THE DEPED 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.
THE DEPED 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
Makakalikasan
Makabansa
ONE DEPED, ONE QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
The Department of Education is committed to provide learners with quality basic education that is accessible, inclusive, and liberating through:
• Proactive leadership
• Shared governance
• Evidenced-based policies, standards, and programs
• Responsive and relevant curricula
• Highly competent and committed officials and teaching and non-teaching personnel
• An enabling learning environment
The Department upholds the highest standards of conduct and performance to fulfill stakeholders’ needs and expectations by adhering to constitutional mandates statutory and regulatory requirements and sustain client satisfaction through continuous improvement of the Quality Management System.