experiences. Curriculum is everything learners experience in school. A curriculum can be all of these- experiences, subject matter, objectives and competencies. Inthe Philippines, we have a national curriculum implemented nationwide in all public elementary and secondary schools. It is called the Basic Education Curriculum (BEC).. The 2002 Basic Education Curriculum (DepEd, Apr. 5, 2002), cited several reasons why the basic education curriculum should be restructured. Restructuring does not mean complete revision or change of the curriculum. It only means refining and giving more emphasis to some aspects that are deemed more responsive to the present realities. Financial Management System [3] TABLE OF CONTENTS I. BUDGETING.............................................................................................................................13 Overview ..............................................................................................................................14 A. Budget Preparation...................................................................................................... ...15 1. Steps in Budget Preparation ......................................................................................... .15 2. Forms used in Budget Preparation............................................................................... ..20 B. Budget Authorization..................................................................................................... .21 1. Steps in Budget Authorization ...................................................................................... ..22 2. Budget Authorization Forms/ Documents ..................................................................... ..24 C. Budget Execution .......................................................................................................... .25 1. Steps in Budget Execution ............................................................................................ .26 1.1. Allotment Procedure ......................................................................... ...................... 26 1.2. Notice of Cash Allocation (NCA) Request Procedure............................................. .27 2. Budget Execution Forms............................................................................................... .29 D. Budget Accountability.................................................................................................. ..30 1. Budget Accountability Forms......................................................................................... .30 1.1. Budget Accountability Reports (BARs) .................................................................. .31 1.2. Budget Execution Documents (BEDs) ................................................................... .31 1.3. Registry of Allotments and Obligations .................................................................. .32 II. CASH MANAGEMENT...............................................................................................................33 Overview ............................................................................................................................ ..34 A. Fundamental Principles Governing Financial Transactions and Operations of Any Government Agency ......................................................................................................... ..34 B. Notice of Transfer of Allocation (NTA) ..........................................................................34 C. Disbursements................................................................................................................35 1. General Requirement for All Types of Disbursement......................................................35 2. General Guidelines ...................................................................................................... ..35 2.1. Granting of Cash Advance..................................................................................... .35 2.2. Liquidation of Cash Advance ................................................................................. .35 Financial Manage 3. Common Rules on Internal Control of Disbursements....................................................37 3.1. Disbursement of Cheques ......................................................................................37 3.2. Disbursement by Cash ...........................................................................................37 4. Cash Advance................................................................................................................38 4.1. Procedure for Cash Advance (Travel).....................................................................38 5. Disbursement through Cheque ......................................................................................40 5.1 Types of Cheques ...................................................................................................40 5.2 Procedure for Issuance of Cheque/s........................................................................40 6. Disbursements of Cash (Stipend and Living Allowance) ................................................44 6.1. Payroll Preparation .................................................................................................44 6.2. Mode of Releasing of Student’s Stipend: ................................................................48 a. By Cash .............................................................................................................48 b. Through ATM .....................................................................................................48 7. Disbursement of Payroll .................................................................................................49 7.1 General Procedure in Disbursement of Payroll ........................................................49 8. Petty Cash .....................................................................................................................50 8.1. Procedure for Disbursement of Petty Cash Fund....................................................50 8.2. Petty Cash Replenishment Procedure ....................................................................51 8.3. Procedure for Liquidation of Payee of Petty Cash Fund..........................................52 D. Collection and Deposits .................................................................................................53 1. Policies on Collections...................................................................................................53 2. Policies on Deposits ......................................................................................................56 3. Common Rules on Internal Control over Cash Receipts and Collections.......................57 4. Steps in Collection and Deposits....................................................................................58 E. Procedure for Filing of Vouchers for Report of Cheques Issued (RCI) Attachment...61 F. Financial Reports Related to Cash Management..........................................................62 1. Report of Cheques Issued (RCI) ....................................................................................62 2. Report of Disbursements (RD).......................................................................................62 3. Petty Cash Register .......................................................................................................62 4. Liquidation Report..........................................................................................................62 5. Report of Collections and Deposits ................................................................................62 6. Monthly Report of Accountability for Accountable Forms (MRAAF)................................62 Financial Management System [5] III. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING...................................................................................................63 Known as the Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda Led by the Department of Education (DepEd) Conceptualized and developed in 2005 through consultations with various stakeholders. Basic Education Reform Agenda or BESRA is a package of policy actions collected under the five key reform thrusts to facilitate the implementation of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's Education for All program. The key reform thrusts include the continuous school improvement facilitated by active involvement of stakeholders. Another key reform thrust is better learning outcomes achieved by improved teacher standards. The fifth key reform thrust is the institutional culture change in DepEd to facilitate school initiatives and assuring quality.
The overall goal of the Education
For All program is to provide basic competencies to everyone to achieve Functional Literacy for all by 2015. A package of policy actions that seek to create a basic education sector that is capable of attaining the country’s Education for All (EFA) Objectives by the year 2015. isthe decentralization of levels of authority to the school level. Responsibility and decision making over school operations is transferred to principals, teachers, parents, sometimes students and other school community members. School-based management (SBM) is the decentralization of levels of authority to the school level. Responsibility and decision-making over school operations istransferred to principals, teachers, parents, sometimes students, and other school community members. The school-level actors, however, have to conform to, or operate, within a set of centrally determined policies.