1. In accordance with DepEd Order No. 16, s. 2024, which recognizes the importance of establishing research partnerships with several teacher education institutions (TEIs), this Office informs the field on the interim guidelines on the funding of research projects by the Teacher Education Council-Teacher Quality Development Program (TEC-TQDP).
2. The policy provides the guiding principles and operational framework for the implementation of research projects funded through the TEC-TQDP. This also provides guidelines for the operationalization of research funding to all identified Centers of Excellence (COEs) and members of the National Network of Normal Schools (3Ns) which shall cover the funding, approval, monitoring and evaluation, and reporting of research outputs
3. Enclosed is the DepEd Order for your full reference
4. For related concerns, you may contact Teacher Education Council Secretariat, through email at tec@deped.gov.ph or at telephone number (02) 8638-6172.
5. Immediate and widest dissemination of this Memorandum is directed.
