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School
Curriculum
Philippines
Public
School
Curriculum
Model
Adora
A.
Barnachea
CE
217
Graduate
Program,
Miriam
College
Sept.
20,
2013
Pre-Spanish
Times
informal,
unstructured,
and
devoid
of
methods.
Children
were
provided
more
vocational
training
and
less
academics
(3
Rs)
by
their
parents
and
in
the
houses
of
tribal
tutors.
Development
of
Philippine
Education
Spanish
system
Education
was
religion-oriented;
It
was
for
the
elite
class
only
Liberalized
through
the
enactment
of
the
Educational
Decree
of
1863
or
the
free
public
education
system
in
the
Philippines;
the
rst
in
Asia
Provided
for
the
establishment
of
at
least
one
primary
school
for
boys
and
girls
in
each
town
under
the
responsibility
of
the
municipal
government;
and
the
establishment
of
a
normal
school
for
male
teachers
under
the
supervision
of
the
Jesuits.
Primary
instruction
was
free
and
available
to
every
Filipino
regardless
of
ethnicity
and
socio-economic
status
Development
of
Philippine
Education
Malolos
Constitution
-
A
system
of
free
and
compulsory
elementary
education
was
established
Schurman
Commission
-
An
adequate
secularized
and
improved
free
public
school
system
An
overcrowded
curriculum
Committee
on
Information
Technology,
especially
in
Grade
I-III
resulted
in
poor
Science,
Mathematics,
Education
&
performance
of
pupils
in
the
other
Technology.
elementary
grades.
Students
needed
longer
time
in
science
and
mathematics
2002
Basic
Education
CurriculumBawat
Graduate
Bayani
at
Marangal
(DepED,
April
5,
2002).
New
Secondary
Education
Curriculum
(NSEC)
Studies/Researches
Findings/Recommendation
Our
students
are
decient
in
reading
ability.
Aurora
Roldan,
Present
Realities
in
They
have
not
developed
the
higher
order
thinking
skills
even
at
Grade
V.
There
is
the
Reading
Education
danger
of
reverting
to
illiteracy
if
the
students
dropped
out
before
completing
Grade
VI.
Third
International
Mathematics
&
The
Philippines
ranked
39th
out
of
42
Science
Study
(TIMMS)
countries
which
participated
in
the
study,
Allan
B.
I.
Bernardo,
The
Learning
In
comparison
with
other
countries,
the
Process:
The
Neglected
Phenomenon
in
Philippine
science
syllabus
contained
Science
and
Mathematics
Education
more
topics
suggesting
that
the
Reform
in
the
Philippines
curriculum
is
still
congested.
2002
Basic
Education
CurriculumBawat
Graduate
Bayani
at
Marangal
(DepED,
April
5,
2002).
BEC
2002/RBEC
2002
* According
to
then-Sec.
of
Education
Raul
Roco,
the
2002
BEC
was
based
on
a
16-year
study
(starting
in
1986).
Implementation
of
RBEC
was
based
on
Executive
Order
No.
46,
which
in
turn
was
based
on
recommendations
of
the
Philippine
Commission
on
Educational
Reforms
(PCER),
created
on
Dec.
7,
1998.
* Less
than
a
year
later
(on
June
12,
2003),
a
new
curriculum
(the
Revised
BEC)
was
signed
into
law.
BEC
2002/RBEC
2002
BEC
2002/RBEC
2002
Rationale
of
2002
BEC/RBEC
2002
* The
2002
Basic
Education
Curriculum
(DepEd,
Apr.
5,
2002),
cited
several
reasons
why
the
basic
education
curriculum
should
be
restructured.
Science
Nagagamit
ang
Filipino
sa
mabisang
Filipino pakikipagtalastasan
(pasalita
at
pasulat);
nagpapamalas
ng
kahusayan
sa
pagsasaayos
ng
ibat
ibang
impormasyon
at
mensaheng
narinig
at
nabasa
para
sa
kapakinabangang
pansarili
atpangkapwa
at
sa
patuloy
na
pagkatuto
upang
makaangkop
sa
mabilis
na
pagbabagong
nagaganap
sa
daigdig
Curriculum
Structure
of
2002
BEC/RBEC
Nagagamit
ang
sariling
kaalaman
at
Edukasyong saloobin
sa
pagpapaunlad
ng
sarili
at
Pangtahanan at pamilya
Pangkabuhayan (EPP) Nagagamit
ang
kaalaman,
kasanayan
at
saloobin
sa
pagpapaunlad
ng
Grade (4-6) pamayanan
Figure
shows
the
distribution
of
12
years
in
the
Enhanced
Basic
Education
Cycle
of
the
country.
Schooling
will
commence
at
Kindergarten
(K),
then
the
primary
education
(Grades
1-6),
then
the
junior
high
school
(Grades
7-10),
and
senior
high
school
(Grades
11
&
12).
K
12
Vision
Filipino
graduates
are
envisioned:
* Possess
sucient
mastery
of
basic
competencies
(e.g.,
literacy,
numeracy,
problem
solving,
etc)
to
develop
themselves
to
the
fullest;
* Be
emotionally
developed
and
competent
to
live
a
meaningful
life;
* Be
socially
aware,
pro-active,
and
involved
in
public
and
civic
aairs
and
contribute
to
the
development
of
a
progressive,
just
and
humane
society;
* Be
adequately
prepared
for
the
world
of
work
or
entrepreneurship
or
higher
education;
* Be
legally
employable;
and
* Be
globally
competitive.
K
12
Vision
In
addition,
they
are
characterized
graduates
who:
* Possess
healthy
mind
and
body;
* There
will
be
the
same
six
years
of
elementary
education,
but
students
entering
secondary
level
will
begin
their
junior
high
school
as
Grade
7.
Junior
High
School
is
for
four
years
(Grades
7
to
10)
and
Senior
High
School
(SHS)
is
for
two
years
(Grades
11
to
12).
* The
additional
two
years
of
SHS
would
mean
that
the
high
school
graduates
are
better
prepared
for
whatever
path
they
will
choose,
and
they
are
of
legal
age
(18
years
old)
to
be
lawfully
employed.
K
12
Implementation
Schedule
* The
implementation
of
the
K
to
12
program
will
be
phased.
Universal
kindergarten
was
oered
starting
SY
2011-2012.
By
SY
2012-2013,
the
new
curriculum
will
be
oered
to
incoming
Grade
1
as
well
as
to
incoming
junior
high
school
students
(Grade
7).
The
target
of
DepEd
is
to
put
in
place
the
necessary
infrastructure
and
other
necessary
arrangements
needed
to
provide
Senior
High
School
(SHS)
education
by
SY
2016-2017.
K
12
Key
Changes
in
the
Elementary
Curriculum
Medium
of
instruction:
From
the
use
of
bilingual
education
(English
and
Filipino),
the
K
to
12
will
be
institutionalizing
the
Mother
Tongue-Based
Multilingual
Education
from
Grades
1
to
3.
The
Mother
Tongue
will
be
the
medium
of
instruction
from
Grades
1
to
3.
Learning
areas:
Mother
Tongue
will
be
an
additional
learning
area
under
K
to
12
from
Grades
1
to
3.
Music,
Arts,
Physical
Education
and
Health
(MAPEH)
is
taught
starting
Grade
1.
Assessment:
Grade
6
NAT
will
be
replaced
by
an
End-of-
Grade
6
Assessment
and
will
serve
both
as
an
exit
examination
for
Grade
6
and
entrance
examination
for
Grade
7.
K
12
Key
Changes
in
the
Elementary
Curriculum
The
mother
tongue
or
the
childs
rst
language
will
be
used
as
the
primary
medium
of
instruction
from
preschool
until
at
least
Grade
3.
The
mother
tongue
will
be
the
main
vehicle
to
teach
understanding
and
mastery
of
all
subjects
such
as
mathematics,
science,
Araling
Panlipunan,
Edukasyon
sa
Pagpapakatao,
Music,
Arts,
Physical
Education
and
Health
(MAPEH),
Filipino
and
English.
Mother
tongue
as
a
subject
and
as
a
language
of
teaching
will
be
introduced
in
Grade
1
for
conceptual
understanding.
Other
languages
are
introduced
as
separate
subjects
starting
Grade
2.
Oral
and
written
Filipino
are
introduced
in
the
rst
semester
and
oral
English
in
the
second
semester.
K
12
Mother
Tongue
Twelve
major
languages
shall
be
oered
as
a
learning
area
and
utilized
as
language
of
instruction
starting
school
year
2012-2013.
They
are
as
follows:
Tagalog
Kapampangan
Pangasinense
Iloko
Bikol
Cebuano
Hiligaynon
Waray
Bahasa-sug
Maguindanaoan
Meranao
Chabacano
K
12
Mother
Tongue
Medium
of
Instruction
per
Grade
Level
Learning
Areas
G1
G2
G3
G4
G5
G6
Language
Arts
-
Filipino
Filipino
-
English
English
-
Mother
Tongue
Mother
Tongue
Science
MT
English
Mathematics
Mother
Tongue
English
Araling
Panlipunan
(AP)
Mother
Tongue
Filipino
Edukasyong
Pantahanan
at
Filipino
Eng.
Pangkabuhayan
(EPP)
MAPEH
Mother
Tongue
Filipino
Edukasyon
sa
Pagpapakatao
Mother
Tongue
Filipino