Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4080

Introduced by Representative Salvador B. Belaro, Jr.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

A lesson plan is the teacher's guide on what and how to teach the students
during a designated class period. This is done by identifying clear learning
objectives, designing appropriate learning activities, and obtaining student feedback.

All teachers at the K to 12 levels are mandated to prepare and follow specific
lesson plans. While preparation of lesson plans have become a standard practice in
the Philippine educational system, overdoing it can actually create some negative
impact on the teaching-learning process. Teachers complain that the time devoted to
preparation of lesson plans practically deprive them from attending to family-related
responsibilities at home. Some teachers also claim that rigid lesson plans imposed
by schools stifle their creativity in imparting knowledge to their students and in
extreme cases, can impinge on their academic freedom.

Admittedly, due to fast changing learning technologies, the manner by which
leaming occur has significantly changed. Liberalizing the use of lesson plans in
schools can hopefully allow teachers to keep pace with the changes in the leaming
environment; become more effective in the management of learning process; enable
them to enhance their quality of work-life; and promote their academic freedom.

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SALVADOR B. BELARO, JR.
Representative
1-Ang Edukasyon Party List


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4030

Introduced by Representative Salvador B. Belaro, Jr.

AN ACT
LIBERALIZING THE USE OF LESSON PLANS IN ALL SCHOOLS

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the
Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Liberal Use of
Lesson Plan Act of 2016.”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy.The State shall establish means to promote
quality education across the country.

SEC. 3. TheDepartment of Education (DepEd) shall form a group of
academic experts to study and recommend a policy that will allow the
liberalized use of lesson plans in both private and public schools under the
supervision and regulation of the DepEd. The main objective of the liberal
use of lesson plan is to allow more creativity and innovative learning
strategies among teachers as they manage the learning process in school.
Likewise, this liberalized policy on the use of lesson plan shall allow
teachers to keep pace with the changes in the learning environment; become more
effective in the management of learning process; enable them to enhance their
quality of work-life; and promote their academic freedom.

SEC. 4. The funds necessary to carry out the provision of this Act shall be
included in the General Appropriation Act of the year following its
enactment into law and thereafter.

SEC. 5. All laws, orders, issuances rules and regulations or parts thereof
inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, modified
or amended accordingly.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved.