1. Pursuant to DepEd Memorandum No. 053, s. 2026, this Office, through the Curriculum Implementation Division (CID), would like to inform all qualified and interested learners and their parents, and all public and private school personnel that the Regular Philippine Educational Placement Test (PEPT) shall be administered in November 2026 at Dasmarinas Integrated High School. Final schedule of the Regular PEPT administration shall be disseminated through a separate issuance.

2. The PEPT is a nationally-administered assessment which allows learners in special circumstances to access or resume schooling and/or obtain a certificate of completion at a specific grade level within the DepEd formal education system.

3. Target registrants for the PEPT are the following:

0731 Division Memorandum No. 731 s. 2026