To: Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries
Bureau, Regional, Center, Service and Cultural and Attached Agency Directors
Schools Superintendents and Other Field Officials
All Others Concerned

1. In line with the continuing organizational streamlining effort of DECS in order to achieve our basic education objectives and targets for 1997, the following assignments of undersecretaries and assistant secretaries are hereby announced:
   1. Undersecretary Erlinda C. Pefianco is designated Undersecretary for Academic Programs, Culture and International Cooperation in Education, with functional responsibility for matters pertaining to the curriculum and instruction; culture and the arts; international linkages in education; foreign-assisted projects; substantive components of in¬-service training and instructional materials. She will exercise supervision, in behalf of the Secretary, over the Bureau of Elementary Education (BEE); Bureau of Secondary Education (BSE); School Health and Nutrition Center (SHNC), Educational Development Projects Implementing Task Force (EDPITAF); the Instructional Materials Development Center (IMDC) and its successor agency the DECS Learning Materials Center (DLMC); The National Science Teaching Instrumentation Center (NSTIC); and the Office of Cultural Affairs.
      Undersecretary Pefianco shall likewise coordinate with and maintain linkages with the National Commission on Culture and Arts and the various cultural agencies and non¬government organizations working in the field of culture.
   2. Undersecretary Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura is designated as Undersecretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs with functional responsibility over all legal matters and legislative liaison, as well as special supervision over the schoolbuilding and desk programs; and coordination with local governments on education matters and with the COMELEC on election matter. Undersecretary Nachura will exercise supervision over the Legal Division, the Department Legislative Liaison Office; and the units of the Department handling the schoolbuilding and desk programs.
   3. Undersecretary Alejandro Wilfredo D. Clemente is designated as Undersecretary for Resource Generation, Sports and Systems Development with responsibility for fund generation and business development of the Department’s assets; educational modernization and technology development; sports; systems development and improvement and other special projects that may be assigned by the Secretary. Undersecretary Clemente will exercise supervision, in behalf of the Secretary, over the Bureau of Physical Education and School Sports (BPESS), the Center for Educational Technology (CET) and the National Educators Academy of the Philippines (NEAP).
   4. Undersecretary Gutierrez A. Mangansakan is designated Undersecretary for Non Formal Education, Regional Coordination, and Moslem and Indigenous People’s Education, with functional responsibility for matters pertaining to adult literacy and non- formal education; coordination between DECS and the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the Offices of Northern and Southern Cultural Communities (ONCC and OSCC), the Office of Moslem Affairs (OMA) and other government and non-government organizations concerned with indigenous people’s education. He shall likewise be special coordinator for the Comprehensive Mindanao Educational Program (CMEP); the DECS-sa-Barangay Program; and Special Assistant to the undersigned as the Cabinet Officer for Regional Development of Region XII.
      Undersecretary Mangansakan will exercise supervision, in behalf of the Secretary, over the Bureau of Non-Formal Education (BNFE); and the regional offices of Mindanao.
   5. Assistant Secretary Marcial A. Salvatierra is designated as Assistant Secretary for Academic Programs and International Cooperation in Education to assist Undersecretary Erlinda C. Pefianco.
      In addition to the above-mentioned main function, he shall supervise the Instructional Materials Development Center (IMDC) and its transition to the DECS Learning Materials Center (DLMC).
   6. Assistant Secretary Ramon C. Bacani is designated Assistant Secretary for Planning, Administration and Human Resources Development, with responsibility for all matters pertaining to planning and project development; provision of administrative and other general services; and HRD related services and programs.
      He will exercise supervision over the Planning Service (PS), the Administrative Service (AS), and the Human Resources Development Service (HRDS).
   7. Assistant Secretary Josefina B. Nisperos is designated Assistant Secretary for Finance with responsibility for all matters pertaining to budget, finance and management services of the Department.
      She will exercise supervision over the Finance and Management Service (FMS).
   8. Assistant Secretary Reno A. Capinpin is designated Assistant Secretary for Legal Affairs to assist Undersecretary Nachura.
      In addition to the above-mentioned main functions, Assistant Secretary Capinpin has special responsibility for the school-sites titling program.
2. This delineation of functions is without prejudice to special projects which the Secretary may, from time to time, assign to any one of the Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries.

This order is effective February 1, 1997.

Reference:
DECS Order: No. 75, s. 1995
Allotment: l-2-(M.O. 1-87)

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BUREAUS & OFFICES
OFFICIALS
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