POLICY ON REWARDS AND RECOGNITION SYSTEM OF DEPED SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ANTIQUE

This Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence (PRAISE) System is adherent to the Equal Opportunity Principle (EOP) Policy and is applicable to all officials and employees in the career and non-career service of the Department of Education-Schools Division of Antique.

The DepEd SDO Antique PRAISE System is  designed to DepEd Antique PRAISE’s general objective is to encourage, recognize and reward employees, individually or in groups, for their suggestions, innovative ideas, inventions, discoveries, superior accomplishments, heroic deeds, exemplary behavior, extraordinary acts or services in the public interest and other personal efforts which contribute to the efficiency, economy, and improvement in government operations, which lead to organizational productivity. It shall ensure that no person is discriminated against, nor any person is unduly favored on account of their sex and gender, age, civil status, physical characteristics and attributes, religion, belief, creed, race, family background, political affiliation, socio-economic standing and other attributes that violate the principles of equality, equity and fairness.

The specific objectives of DepEd Antique PRAISE System shall be as follows:

1. To establish a mechanism for identifying, selecting, rewarding and providing incentives to deserving officials and employees at the start of each year;

2. To identify outstanding accomplishments and best practices of employees, schools, sections, units, and functional divisions on a continuing basis;

3. To recognize and reward accomplishments and innovations periodically or as the need arises; and

4. To provide incentives and interventions to motivate officials and employees who have contributed ideas, suggestions, inventions, discoveries, superior accomplishments, and other personal efforts.

The DepEd SDO Antique PRAISE Committee and Secretariat in various level of governance shall be constituted to screen and recommend eligible candidates for national and regional awards, and also grant division awards based on the CSC-approved DepEd PRAISE System. This Committee shall be responsible for the development, administration, monitoring and evaluation of the awards and incentives system of DepEd Antique. It will also ensure that the equal opportunity principle is applied in the PRAISE system. As such, the Committee shall meet periodically to perform the following tasks: