REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7624, July 11, 1992 ]
AN ACT INTEGRATING DRUG PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN THE INTERMEDIATE AND
SECONDARY CURRICULA AS WELL AS IN THE NONFORMAL, INFORMAL AND
INDIGENOUS LEARNING SYSTEMS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:
SECTION 1. There shall be integrated in the intermediate and secondary
curricula whether in public or private schools as well as in the nonformal,
informal, and indigenous learning programs the ill effects of drug abuse,
drug addiction, or drug dependency.
SEC. 2.The Department of Education, Culture and Sports in coordination
with the Department of Health and Dangerous Drug Board shall
promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for effective
implementation of this Act.
SEC. 3. The department of Education , Culture and Sports may enlist the
assistance of any government agency or instrumentality to carry out the
objectives of this Act.
SEC. 4. All instructional materials needed by the public schools to teach the
subject matter as provided under this Act shall be supplied by the
Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
SEC. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, July 11, 1992
DepEd to integrate drug education into curriculum
ByOFELYN DATUIN
April 16, 2019
The Department of Education (DepEd) plans to integrate the
government’s drug education program into the curriculum in
the coming school year.
During the 1st 2019 Balik Eskwela orientation on Monday,
Glene Basio, supervising education program specialist of the
Bureau of Curriculum Development, presented the drug
education program that President Rodrigo Duterte has been
pushing since the start of his term.
The program is based on RA 7624 of 1992 or “an act
integrating drug prevention and control in the intermediate and
secondary curricula as well as in non-fornal, informal, and
indigenous learning systems and for other purposes” and RA
9165 or the “Comprehensive Dangerous Drug Act of 2002.”
Basio explained that the department preferred to integrate the
drug program in appropriate classes rather than introducing it
as a subject.
The drug program would be implemented in different stages.
Kinder to Grade 3 pupils will learn about healthy habits, safety
practices, correct use of medicine and personal wellness.
Grades 4 to 6 pupils will have lessons on how to be healthy
and drug-free by understanding the consequences of
substances that threaten health and safety.
Grades 7 to 10 students will be taught the consequences of
using substances based on drug control laws, policies and
programs, while those in Grades 11 to 12 will be taught life
skills to sustain a healthy and drug-free life and to promote
wellness as a way of life.
At present, the DepEd is developing an updated
comprehensive supplemental drug program in cooperation
with the Department of Health, the Dangerous Drugs Board
and other experts