THE Department of Education (DepEd) has maintained its ISO Certification for Quality Management Systems (QMS) during the Surveillance Audit on its National QMS Pilot Offices performed earlier this month, the agency said Monday.

Under the concurrent leadership of Vice President Sara Duterte, DepEd was able to implement, maintain, and sustain “continual improvement”, according to the Surveillance Audit conducted on June 6 and 7 by TÜV NORD, one of the world’s biggest Inspection, Certification and Testing organizations.

The surveillance was for the ISO 9001:2015 Certification received by the department in 2022 for its NQMS Pilot Offices which certifies the improvement of systems and processes and consistency in delivering quality services.

The audit yielded no nonconformities for the DepEd NQMS Pilot Offices, namely the Central Office, Regional Office (RO) 4-A Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) Schools Division Office (SDO) of Biñan City, Biñan Elementary School (BES), and Biñan Integrated National High School (BINHS).

This year, Undersecretary and Chief of Staff Michael Wesley Poa led the executive committee in the audit for Top Management, together with Quality Management Representative Undersecretary Gloria Jumamil-Mercado.

Undersecretaries Annalyn Sevilla, Revsee Escobedo, Nolasco Mempin and Omar Romero, and Assistant Secretaries Alma Torio, G.H. Ambat, Dexter Galban and Noel Baluyan also attended as the agency’s representatives for Top Management.

The pilot offices in RO 4-A were led by Regional Director Alberto Escobarte, Division Superintendent Manuela Tolentino (SDO Biñan), and School Heads Pilar de Castro and Oliver Caliwag (Biñan Elementary School and Biñan Integrated National High School).