1. The document outlines the authority, responsibilities, and accountability of various positions within the Department of Education including the Secretary of Education, schools division superintendents, schools district supervisors, and school heads. 2. Key responsibilities include formulating educational policies, managing resources, monitoring outcomes, hiring and evaluating staff, and ensuring compliance with quality standards. 3. The roles aim to provide access to quality education, equitable distribution of resources, and development of a progressive society through education.

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JIMUEL ROY F. QUILATON
Reporter

5. The Secretary of the
Department of Education
shall exercise overall
authority and supervision
over the department.

6. Provides the department
with economical, efficient
and effective services
relating to administrative
matters including medical
and dental services.

7. It is responsible for providing the
Department with the necessary staff,
advice and assistance on
management improvement, budget
and financial matters including the
Special Education Fund – plantillas
of teachers for salary adjustments
and budgets of school boards.

8. Provides the Department with
economical, efficient and
effective services relating to
personnel matters.

10. It is responsible for providing the
Department with economical,
effective and efficient services
relating to planning, programming
and project development.

11. Provides the Department with
services relating to
publication, information, and
other technical services.

13. Responsible for providing access
and quality elementary education
for all. It also focuses on social
services for the poor and directs
public resources and efforts at
socially disadvantaged regions and
specific groups.

14. Responsible for providing access
and quality secondary education.
It aim to enable every elementary
graduate to have access to
secondary education.

16. Responsible for contributing to
the improvement of the poor
through literacy and continuing
education programs.

18. Assist DepEd vigorously to:
>Provide access to qualify and
relevant education;
>Achieve equitable distribution of
educational services/resources; and
>Develop a just humane and
progressive society.

19. The NERTC leads in research,
evaluation and assessment of the
effectiveness education which provide
information vital of the formulation of
educational policies geared towards
the realization of an empowered and
globally competitive Filipino.

21. There shall be as many Regional
Offices as many as provided by
law. Each regional office shall
have a director, an assistant
director and office staff for
programs promotion and support,
planning, administrative, legal
and fiscal services.

23. NEAP responds to the demand for
professional competence as well
as management and leadership
excellence in the educational
community.

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27. Secretary of Education shall have authority,
accountability and responsibility for the following:
1. Formulating national educational policies;
2. Formulating a national basic education plan;
3. Promulgating national educational standards;
4. Monitoring and assessing national learning
outcomes;
5. Undertaking national educational research and
studies;
6. Enhancing the employment status, professional
competence, welfare and working conditions of all
personnel of the Department; and

37. The schools division superintendents shall have
authority, accountability and responsibility for the
following
1. Developing and implementing division
education development plans;
2. Planning and managing the effective and
efficient use of all personnel, physical and fiscal
resources of the division, including professional
staff development;
3. Hiring, placing and evaluating all division
supervisors and schools district supervisors as
well as all employees in the division, both
teaching and non-teaching personnel, including

38. 4. Monitoring the utilization of funds provided by the
national government and the local government units to
the schools and learning centers;
5. Ensuring compliance of quality standards for basic
education programs and for this purpose strengthening
the role of division supervisors as subject area
specialists;
6. Promoting awareness of and adherence by all
schools and learning centers to accreditation standards
prescribed by the Secretary of Education;
7. Supervising the operations of all public and private
elementary, secondary and integrated schools, and
learning centers; and
8. Performing such other functions as may be assigned

39. The schools district supervisor shall be
responsible for:
1. Providing professional and instructional
advice and support to the school heads
and teachers/facilitators of schools and
learning centers in the district or cluster
thereof;
2. Curricula supervision; and
3. Performing such other functions as may

42. The school heads shall have authority,
accountability and responsibility for the
following:
1. Setting the mission, vision, goals and
objectives of the school;
2. Creating an environment within the
school that is conducive to teaching and
learning;
3. Implementing the school curriculum and
being accountable for higher learning

43. 5. Offering educational programs, projects and
services which provide equitable opportunities
for all learners in the community;
6. Introducing new and innovative modes of
instruction to achieve higher learning outcomes;
7. Administering and managing all personnel,
physical and fiscal resources of the school;
8. Recommending the staffing complement of
the school based on its needs;
9. Encouraging staff development;

44. 10. Establishing school and community
networks and encouraging the active
participation of teachers organizations, non-
academic personnel of public schools, and
parents-teacherscommunity associations;
11. Accepting donations, gifts, bequests and
grants for the purpose of upgrading
teachers'/learning facilitators' competencies,
improving and expanding school facilities and
providing instructional materials and equipment.
Such donations or grants must be reported to
the appropriate district supervisors and division
superintendents; and