Department of Education(DepEd)

March 28, 2019 Dear Oliver John Lacanlale, I refer to my letter of Mar 28, 2019 09:58:53 AM about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Ratio of girls to boys in elementary, secondary school. In order for us to work further on your request, we need more information from you regarding your query. In particular, it would be helpful to send us a formal request letter that outlines the specific information you need and the purpose of your study, including a short abstract as well as the intended output of your project (a paper, video, radio production, or whatever you have). You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://www.foi.gov.ph/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHwsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEkRlcEVkLTcxMzA4MzQ3MTk5Mww, for request with ticket number #DepEd-713083471993, to respond. During the period of us awaiting your reply, your request will be put on hold. If we do not receive a reply on or before Jun 20, 2019 07:23:22 AM, your request will be closed. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Public Assistance Action Center FOI Receiving Office

April 10, 2019 Dear Oliver John Lacanlale, Thank you for your response with regard to my letter regarding clarifying your request on Ratio of girls to boys in elementary, secondary school, dated Mar 28, 2019 03:23 PM. We would still need to request you to further clarify your request. Please send us also a short abstract of your study. You may use the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHwsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEkRlcEVkLTcxMzA4MzQ3MTk5Mww, for request with ticket number #DepEd-713083471993, to respond. You would still have until Jul 03, 2019 10:01:48 AM to provide the information. We hope to hear from you at the soonest possible time. Thank you. Respectfully, Public Assistance Action Center FOI Receiving Office

Jun 20, 2019 Dear Oliver John, I refer to my letter of Mar 28, 2019 about your request under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Ratio of girls to boys in elementary, secondary school. In particular, I had requested specific information for you to clarify upon in order for us to proceed with the request. As we have not received a reply within the 60-day working period since the letter requesting for clarification was sent out, we regret to inform you that this request will be closed as of Jun 20, 2019. You may wish to submit a new request describing the specific information you are looking for, and we will be able to consider it under the guidelines as stated in Executive Order No. 2. Your right to request a review If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to or visiting our central office. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request. If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011). Thank you. Respectfully, Public Assistance FOI Officer