TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
HOUSE BILL No. ________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE CLAUDINE DIANA D. BAUTISTA-LIM 
AN ACT 
INTEGRATING A COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER SKILLS EDUCATION PROGRAM 
IN THE K TO 12 CURRICULUM  
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
The Philippines1 is one of the world's most disaster-prone countries. Being 
geographically situated along the boundary of major tectonic plates and at the center 
of a typhoon belt, its islands are regularly impacted by floods, typhoons, landslides, 
earthquakes, volcanoes, and droughts.  
In comparison, we have developed robust coping mechanisms over our long 
history of experience with disasters. Yet, significant gaps in disaster management 
capacities across different regions remain prevalent. While many policy proposals 
have already been docketed in the legislative mill, the preparedness level of our 
people is best secured if we focus on educating them.  
We must ensure that we give our people the proper education, skills, and 
training to deal with the various calamities that continually devastate our lands. 
Moreover, we must provide these life skills to our people at the earliest possible 
opportunity to allow them to deal with these disasters. The best time to teach our 
citizens to deal with natural disasters is to train them during their primary schooling 
until they graduate from their secondary education. Hence, the State must mandate 
all private and public schools to include a comprehensive program that will teach 
students how to prepare, deal with, and adapt to the various natural disasters in our 
country.  
Although some programs and specific months or days teach about different 
disasters, such as fire, flood, and earthquakes, it is insufficient to provide the 
necessary skills to deal with the ever-increasing frequency and severity of calamities. 
With comprehensive skills that allow us to prepare for, survive, and deal with the 
aftermath of these disasters, we can save our citizens' lives, properties, and future. 
We have a duty to the generations yet to come to act immediately on this matter. We 
must work now. In view thereof, the immediate approval of this bill is respectfully 
requested. 
REP. CLAUDINE DIANA D. BAUTISTA-LIM 
1 The Philippines also ranks among the top countries in the world for population exposure and vulnerability to hazards. 
August 13, 2025
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TWENTIETH CONGRESS OF THE 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
HOUSE BILL No. ________ 
Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE CLAUDINE DIANA D. BAUTISTA-LIM 
AN ACT 
INTEGRATING A COMPREHENSIVE DISASTER SKILLS EDUCATION PROGRAM 
IN THE K TO 12 CURRICULUM  
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the "Disaster Skills 
Program Act." 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to ensure the safety 
and security of the lives and properties of its citizens during the increasing frequency 
and severity of natural disasters occurring in the Philippines by providing its citizens 
with proper education, skills, and training. Therefore, this will ensure that they are 
prepared and able to survive the aftermath of the violent acts of nature. 
SEC. 3. Disaster Skills Education. –  The program will include a comprehensive 
module system that will teach disaster preparedness, assembly of disaster kits, first 
aid and survival skills, adapting to limited resources, dealing with the aftermath of the 
disasters, and other essential skills, which are hereby required to be part of the 
curriculum for the K to 12 Program. 
SEC. 4. Integration into the Curriculum. – Basic survival, first aid skills and 
preparedness education shall be made part of the elementary education, while more 
advanced skills shall be included in the junior and senior high school curricula. 
SEC. 5. Teaching Modules. – The scope of the teaching modules for each 
grade level shall be identified by the Department of Education (DepEd) in collaboration 
with the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) and 
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), taking into consideration the 
age, level of comprehension, and particular needs of the specific regions of the 
students. 
SEC. 6. Educational Materials. – Private and public elementary and secondary 
schools shall keep in their libraries an adequate number of textbooks, primers, charts, 
and leaflets on disaster preparedness, survival skills, coping with the aftermath, and 
other related materials, as prepared and required by the DepEd. 
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SEC. 7. Funding Source. – To carry out the purposes of this Act, the funding 
shall be sourced from the allocation for the DepEd as provided in the General 
Appropriations Act. Thereafter, the annual expenditures shall be provided in the 
allocation for the DepEd as stated in the General Appropriations Act. 
 
SEC. 8. Implementation. – Within ninety (90) days after the implementation of 
this Act, the DepEd, in coordination with the NDRRMC and DILG, shall promulgate the 
necessary rules and regulations to govern the effective implementation of this Act. 
 
SEC. 9. Separability Clause. – If any provision is held invalid or unconstitutional, 
the remainder of the law or provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid and 
subsisting. 
 
SEC. 10. Repealing Clause. – Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule, or regulation contrary 
to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or 
amended accordingly. 
 
SEC. 11. Effectivity Clause. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 
its publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved,