OUR 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.
OUR 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.
OUR CORE VALUES
Maka- Diyos
Maka- tao
Makakalikasan
Makabansa
QUALITY POLICY
"The Department of education is committed to provide learners with quality basic education that is accessible, inclusive, and liberating through:
● Proactive leadership
● Shared governance
● Evidence-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 stakeholder's needs and expectations by adhering to constitutional mandates, statutory, and regulatory requirements, and sustains client satisfaction through continuous improvement of the Quality Management System."
STRATEGIC GOAL AND MAJOR QUALITY OBJECTIVE
1. Expand Access to Basic Education
Quality Objectives:
   a. Get school aged children to school and keep them on school up to      completion of basic education
   b. Expand coverage of Inclusion Programs
   c. Expand access to Basic Education
   d. Provide non-classroom facilities in remote and isolated schools
   e. Improve Partnership Building and Linkage
2. Improve Quality and Relevance
Quality Objectives:
   a. Raise the Quality of Education
   b. Maintain ideal ratios of basic education inputs
   c. Improve Quality of Teachers
   d. Expand the use of Technology for Learning
   e. Enrich curricula to address cross-cutting issues and foster critical      thinking towards Liberating Basic Education
3. Modernize Education Management and Governance
Quality Objectives:
   a. Automate core system and processes (e-governance)
   b. Improve procurement and finance system
   c. Accelerate research and development
   d. Improve DepEd independence interference
   e. Improve human resource and development
   f. Improve customer satisfaction in the delivery of service
   g. Improve financial management and efficiency
   h. Ensure active, transparent, consultative, collaborative and corruption      free leadership and management thru
      i. Citizens Charter
      ii. Transparency Board
      iii. General Services and Maintenance
      iv. Judicious use of resources