Department of Education in the Philippines

The Department of Education in the Philippines is a Department of the Executive Branch in the Philippine Government. The Department of Education in the Philippines is also known by its previous name, the Department of Education, Culture, and Sports. The Filipino name for the Department is the Kagawaran ng Edukasyon.

Responsibility for Philippine educational policy and the Philippine primary and secondary school systems falls to the Department of Education in the Philippines.

The Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001 relieved the Department of Education in the Philippines of the responsibility for administering cultural activities, while also abolishing the Bureau of Education and School Sports. The more complete name for the Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001 is An Act Instituting A Frame Work of Governance for Basic Education, Establishing Authority and Accountability, Renaming the Department of Education, Culture, and Sports as the Department of Education, and for Other Purposes.

The National Historical Institute, Records Management and Archive Offices, and the National Library have been removed from the Department of Education in the Philippines and administratively attached to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, although the school arts and culture programs remain a part of the school curriculum.

Responsibility for the functions, programs, and activities of the Department of Education in the Philippines that related to sports competition were all transferred to the Philippine Sports Commission, although the Department of Education in the Philippines retained school sports and physical fitness as parts of the curriculum. 

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