WATER SANITATION AND HYGIENE IN SCHOOL (WINS) PROGRAM

The development of the DepED Order No. 10 s. 2016 or WinS Policy and Program recognizes that the core of DepEd’s work is to enable our learners to reach their fullest potential by ensuring healthy and enabling learning environments. The WinS Program has put together a comprehensive package of doable practices measures and interventions for schools to improve towards the achievement of national standards. These standards are readily seen in the key WinS components namely: availability of safe drinking water in school on a daily basis; adequate clean functional and accessible school toilets; supervised daily group handwashing with soap and brushing of teeth with fluoride toothpaste among all schoolchildren; environmental sanitation in schools; semi-annual deworming of schoolchildren; safe practices in food handling and preparation; effective menstrual hygiene management in all schools; and health education for all students and personnel augmented by capacity building for all DepEd program implementers.