The Indigenous People’s Education (IPEd) Program is DepEd’s response to the right of Indigenous Peoples (IP) to basic education that is responsive to their context, respects their identities, and promotes their indigenous knowledge, skills, and other aspects of their cultural heritage.

Additionally, the IPEd Program supports the realization of the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum, which subscribes to standards and principles that are: inclusive, culture-sensitive, and flexible enough to enable and allow schools to localize, indigenize, and enhance based on the community’s educational and social context.