EDUCATIONAL

FACILITIES
FOR BASIC
EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES DEFINED
The term “educational facilities” refers to all the physical
properties of a school, consisting of the grounds,
buildings, and the various facilities within the school grounds
and inside the school buildings.
Also known as the school plant or the physical facilities of a
school; thus, the terms educational school facilities,
school plant, and physical facilities may be used
interchangeably.
For the purpose of this book, the different components that
constitute educational facilities are categorized as
follows: school sites, school buildings, school furniture and
equipment.
  Educational facilities are considered indispensable
to a school; they do not only provide housing for
the school
 but also serve as facilitating agents for all the
educational activities that take place in a school.
B. IMPORTANCE  The availability of safe, secured and satisfactory
OF educational facilities (i.e., site, building, furniture,
and equipment)
EDUCATIONAL  is one of the prerequisites for the opening of a new
FACILITIES school. Sites should be assessed in terms of its
vulnerability to various
 geological and hydro meteorological hazards.
Hazard-specific resilient features that have
undergone thorough feasibility
and viability studies must be incorporated in
the design of the buildings or structures (Niño
Relox, PAGASA).
Conversely, one of the grounds for the closure
of a school is substandard facilities (i.e., lack
safe, sanitary, and
adequate buildings and site).
The availability of safe, secured, adequate and
satisfactory educational facilities will support
the teaching and
learning processes and ultimately improve the
quality of basic education.
C. BASIC The primary function of educational facilities is
PRINCIPLES to provide the proper school environment that is
most conducive
ON to effective teaching and learning. It shall be
EDUCATION responsive to changes in teaching methods and
school organization taking
AL into consideration the changes in educational
FACILITIES process which has become more active,
interrelated, and has become an
integral part of the wider community.
SCHOOL FURNITURE,
EQUIPMENT AND
OTHER FACILITIES
 The importance of good seating cannot be
overlooked since the school children usually
spend a significant part
A. of their time in school in a sitting position.
Good seating is necessary for comfort and good
SCHOOL posture and is crucial to the
proper physical development of the child.
SEATS For this purpose, an anthropometric study was
undertaken by the Bureau of Elementary
Education and the
following are some of its findings, which today
are still applicable/acceptable:
EDUCATIONAL
FACILITIES
MANAGEMENT
 1. Function of Stakeholders
a. Physical Facilities and Schools Engineering Division
(PFSED)
A. The management and administrative control of
MANAGEMENT educational facilities in the Department of Education
are incumbent upon the Secretary of Education,
AND through the Physical Facilities and Schools Engineering
ADMINISTRATIVE Division (PFSED).
CONTROLS PFSED is concerned primarily with such staff functions
as the formulation of policies, the setting up of
standards, and the issuance of regulations and
guidelines governing school facilities all over the
country.
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