LET General Education Table of Competencies

For the elementary level, the General Education component of the LET comprises 40% of the
entire grade. For the LET Secondary, it comprises only 20%.

The General Education section of the LET covers five areas: Filipino, English, Math, Natural
Sciences, and Social Sciences. English is given a weight of 25%, Filipino 15%, and the other
three 20% each. Here are the competencies for the General Education section of the LET:

English

• Use English language correctly

• Communicate in English effectively
• Comprehend written texts
• Interpret messages of and derive lessons from literary pieces

Filipino

• Use the Filipino language correctly

• Communicate in Filipino effectively
• Comprehend written texts
• Interpret messages of and derive lessons from literary pieces

Mathematics

• Use of four fundamental operations in problem solving

o Operations with whole numbers, decimals, fraction and integers
o Least common multiples; greater common factor
o Divisibility rules
o Ratio and proportion
o Percentage rate and Base
• Measurement and units of measure
o Perimeter
o Area
o Volume
o Capacity
o Weight
• Number Theory
o Prime, composite and denominate numbers
o Prime factorization

Natural Sciences
 • Utilize scientific knowledge in the preservation of human life and conservation of the
earth’s resources
o Relate scientific theories to actual happenings and natural and may induced
calamities
o Utilize biological knowledge and theories in the improvement at preservation of
the quality of life
o Apply knowledge and theories of physical sciences in the improvement of the
quality of life
• Apply scientific knowledge and principles for the improvement of human resources and
socio-economic development
• Identify problems and suggest solutions related to personal and community

Social Sciences

• Human Rights
o Comprehend basic concepts about rights to life, human dignity, physical integrity,
extent and limits of state authority, good name and honor of human person, etc.
o Manifest knowledge of varied perspectives as a member of society whose rights
and duties affect him/her in the family, in civil, professional and religious society,
and international relations.
• Peace and Global Education
o Identify global trends and realities and analyze if they facilitate peaceful, just and
sustainable world order.
o Become familiar with key concepts, skills and values in peace and global
education.
• Values Ethics/Moral Education
o Increase one’s awareness of himself and the other significant factors around him
o Explain the evolution of basic human values as products of the ongoing dynamics
of family life in general and the Filipino family in particular.
o Examine the processes of values transformation in the human life cycle both from
the theoretical literature and from personal experiential knowledge.
• Economics (Taxation. Land Reform, Cooperatives)
o Be exposed to the fundamental precepts of taxation, the laws on Land Reform and
its applications.
o Apply these fundamental precepts to the cooperative movement as viewed within
the Philippine control.
• Sociology and Culture
o Gain awareness to various social issues as poverty, drugs, prostitution, and how
these can evaluated from our own culture and within the cultural perspective of
other countries.