Department of Education of the Philippines

E202368

executive department government ministry

The Department of Education of the Philippines is the national executive department responsible for formulating, implementing, and coordinating policies, programs, and projects in formal and non-formal basic education across the country.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Department of Education (Philippines)	24
Department of Education of the Philippines canonical	5
Department of Education Philippines	4
DepEd	2
Bureau of Education of the Philippines	1
DepEd Central Office	1
DepEd Executive Committee	1
DepEd Secretary	1
Department of Education (Philippines) for basic education	1
Kagawaran ng Edukasyon	1
Ministry of Education and Culture (Philippines)	1
Philippine Department of Education NCR	1
Philippine Department of Education, Culture and Sports	1
present-day Department of Education (Philippines)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1802180 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Department of Education of the Philippines
Context triple: [Philippine government, hasAgency, Department of Education of the Philippines]

A. Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education is Egypt’s governmental body responsible for overseeing and regulating the country’s pre-university education system and related policies.
B. Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education is a government department responsible for overseeing a country's education system, including schools, curricula, and educational policy.
C. Administración Nacional de Educación Pública
La Administración Nacional de Educación Pública es el organismo estatal autónomo responsable de la gestión y regulación de la educación pública en Uruguay.
D. Department of Basic Education
The Department of Basic Education is the South African government ministry responsible for overseeing primary and secondary schooling, curriculum development, and education policy implementation nationwide.
E. Department of Education
The Department of Education is an academic unit focused on research and teaching in education, learning, and pedagogy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Department of Education of the Philippines
Target entity description: The Department of Education of the Philippines is the national executive department responsible for formulating, implementing, and coordinating policies, programs, and projects in formal and non-formal basic education across the country.

A. Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education is Egypt’s governmental body responsible for overseeing and regulating the country’s pre-university education system and related policies.
B. Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education is a government department responsible for overseeing a country's education system, including schools, curricula, and educational policy.
C. Administración Nacional de Educación Pública
La Administración Nacional de Educación Pública es el organismo estatal autónomo responsable de la gestión y regulación de la educación pública en Uruguay.
D. Department of Basic Education
The Department of Basic Education is the South African government ministry responsible for overseeing primary and secondary schooling, curriculum development, and education policy implementation nationwide.
E. Department of Education
The Department of Education is an academic unit focused on research and teaching in education, learning, and pedagogy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	executive department ⓘ government ministry ⓘ
abbreviation	DepEd ⓘ linked to: Department of Education of the Philippines
coordinatesWith	Commission on Higher Education (Philippines) ⓘ linked to: Commission on Higher Education of the Philippines Technical Education and Skills Development Authority ⓘ linked to: Technical Education and Skills Development Authority of the Philippines
country	Philippines ⓘ
formerName	Department of Education, Culture and Sports ⓘ Department of Instruction ⓘ Department of Public Instruction ⓘ
headquartersBuilding	DepEd Complex, Meralco Avenue, Pasig ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines ⓘ linked to: Lungsod ng Pasig
jurisdiction	Philippines ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	English ⓘ Filipino ⓘ linked to: Tagalog
legalBasis	Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001 ⓘ Republic Act No. 9155 ⓘ
mandate	coordinate education projects ⓘ ensure access to basic education ⓘ formulate education policies ⓘ implement education programs ⓘ promote equity in basic education ⓘ promote quality basic education ⓘ
nativeName	Kagawaran ng Edukasyon ⓘ linked to: Department of Education of the Philippines
oversees	K–12 basic education program in the Philippines ⓘ public elementary schools in the Philippines ⓘ public schools in the Philippines ⓘ public secondary schools in the Philippines ⓘ
parentOrganization	Government of the Philippines ⓘ linked to: Philippine government
partOf	Cabinet of the Philippines ⓘ
predecessor	Bureau of Education ⓘ Department of Public Instruction ⓘ
responsibleFor	basic education ⓘ curriculum standards for basic education ⓘ development of learning resources for basic education ⓘ elementary education ⓘ formal basic education ⓘ non-formal basic education ⓘ public school system management ⓘ secondary education ⓘ senior high school education ⓘ teacher standards in basic education ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
sector	education ⓘ
shortName	DepEd ⓘ linked to: Department of Education of the Philippines
supervises	public school districts ⓘ regional offices of the Department of Education ⓘ schools division offices ⓘ
website	https://www.deped.gov.ph/ ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philippine government → hasAgency → Department of Education of the Philippines ⓘ

Committee on Education, Arts and Culture of the Senate of the Philippines → oversightSubject → Department of Education of the Philippines ⓘ

Department of Education (Philippines) → nativeName → Kagawaran ng Edukasyon ⓘ

subject linked to: Department of Education of the Philippines