Education Beat

issues, events and

activities concerning
education + sports,
arts and culture.

Students
Out-of-school youth
Parents
Education workers
Cultural workers

Department of Education (DepEd)

Commission on Higher Education (CHEd)
Technical Education and Skills and Development Authority (TESDA)
National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA)
Private Schools
Nongovernment organizations

Department of
Education

1605 Meralco Avenue, Pasig City, Metro Manila

Government of Basic Education Act (RA 9155) of 2001:

- formulates, implements, and coordinates policies, plans,
programs and projects in the areas of formal and nonformal basic education.
- supervises all elementary and secondary education
institutions, including alternative learning systems, both
public and private;
- Establishes and maintains a complete, adequate, and
integrated system of basic education relevant to the
goals of national development.

Department of
Education
- Education, throughout history, meets the objectives of
the countrys present leaders
- 1987: Department of Education, Sports and Culture
- 1994: Establishment of CHED for tertiary education
- 1995 : Establishment of TESDA for non-degree technicalvocational programs
- DECCS for elementary and secondary education,
including culture and sports

Department of
Education
- August 2001 (RA 9155): Department of Education
- Goal: provide the school age population and young
adults with skills, knowledge and values to become
caring, self-reliant, productive and patriotic citizens

Born Dec. 24, 1961

President, Association of Southeast

Asian Institutions of Higher
Learning (2010)

Trustee , Knowledge Channel, Inc.

(09-10)

Director-at-Large, Treasurer,
Catholic Education Association of
the Philippines (08-09)

Trustee, Coordinating Council of

Private Educational Associations
(09-10)

Diana S. Ocampo

Reynaldo D. Laguda

Alberto T. Muyot

Rizalino D. Rivera

Mario A. Dequito

Attached Agencies

CHED

C.P. Garcia Ave, Diliman, Q.C., Metro Manila

Given the national governments commitment to transformational

leadership that puts education as the central strategy for investing in
the Filipino people, reducing poverty, and building national
competitiveness, CHED shall:
a. Promote relevant and quality higher education
b. Ensure that quality higher education is accessible to all who seek
it particularly those who may not be able to afford

c. Guarantee and protect academic freedom for continuing

intellectual growth, advancement of learning and research,
development of responsible and effective leadership, education of
high level professionals, and enrichment of historical and cultural
heritages
d. Commit to moral ascendancy that eradicates corrupt practices,
institutionalizes transparency and accountability and encourages
participatory governance in the Commission and the sub-sector

Chairperson Patricia Licuanan

TESDA

E Service Rd., Taguig, Metro Manila

RA 7796 Technical
Education and Skills
Development Act

Manage and
supervise technical
education and skills
development in the
Philippines

Absorbed the functions of former National Manpower and

Youth Council, Bureau of Technical-Vocational Education
(DECS), and the Office of Apprenticeship of DOLE

Tel. No: 893-2454

Email: ireneisaacph@yahoo.com/ireneisaac@tesda.gov.ph

Established April 1992

under RA 7356

CCP, KWF, NM, NHI,

RMAO, TNL

Presidential inter-agency
commission to
coordinate cultural
policies and programs

National Commission on Culture

and the Arts

National Commission on Culture

and the Arts

Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities

Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission
on Accreditation
Federation of Associations of Private Schools and Administrators
Philippine Public School Teachers Association
Alliance of Concerned Teachers
League of Filipino Students
etc.

Issues of the Beat