The document outlines several government agencies and private sector groups involved in early childhood care and education in the Philippines, including the Department of Education, Department of Social Welfare and Development, and Early Childhood Care and Development Council. It also discusses the Kindergarten Education Act of 2012 which institutionalized kindergarten education into the basic education system and recognizes the importance of kindergarten in developing Filipino children academically and technically. The implementing rules and regulations for kindergarten education indicate it shall be inclusive and contain programs such as Headstart for gifted children, early intervention for children with disabilities, and education for indigenous people.

2. Government Agencies that
are Involve in Early
Childhood Care

3. • Department of Education
(DepEd)
• Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD)
• Early Childhood Care and
Development Council (ECCD)
• Local Government Units
• Private Sector

4. January 2012, RA 10157,
otherwise known as the
Kindergarten Education Act,
institutionalized the
Kindergarten Education into
the basic education system of
the Philippines.

5. Kindergarten is vital to the
academic and technical
development of the Filipino
child for it is the period when
the young mind’s absorptive
capacity for learning is at its
sharpest.

6. It is also the policy of the state
to make education learning –
oriented and responsive to the
needs, cognitive and cultural
capacity, the circumstances
and diversity of learners,
schools and communities
through the appropriate
languages of teaching and
learning.

7. Implementing Rules and
Regulations (IRR) of the
Kindergarten Education
indicate that Kindergarten
education shall be inclusive.

8. There should be a Headstart
Program for the Gifted,
Early intervention program for
Children with Disabilities,
Kindergarten Madrasah
Program,
Indigenous People (IP)
Education