This document provides a historical overview of studies conducted on the Philippine education system from 1925 to 2012, which found inadequacies in the basic education curriculum. It then outlines the key features and implementation timeline of the K-12 basic education reform launched in 2012, which extended the K-6 elementary and 4-year high school system to include 2 additional years of senior high school. The reform aims to enhance the curriculum, offer specializations, and better prepare students for higher education or the workforce. However, some argue the reform will increase financial burden on families and government without necessarily improving education quality.

1. Reported By:
Daisog, Leony G
Bombane, Christine R.
III- H BSE SOC.STUD

2. Historical Background
As early as 1925, studies have observed the inadequacy of the
basic education curriculum
• Monroe Survey (1925)
• Prosser Survey (1930)
• UNESCO Mission Survey (1949)
• Education Act of 1953
• Swanson Survey (1960)
• Presidential Commission to Survey Philippine Education
(PCSPE)(1970)
• Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM) Report
(1991)
• Presidential Commission on Educational Reforms (2000)
• Presidential Task Force on Education (2008)
• PNOY LAUNCHED K-12 (April 24, 2012)

3. K-12 Framework

4. 2
years
• Senior High School
4
years
• Junior High School
6
years
• Elementary
1
year
• Kindergarten
K-6-4-2 System

5. SY
2015-
2016 • Grade 10
SY
2014-
2015 • Grade 9
SY
2013-
2014
• Grade 8
SY
2012-
2013 • Grade 7
Implementation of Junior HS

6. SY
2017-
2018
• Grade 12
SY
2016-
2017
• Grade 11
Implementation of Senior HS

7. Implementation of K-12

8. Key Features of K to 12
• Enhancement of the basic education
curriculum is the central focus of K to 12.
• The enhanced curriculum will offer areas of
specialization or electives such as science and
technology, arts, sports, journalism, tech-voc,
foreign language, entreperneurship, and
subjects for advanced placement.

9. New Features of the K-12 Basic
Education Curriculum
• Mother Tongue as a learning area and
medium of instruction.
• MAPEH (Music, Arts, Physical Education, and
Health) begins in Grade 1

10. Learning Areas for Grade 1 to 6
Grade 1 to 6
Learning Areas
Mother Tongue 1-3
English 1-6
Filipino 1-6
Mathematics 1-6
Araling Panlipunan 1-6
Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao 1-6
Science 3-6
MAPEH 1-6
EPP 4-5
TLE 6

11. SAMPLE CLASS PROGRAMMING
Grade 1
Time Learning Areas Number of Minutes
7:00-7:15 Pambansang Awit
7:15-7:25 Homeroom
7:25-7:55 Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao 30
7:55-8:45 Mother Tongue 50
8:45-9:15 Filipino 30
9:15-9:35 RECESS
9:35-10:15 Araling Panlipunan 40
10:15-10:45 English (Oral Fluency) 30
2nd Semester
10:45-11:35 Mathematics 50
1:00-1:30 Remediation, Reinforcement,
Enrichment Activities or Optional
Religious Instruction
1:30-2:10 MAPEH 40
TOTAL 240/270

12. Academic
Grades Specialization:
• Core Academic Areas (5) Engineering/
Journalism/Foreign
11-12 Language
Grade • Core Academic Areas(8) include Tech-Voc
TLE (choice of Agri-Fishery, Industrial
Specialization
10 Arts, HE or ICT)
Sports/Arts
Grade • Core Academic Areas (8) include
TLE (choice of Agri-Fishery, Industrial Specialization
9 Arts, HE or ICT)
Grade • Core Academic Areas (8) include
TLE (choice of Agri-Fishery, Industrial MODEL 2
8 Arts, HE or ICT)
Junior/Senior HS
Grade • Core Academic Areas (8) include Curriculum
TLE (choice of Agri-Fishery, Industrial
7 Arts, HE or ICT)

13. Why or
Why Not to K-12?

14. Pros

15. Pros
• Our graduates are not automatically recognized as
professionals abroad.

16. Pros
• The poor quality of basic education is reflected in the
low achievement scores of Filipino students.

17. Pros
• Most graduates are too young to enter the
labor force.

18. Pros
• “The short basic education program affects
the human development of the Filipino
children.”

19. CONS

20. Cons
• As far as the curriculum is concerned, DepEd should fix the
current subjects instead of adding new ones. The problem is
the content, not the length, of basic education. As an editorial
put it, we need to have better education, not more education.

21. Cons
• Parents have to shell out more money (for
transportation and food) for the education of
their children.

22. Cons
• The government does not have the money to pay for two
more years of free education, since it does not even have the
money to fully support today’s ten years.

23. Cons
• A high school diploma will not get anybody
anywhere, because business firms will not hire
fresh high school graduates.

24. Cons
• Every family dreams of having a child graduate
from college.

25. Cons
• While students are stuck in Grades 11 and 12,
colleges and universities will have no freshmen for
two years. This will spell financial disaster for many
private Higher Education Institutions (HEIs).

26. Cons
• The drop-out rate will increase because of the
two extra years.

27. How will we teach Araling Panlipunan
under K-12 Curriculum?
The Conceptual
Framework of Araling
Panlipunan
(Grade 1 - 7)

29. • Naipamamalas ang pagunawa sa mga konsepto at pagaaral ng mga
tao at grupo, komunidad at lipunan kung paano sila namuhay at
namumuhay, ang kanilang ugnayan at interaksyon sa kapaligiran
at sa isa’t isa, at ang kanilang mga paniniwala at kultura upang makabuo
ng pagkakakilanlan bilang Pilipino, tao at miyembro ng bansa at mundo;
maunawaan ang sariling lipunan gamit ang mga kasanayan sa
pananaliksik, pagsisiyasat, mapanuring pagiisip, matalinong pagpapasya,
pagkamalikhain, pakikipagkapwa, likas kayang paggamit ng pinagkukunang-
yaman at pakikipagtalastasan tungo sa isang mapanuri, mapagmuni,
responsable, produktibo, makakalikasan, makatao at
makabansa na may pambansa at pandaigdigang pananaw at pagpapahalaga
sa mga usapin sa lipunan sa nakaraan at kasalukuyan tungo sa
pagpanday ng kinabukasan.

30. Insist? Resist?

31. Wait for the final paper: )))

32. References:
• http://www.google.com.ph/#hl=fil&sclient=psy-ab&q=deped+framewok+for+k-
12&oq=deped+framewok+for+k-
12&gs_l=hp.3...134056.143566.5.144263.22.20.2.0.0.0.243.3106.0j17j3.20.0...0.0...
• http://www.slideshare.net/search/slideshow?searchfrom=header&q=k-12+
• http://www.gov.ph/downloads/2012/01jan/AP-Grade-1-and-7-Revised-TWG-Feb-18.pdf
• http://www.gov.ph/k-12/
• http://www.scribd.com/doc/55520272/Proposed-K-12-Basic-Education-System-in-The-
Philippines