DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES OF TEACHERS

BASIC EDUCATION

R&D based on manual

R&D based on manual

R&D based on manual

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- violation of duties and responsibilities? CONSEQUENCES admin sanctions - is that all there is to it? - tententenenennnn.

What the law says..

Teachers shall be liable for damages caused by their pupils and students, so long as they remain in their custody.
(Article 2180, New Civil Code)

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When can this happen? Story or cartoons or clip..

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Is it not unfair?

Rationale of the Liability

In loco parentis
- In the place or role of a parent
-Parents are also held liable by the same Article but the liability attached to teachers is more stricter

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So long as the pupil or student remain in the teachers custody, the teacher stand, to a certain extent, as to their pupils and students, in loco parentis and are called upon to "exercise reasonable supervision over the conduct of the child."
(Palisoc vs. Brillantes G.R. No. L-29025 October 4, 1971)

Custody
WHETHER THE SEMESTER HAS NOT YET BEGUN OR ALREADY ENDED
As long as the student is in the school premises in pursuance of a legitimate student objective, in the exercise of a legitimate student right, and even in the enjoyment of a legitimate student privilege, the responsibility of the school authorities over the student continues.

Custody
the protective and supervisory custody that the school and its heads and teachers exercise over the pupils and students for as long as they are at attendance in the school, including recess time

Custody
- Does not connote immediate and actual physical control but refers more to the influence exerted on the child and the discipline instilled in him as the result of such influence

RECESS TIME

RECESS TIME
a situation of temporary adjournment of school activities where the student still remains within call of his mentor and is not permitted to leave the school premises, or the area within which the school activity is conducted

embraced in the phrase "at attendance in the school does not include dismissal

At Attendance in School
the mere fact of being enrolled or being in the premises of a school without more does not constitute "attending school" or being in the "protective and supervisory custody' of the school, as contemplated in the law a student is not "at attendance in the school" cannot be in "recess" thereat

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Teacher in charge
Who is
(?) teacher of the subject at the time, or homeroom teacher

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Teacher in charge

Teacher in charge

Art 218, 219 FC

Special parental authority on authorized activities Applicability of WAIVER Who can be held liable At what instances can they be held liable

 Recall that a teacher is liable for any damage caused by his pupil or student while the latter remains in his/her custody What can be possible defenses?

Defense against this Liability

Prove that you have observed all the diligence of a good father of a family to prevent damage

How do you prove this?

Amadora case