic in terms of
relationship with the teachers; the pupils/students and the communities since these
educational facilities are also venues for neighborhood-sealed community-activities,
meaningful civic participation and engagement at the local level.
School Mapping - is a dynamic process of planning the distribution, size and spacing
of schools and physical facilities requirements for optimum utilization and benefit. It is
a process of identifying current inadequacies in distribution and of providing
appropriate types and patterns of school plant. It is a continuous process involving the
uninterrupted recording of basic information required for analysis of the school map at
any given point in time.
Management & Administrative Control
The management and administrative control of educational facilities in the
Department of Education are incumbent upon the Secretary of Education, through
the Physical Facilities and School Engineering Division (PPSED).
Concerned primarily with the staff functions as the formulation of policies, the
setting up of the standards, and the issuance of regulations and guidelines governing
school facilities all over the country.
REGIONAL DIRECTOR
1. Plans and manage the effective and efficient use of all the physical and fiscal
resources of the regional office;
2. Exercises all the administrative control over all elementary and secondary
school facilities throughout the region;
3. Provides guidelines to the administration of each school with regard to the care
and maintenance of the educational facilities

4. Prescribes rules of hygiene and orderliness to be observed in all public

elementary and secondary school facilities in the region.

SCHOOL DIVISION SUPERINTENDENT

1. Plans and manages the effective and efficient performance of all physical and
fiscal resources of the division including professional staff development:
2. Exercises general superintendence over all public elementary and secondary
school facilities within the division;
3. Examine the school buildings occupied for public instruction within the division
with a view to determining their sustainability and hygiene condition;
4. Exercises control over the use of all provincial and municipal school buildings
and grounds in the division.
DISTRICT SUPERVISOR
1. Providing professional and instructional advice and support to the School
Heads and teachers/facilitators of school and learning centers in the district or
cluster thereof;
2. Curricular supervision
3. Performing such other functions as may be assigned by proper authorities.
PRINCIPAL/SCHOOL HEAD
1.
2.
3.
4.

Defines the educational objectives and physical resources;

Plans and supervises over the construction of school buildings;
Works out the acquisition survey and registration/titling of school sites;
Inspect the public elementary and secondary schools under his/her charge,
evaluates/assess

their

condition

and

makes

appropriate

reports

and

recommendations to the schools division superintendent;

5. Plans and carries out rationalized acquisition program to meet standard
requirements;
6. Oversees the maintenance, beautification and sanitation of the educational
facilities of the school;
7. Recommends opening of new schools and annexes, renaming of schools as well
as closure of schools in accordance with respective guidelines set for the
purpose;
8. Creates an environment within the school that is conductive to teaching and
learning.

9. Develops the school education program and school improvement plan;

10.Administers physical and fiscal resources of the school.