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The Schools Division of Quezon City was formally established separately and distinct from the Manila City Schools on July 25, 1950. It started with 20,593 elementary school children and 310 secondary school students, with 478 teachers manning both levels. The Division Office was then situated in the old City Hall along Highway 54 (now EDSA), in Cubao, Quezon City.

The first Schools Division Superintendent, Mr. Pablo T. Reyes (1950-1959), supervised the new division consisting initially 8 public elementary schools, and the lone secondary school, Quezon City High School (1947). In four decades, the Division greatly expanded due to the steady population growth of Quezon City and the influx of home seekers from various parts of the country.

In 1962, when Mr. Alfredo Andal became school superintendent, the Division had 43 complete elementary schools and five secondary schools. The enrollment rose to 58,300 elementary pupils and 8,250 high school students.

With the appointment of Mrs. Conmemoracion M. Conception to Superintendent in 1969, the Division had grown to 63 elementary schools with 92,490 pupils, and 16 secondary schools with 33,537 students.

In 1975, the public school enrollment multiplied by 26.3% to 111,372 elementary pupils and 47,799 high school students. The integration of four former municipalities of Rizal province (Mandaluyong, Marikina, Pasig, and San Juan) into the Quezon City Schools Division, also in 1975, brought the total number of public elementary schools to 139, and the high schools to 28.

During the administration of Dr. Edna B. Azurin (1980-1989), there were a total of 142 public elementary schools. Dr. Azurin’s successor, Dr. Bienvenido A. Icasiano (1989-1997), saw in 1994 the separation of the integrated municipalities from the Quezon City mother division to form separate schools divisions.

Years later, during the last year of the next Superintendent, Dr. Aquilina S. Rivas (1997-2002) Quezon City’s public enrollments were regaining their previous number, 237,552 in the elementary level and 119,510 in the secondary level.

The seventh school superintendent, Dr. Victoria Q. Fuentes (2002-2010), transferred the Division Office at the newly-completed four-storey edifice with a multiple-purpose rooftop inside the San Francisco High School compound at Misamis St. BagoBantay, Quezon City. She had under her administration and supervision 97 public elementary and 46 public secondary schools in Quezon City.

Upon the retirement of Dr. Fuentes in 2010, the Division was temporarily led by two assistant superintendents as Offices-In-Charge, first, Dr. Rowena A. Cacanindin, and then Dr. Corazon C. Rubio, who eventually got the appointment as Schools Division Superintendent by the President in August 2011.

In S.Y. 2013–2014, Dr. Ponciano A. Menguito was assigned as the Schools Division Superintendent until his promotion to Director III, DepEd-NCR with Dr. Helen Grace V. Go as Officer-In-Charge. At present, the Schools Division Office is under the sterling leadership of our Schools Division Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth E. Quesada. From an initial population of 20,593 elementary pupils and 310 high school students in 1950, the Division of Quezon City now serves a big population of 258,201 in its elementary schools and 143,462 in high schools. The services of teachers in the national rolls, 7,243 elementary teachers and 5,853 high school teachers.

Mission

• To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality, equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education where:
  • Student 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 the responsibility for developing life-long learners.

Vision

• We dream of Filipinos who passionately love their country and whose competencies and values enable them to realize their 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.

Legal Bases

• Republic Act 9155 (Governance of Basic Education Act 2011)
  • Formulates implements, and coordinates policies, plans, programs, and projects in the areas of formal and non-formal education. Supervises all elementary and secondary education institutions, including alternative learning systems, both public and private. Provides for the establishment and maintenance of a complete, adequate, and integrated system of basic education relevant to the goals of national development.

Core Values

• Maka-Diyos
• Maka-tao
• Makakalikasan
• Makabansa

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Programs

National Budget Circular 542, issued by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on August 29, 2012, reiterates compliance with Section 93 of the General Appropriations Act of FY 2012. Section 93 is the Transparency Seal provision, to with:

Sec. 93. Transparency Seal. To enhance transparency and enforce accountability, all national government agencies shall maintain a transparency seal on their official websites. The transparency seal shall contain the following information: (i) the agency’s mandates and functions, names of its officials with their position and designation, and contact information; (ii) annual reports, as required under National Budget Circular Nos. 507 and 507-A dated January 31, 2007 and June 12, 2007, respectively, for the last three (3) years; (iii) their respective approved budgets and corresponding targets immediately upon approval of this Act; (iv) major programs and projects categorized in accordance with the five key results areas under E.O. No. 43, s. 2011 (v) the program/projects beneficiaries as identified in the applicable special provisions; (vi) status of implementation and program/project evaluation and/or assessment reports; and (vii) annual procurement plan, contracts awarded and the name of contractors/suppliers/consultants.
The respective heads of the agencies shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with this section.
A Transparency Seal, prominently displayed on the main page of the website of a particular government agency, is a certificate that it has complied with the requirements of Section 93. This Seal links to a page within the agency’s website which contains an index of downloadable items of each of the above-mentioned documents.

Department Directory

Ms. Carleen S. Sedilla
Schools Division Superintendent
8538-6900 local 101
carleen_sedilla@deped.gov.ph
sdo.quezoncity@deped.gov.ph

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