Our Vision
We dream of Filipinos who passionately love their country and whose values and competencies enable them to realize their full potential and contribute meaningfully to building the nation.
As a learner-centered public institution, the Department of Education continuously improves itself to better serve its stakeholders.
Our Mission
To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality, equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education where:
- Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and motivating environment.
- Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture every learner.
- Administrators and staff, as stewards of the institution, ensure an enabling and supportive environment for effective learning to happen.
- Family, community, and other stakeholders are actively engaged and share responsibility for developing life-long learners.
Our Core Values
Maka-Diyos — God-centered
Makatao — Humane
Makakalikasan — Environmentally conscious
Makabansa — Nationalistic
These core values guide every program, policy, and decision made by the DepEd Division of Ozamiz City in pursuit of quality basic education for all learners.
Our Mandate
The DepEd Division of Ozamiz City is committed to delivering accessible and quality basic education across the city's public elementary and secondary schools. Guided by the national DepEd vision and mission, the division ensures that curriculum standards, teacher development, and school governance are implemented effectively at the local level, in coordination with DepEd Region X and the central office.