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Republic of the PhiliPPines Departrnent of Education National Capital Region

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March 29,2017

MBMORANDUM TO: Assistant Schools Division Superintendents Chiet CID and SGOD EPS/PSDS All Elementary and Secondary School Principals

DESIGNATION OF DEPED REPRESENTATIVES TO THE PROGRAM STEERING SUPPORT AI\D COORDINATING OFFICE, A}[D CONSTITUTION OF THT' TECHMCAL WORKING GROUPS OF TITT',3A5IC EDUCATION SECTOR

TRANST'ORMATION PROGRAM

1. For the information

and guidance of the field, attached is DepEd Order No. 14, s. 2017, dated March 14, 2017, from DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones, DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig City, on the "Designation of DepEd Representatives to the Program Steering Committee, Program Management Committee, and Program Support and Coordinating Office, and Constitution of the Technical Working Groups of the Basic Education Sector Transformation Program, contents of which are self-explanatory for your information.

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Immediate dissemination of this Memorandum is directed.

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Reference: DepEd Order No. 14, s.2017 To be indicated in the Perpetual Index Under the following subjects:

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DESIGIYATIOIT Otr'DEPED RIPRESEITTTA?IVES TO THE PROGRAM STEERIIYG COMTUITTEE PROGRA*I MAI{AGEMEIIT COMI[I""EE, AIID PROGRAM

st'PPoRr AlrD cooRDrNATntc oFFrcE, AnD colYsH?urloil OF THE TEICHITICAL WORKIIIG GROI'PS OF TIIE BASIC EDUCATIOITT SBCTOR TRAilSTCIRMA'rtOIY PROC}RAU

Undersecretaries Assistant Secretaries

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Regional Directors All Others Concerned

1. The Basic Education Sector Transformqtion {BEST} Program, a parb:ership between the Govemments of Australia (GOA) and the Philippines (GPH), supports the development needs of the Phitippines with the goal of improving equitable access to quality basic education 2.

Specifically, the Program aims to:

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improve equitable access to complete basic education; ensure that the complete basic education is quality education; and build and sustain an effective, transparent, and engaging governance of education.

3.

The Oepartm-nt of Foreign A{fairs and Trade (DFAT} and t}re Department of Education (DepEd) jointly manage and oversee the program implementation, through the Program Steering Commlttee (PSCf, with the DepEd Secretar5r and the Deputy Head of Mission of t1 e Australian Embassy as Rotating Chairs, and the Prograa Maaagement Committee (PilC|.

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With the new management and direction under the current administration, the indicated DepEd officials are designated as the new members to the foilowing committees:

a. Program $teering Committee

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DepEd Represeatatives Designatlon Erecutlve Sponsor Atty. Nepomuceno A. Malatuaa Assistant Secfttary and Chief of Staff

Deputy/Alteraate Atty. Revsee A. Escobedo Executive Spoasor Assistant Secretary for Project Management Service PSC

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Project Management Division, on the part of DepEd

Secretariat

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Executive SPonsor

Atty. Nepomuceao A. Malaluan

Deputy/Alteraate

Atty. Revsee A. Escobedo

Assistant Secretary and Chief of Staff

E:cecutive Sponsor

Assistant SecretarY

Members (DepEdl

UndersecretarY Ditra S. Ocampo Curriculum and Instruction Undersecretery Afaia DeI B. Pascua Administrative Service Uadereecretary Jesus L. R. Mateo Planning and Field OPerations Regional Directors of Regions V, V[, VII, VI[, X National Capital Regton (NCR), and Negros Island

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Obsersers Director, Director, Director, Director, Director, Director, Director, Director, Director,

Bureau of Curriculum and Development Bureau of karning Delivery Bureau of L,earning Resources Bur:eau of Learner Support Senrices Bureau of Human Resource and Organizational Development Finance Service Planning Service National Educators Academy of the Philippines Information and Communication Technolory Service

Director, External Partnerships Service Director, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Service

Prograu Suppott and Coordiaating Oflice

Techaical lf,orHng Group {rryGl Secretariat

Project Management Division (PMD), on the part of DepEd

Guided by the directions set by the PSC, PMC is responsible for operational oversight to ensure effective and ef{icient delivery of the Program.

5. A Technical Working Group (TWGI is hereby constituted for each BEST compgnents, witJr the indicated DepEd officials designated as Chairpersons: BEST Component TWG

Chair/Co-Chair*

for Component 1:

Improving Teaching and Learning

Undersecretary Dina S. Ocampo (Chair)

for Conponent 2: Strengthening Systems

Undersecretary Alain Del B. Pascua (Chair) Undersecreta:y Jesus L.R. Mateo* (Co-Chair)

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The TWGs serye to identiff, priontizn, integrate, align, sequence, and tsyne.gise all the different propos€d activities from the central and regional levels and across parfi:ers to ensure that they are complementing each other. ?he TWGs recoulmend to the PMC priority projects/ activities for the Program Annual Plans.

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The Project Management Division of the Project Management Service (PMS-PMD) designated as Program Support and Coordinating Oflice (PSCOI on the part of DepEd (PSCO-DepEd). The PSCG-DepEd shall work in coordination with the PSCOBEST counterpart. The PSCO serves as the implementation oversight of operations, monitoring and evaluation of the program. The PSCO-DepEd shall monitor the day to day implementation, operations ald delivery of outputs of the sub-components under the main components.

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Immediate dissemination of this Order is directed.

BRIONES Secretar5t

Reference:

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To be indicated in the Perpetual Index under tJ e following subjects: COMMITTEES

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