MISSION

To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality, equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education where:

Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and motivating environment;

Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture every learner;

Administrators and staff, as stewards of the institution, ensure an enabling and supportive environment for effective learning to happen;

Family, community and other stakeholders are actively engaged and share responsibility for developing life-long learners.

VISION

We dream of Filipinos who passionately love their country and whose values and competencies enable them to realize their full potential and contribute meaningfully to building the nation.

As a learner-centered public institution, the Department of Education continuously improves itself to better serve its stakeholders.

CORE VALUES

Maka-Diyos

Maka-tao

Maka-kalikasan

Makabansa

PERFORMANCE PLEDGE

We, the officials and employees of the Department of Education, pledge to:

Serve you promptly, efficiently, and with utmost courtesy;

Ensure strict compliance with service standards;

Respond to your complaint about services as soon as possible;

Value every citizen’s comments, suggestions, and needs;

Empower the public through 24/7 access to information on our policies, programs,

activities, and services;

All these we pledge because YOU deserve no less.