THE DEPARTMENT of Education has created the Private Education Office to provide support to private education institutions.

“With the establishment of the PEO, DepEd can now fully exercise its supervisory and regulatory functions and continue to implement programs of assistance to schools, learners, teachers, and other personnel in private education,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said.

The PEO will handle all cases involving private education at the DepEd Central Office, and primarily assist the Secretary in ensuring that the department’s mandate is fulfilled in all levels of governance identified in Republic Act 9155.

“Aside from supervision and regulation of private schools, the Department also provides support to private education through technical and financial assistance,” Briones added.

The PEO is expected to lead a whole-of-agency approach toward the institutionalization of public-private complementarity through appropriate interventions including, but not limited to, the development of strategic directions and frameworks on the complementary roles of public and private institutions in the basic education system.

It will also act on, or when warranted, make recommendations to the Secretary on matters concerning private education that are elevated to the DepEd Central Office and monitor their resolution.