To:    Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau Directors
Regional Directors
Schools Superintendents
Presidents, State Colleges and Universities
Heads of Private Schools, Colleges and Universities
Vocational School Superintendents/ Administrators

1.   In view of some changes in the DECS organizational set-up, the composition of the Secondary Education Development Program Council (SEDPC), stipulated in Loan Agreement 898 PHI (SF) Schedule 6 and in DECS Order No. 26, s. 1988, is hereby revised as follows:

                Chairman  –  DECS Secretary or his/her representative

                Voting Members:

                a.   Undersecretary for Programs and Projects and Foreign Assisted Projects

                b.   Undersecretary for Finance and Administration

                c.   Assistant Secretary for Planning

                d.   Director of the Bureau of Secondary Education

                e.  General Manager of the Instructional Materials Corporation (IMC)

            f.   Three Regional Directors (one each representing Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao) to be chosen by and among themselves.

2.   The following will be ex-officio non-voting members who will be called upon from time to time as necessary:  (a) representative from FAPE, (b) representative from NEDA, and (c) representative from OBM.

3.   The Council shall be responsible for policies relating to the implementation of secondary education programs and the formulation of guidelines on project implementation.

4.   The Project Management Unit (PMU) is responsible for the day-to-day management and coordination of the SEDP in accordance with the provisions of loan and grant agreements and existing DECS-EDPITAF organizational and operating policies. The PMU shall also act as the secretariat to the SEDPC.

5.   A close collaboration of the BSE and the PMU should be observed to insure the smooth implementation of SEDP projects.

6.   DECS Order NO. 26, s. 1988, and other regulations not consistent with this Order are hereby superseded.

                                                                                                                    ( SGD. ) ISIDRO D. CARINO
Secretary

Reference:
DECS Order:  (No. 26, s. 1988)

Allotment:          1-2-3-4—(M.O. 1-87)

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