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Education Overview

Administration and Finance:
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) is the principal government agency responsible for education and manpower development. The department is primarily responsible for the formulation, planning, implementation and co-ordination of the policies, standards, regulations, plans, programmes and projects in areas of formal and non-formal education at all levels. It also supervises all education institutions, both public and private. The Department of Education has six bureaus under its control: Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Higher Education, Non-Formal Education, Technical and Vocational Education, and Physical Education and School Sports.

The Bureau of Elementary Education (BEE) is responsible for providing access and quality elementary education and focuses on social services for the poor and directs public resources and efforts at socially disadvantaged regions and specific groups.

The Bureau of Secondary Education (BSE) is responsible for providing access and quality secondary education. It is responsible for establishing secondary schools where there are none, and reviews the overall structure of secondary education as regards curriculum, facilities, and teachers’ in-service training.

The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is an entity separate from the DECS. It is responsible for both public and private institutions of higher education as well as degree-granting programmes at all postsecondary educational institutions.

The national government is authorized by the Constitution and State policy to contribute to the financial support of educational programmes. Public elementary schools, national secondary schools, vocational and technical schools, and chartered and non-chartered tertiary institutions are funded primarily from national funds. Local governments are encouraged to assume responsibility for non-national public schools. Private schools throughout the country are funded from capital investments, equity contributions, and tuition fees and other school charges, grants, loans, etc. National and local governments may also contribute to the operation of private institutions.

Source: World Education Services.