The Organizational

Structure
of
Philippine Education

Reporter:
Jayson A. Sinchioco
RA 9155-
GOVERNANCE OF BASIC EDUCATION
ACT OF 2001
DepEd MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE
 To carry out its mandates and objectives, the Department
is organized into two major structural components.
 The Central Office - maintains the overall administration of
basic education at the national level.
 The Field Offices - are responsible for the regional and local
coordination and administration of the Department’s
mandate.
 RA 9155 provides that the Department should have no
more than four Undersecretaries and four Assistant
Secretaries with at least one Undersecretary and one
Assistant Secretary who are career service officers chosen
among the staff of the Department.
 FOUR Under Secretaries in the following
areas:

1. Programs and Projects

2. Regional Operations

3. Finance and Administration

4. Legal Affairs
FOUR Assistant Secretaries in the following
areas:

1. Programs and Projects

2. Planning and Development

3. Budget and Financial Affairs

4. Legal Affairs.
 Sub - National Level
The Field Offices consist of the following:
Sixteen (16) Regional Offices, including the Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM*), each headed by a
Regional Director (a Regional Secretary in the case of ARMM);
One hundred fifty-seven (157) Provincial and City Schools
Divisions, each headed by a Schools Division Superintendent.
Assisting the Schools Division Offices are 2,227 School Districts,
each headed by a District Supervisor; Under the supervision of
the Schools Division Offices are forty- eight thousand, four hundred
forty-six (48, 446) schools, broken down as follows:
▫40,763 elementary schools (36,234 public and 4,529 private) ▫7,683
secondary schools (4,422 public and 3,261 private)
Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001

A bill transforming the name of the Department of

Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) to the Department of
Education (DepEd) and redefining the role of field offices
(regional offices, division offices, district offices and
schools).
 Implementing Rules and Regulations
Principles
 The Department of Education must serve the students
and the teachers, its primary constituents;
 The principals, school administrators and teachers-in- charge
must exercise instructional leadership and sound
administrative management of the school;
 The school is the heart of the formal education
system.
 The parents and the community shall be encouraged for
active involvement
Powers, Duties and Functions of the Deped
Secretary
The Secretary of the Department of Education shall
exercise overall authority and supervision
over the operations of the Department.
Powers, Duties and Functions of the Deped
Secretary
 shall exercise overall authority and supervision
over the operations of the Department.
A. National Level - In addition to his/her powers
under existing laws, the Secretary of Education shall
have authority, accountability and responsibility for
the following:
 Formulating national educational policies
 Formulating a national basic education plan
 Promulgating national educational Standards
 Monitoring and assessing national learning
outcomes
Powers, Duties and Functions of the Deped
Secretary
 Undertaking national educational research and
studies
 Enhancing the employment status, professional
competence, welfare and working conditions of all
personnel of the Department
 Enhancing the total development of learners
through local and national programs and/or
projects.
 The Regional Director

 There shall be as many regional offices as many be

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.
 Powers, Duties and Functions
 Defining a regional educational policy framework
which reflects the values, needs and expectations
of the communities they serve
 Developing a regional basic education plan
 Developing regional educational standards with a
view towards bench-marking for international
competitiveness
 Monitoring, evaluating and assessing regional
learning outcomes
 Powers, Duties and Functions
 Formulating, in coordination with the regional
development council, the budget to support the
regional educational plan which shall take into
account the educational plans of the divisions and
districts
 Determining the organization component of the
divisions and districts and approving the proposed
staffing pattern of all employees in the divisions
and districts
 Hiring, placing and evaluating all employees in the
regional office, except for the position of assistant
director
 Powers, Duties and Functions
 Evaluating all schools division superintendents
and assistant division superintendents in the
region.
 Planning and managing the effective and efficient
use of all personnel, physical and fiscal resources
of the regional office, including professional staff
development.
 Managing the database and management
information system of the region.
 The Schools Division Superintendent

 A division shall consist of a province or city which

shall have a schools division superintendent.

 There shall be at least one assistant schools

division superintendent and office staff for
programs promotion, planning, administrative,
fiscal, legal, ancillary and other support services.
 Powers, Duties and Functions
Division Level - Consistent with the national
educational policies, plans and standards the schools
division superintendents shall have authority,
accountability and responsibility for the following:

 Developing and implementing division education

development plans.

 Planning and managing the effective and efficient

use of all personnel, physical and fiscal resources
of the division, including professional staff
development
 Powers, Duties and Functions
 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 school heads,
except for the assistant division superintendent;
 Schools District Supervisor
 A school district shall have a school district
supervisor and office staff for program promotion.

 The schools district supervisor shall primarily

perform staff functions and shall not exercise
administrative supervision over school principals,
unless specifically authorized by the proper
authorities.
 Schools District Supervisor
Schools District Level
The schools district supervisor shall be
responsible for:

 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.
 Curricula supervision.
 Performing such other functions as may be
assigned by proper authorities.
 The School Head/Principal
 There shall be a school head/principal for all public
elementary schools and public high schools or a
cluster thereof.

 The establishment of integrated school from

existing public elementary and public high school
shall be encouraged, subject to the guidelines that
will be issued for the purposed by the Secretary of
Education.
Regulations, Authority, Accountability And
Responsibility
 Setting the mission, vision, goals and objectives of
the school.
 Creating an environment within the school that is
conducive to teaching and learning.
 Implementing, monitoring and assessing the school
curriculum and being accountable for higher
learning outcomes.
 Developing the school education program and
school improvement plan.
Regulations, Authority, Accountability And
Responsibility
 Offering educational programs, projects and
services which provide equitable opportunities for
all learners in the community.
 Introducing new and innovative modes of
instruction to achieve higher learning outcomes.
 Administering and managing all personnel,
physical and fiscal resources of the school.
 Recommending the staffing complement of the
school based on its needs.
Regulations, Authority, Accountability And
Responsibility
 Encouraging and enhancing staff development.

 Establishing school and community networks and

encouraging the active participation of teacher
organizations, non-academic personnel of public
schools, and parents-teachers-community
associations.
Regulations, Authority, Accountability And
Responsibility
 Accepting donations, gifts, bequests and grants in
accordance with existing laws and policy of the
department 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
division superintendents.
 Performing such other functions as may be
assigned by the Secretary, Regional Director and
Schools Division Superintendents where they
belong.
Thank
You!

Reporter:
Jayson A. Sinchioco