From the booklet, Visitors’ Guide to Quezon City (Division of City Schools, Quezon

City Edition)

We are changing - fast. Our dynamos are the young people in our school system, in
our training centers, in our entrepreneurial start-ups. Quezon City has the largest
school-age population in the Philippines. Many have called our City the education
center because we have the most number of training centers and tertiary educational
institutions in the country.

Our City landscape will be dotted with more and more ICT companies, as they view
us as a cost-effective business location. Thus, our City government will work harder
to bridge the knowledge and skills gap in information technology, especially among
our poor children -- through increased ratios of students to computers, more e-
libraries and Internet laboratories, full operationalization of the IT-Centrex building,
and expanded training programs for City school graduates to meet the requirements
of business process outsourcing companies.

(Belmonte Jr., Feliciano, former mayor, 5)

VISION Statement

Through education, Quezon City will be transformed into metropolis where the
people are peaceful, progressive, globally competitive, responsive to the demands of
the technologically advancing society and united in their common aspiration of
achieving richer and fuller lives in the service of God and country.

MISSION Statement

The Division of City Schools, Quezon City is committed to provide ACCESS to

QUALITY BASIC EDUCATION particularly to the DEPRESSED, DEPRIVED, and
UNDERSERVED communities within its jurisdiction in order to produce
MORALLY UPRIGHT, HEALTHY, ECONOMICALLY SELF-SUFFICIENT,
PEACE LOVING citizens responsive to the needs of the community and country.

Programs and Projects

• Pupil Development (Early Childhood, Pre-School, Special Ed, MADRASAH,

Young Writers, Literacy Program, Home Study Program, Remedial Instruction, Fund
Assistance, Education for All, Project EASE, Project REAP, Text for Teach Program,
School Waste Management (SWARM))
• Alternative Learning System (Basic Literacy, Tuloy-Aral, Balik-Paaralan Out of
School Adults, Literacy Program in Payatas, Functional Literacy Program with
Income Generating Project, Livelihood Program with Computer Literacy)

• Staff Development and Cultural Environment Development Program (Training for

Administrators, Teaching, and Non-teaching Personnel, Attendance to Summer
Classes, National Competency-Based-Teacher Standard, Teacher Induction Program,
Incentives/Awards to Deserving Teachers, Search for Model Teaching and Non-
teaching Personnel, Conflict Management)

• Instructional Materials Development (Textbooks, Acquisition of Classroom Tools

and Equipment, Computerization Program)

• Community Development / Involvement (Tuloy-Aral Campaign, Skills Training

Program, Barangay Sports and Cultural Program, Linis-Ganda/Clean and Green
Project, Brigada Eskuwela)

• Sport and Cultural Development

• Special Program and Projects (SB Center for Technology, SB Negotech Center, SB
Pre-School Education, SB Center for Student Leadership, SB E-Libraries, SB Center
for Excellence (Centrex), School Feeding Program)

Human Development Investments

• School buildings

• Becoming More and More IT Relevant (GILAS Program with Ayala Foundation, E-
Libraries automation with Ateneo De Manila U Rizal Library, IT Centrex Building)

• Strengthening Capabilities in Science and Math (Intensifying teaching in English,

Science, and Math)

• Adding the Dimension of Values (Values Education)

• Ensuring Religious Parity in Education (Madrasah education program)

• Strengthening Tertiary and Advanced Education (Scholarship and Youth

Development Program with most of the recepients are enrolled in QC Polytechnic
University with full degree courses in Entrepreneurship, ICT, and Industrial
Engineering)
Updates on QC Government’s Programs and Projects:
Go to The Local Government Of Quezon City Web site
http://www.quezoncity.gov.ph