Parent-Teacher Association

The Department of Education (DepEd) through its subordinate rule-making power issued DepEd Order No. 54 s of 2009 as amended by DepEd Order No. 83, s of 2010, or the “Revised Guidelines Governing Parents-Teachers Associations (PTAs) at the School Level.

Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) is a mechanism for effecting the role of parents (who would otherwise be viewed as outsiders) as an indispensable element of educational communities. Rather than being totally independent of or removed from schools, a parent-teacher association is more aptly considered an adjunct of an educational community having a particular school as its locus. It is an “arm” of the school. Given this view, the importance of regulation vis-a-vis investiture of official status becomes manifest. According a parent-teacher association official status not only enables it to avail itself of benefits and privileges but also establishes upon it its solemn duty as a pillar of the educational system. – G.R. No. 188720, February 23, 2016 – QUEZON CITY PTCA FEDERATION, INC., Petitioner, v. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, REPRESENTED BY SECRETARY JESLI A. LAPUS, Respondent.