The Revised Basic Education Curriculum 2002 aimed to improve Philippine education standards. It sought to provide learners with knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to develop personally and contribute to society. It emphasized functional literacy and life skills. The curriculum was decongested into five core subjects - Filipino, English, Math, Science and Makabayan (civics). Values education was integrated across all subjects to develop learners who are patriotic, humane, environmentally conscious and spiritual. The goal was to produce well-rounded citizens through an interactive and skills-focused education system.

1. REFORMS FOR BASIC
EDUCATION
CURRICULUM

2. The Basic Education Act 1982 or
Batas Pambansa Blg. 232
Provide the general
objectives of elementary,
secondary and non-
formal education.

3. The Structure of the 2002 BEC
The objectives of elementary and secondary
education serve as the “official learning goals” of
basic education as started for a particular
population of learners; that is, the elementary and
secondary learners. The Bureau of Alternative
Learning System (Non-Formal Education) likewise
has a set of official learning goals for its particular
set of target learners –the out- of school youth and
adults.

4. The Objectives of Elementary Education
are as follows:
1. Provide the knowledge and develop the
skills, attitudes, and values for personal
development, a productive life, and
constructive engagement with a changing
social milleu;
2. Provide learning experiences that
increase the child’s awareness and
responsiveness to the just demand of

5. 3. Promote and intensify
awareness of identification with,
and love for our nation and the
community to which the learner
belongs; and
4. Promote experiences that
develop the learner’s orientation
to the world or work and prepare
the learners to engage in honest

6. The Objectives of Secondary
Education:
1. Continue the general education
started in elementary;
2. Prepare the learners for college;
and
3. Prepare the learners for the world
of work.

7. The Objectives of Non-Formal
Education:
1. Eradicate illiteracy and raise the level of
functional literacy of the population;
2. Provide an alternative means of learning
and certification for out-of-school youth and
adults; and
3. Develop among the learners the proper
values, attitude, and knowledge to enable
them to think critically and act creatively for
personal, community and national
development.

8. LEVELING THE PUPILS IN THE OLD CURRICULUM
PRE-SCHOOL ELEMENTARY LEVEL
(OPTIONAL) PRIMARY LEVEL INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
Ages 11-12 yrs. old
Ages 10-11 yrs. old Grade 6
Ages 9-10 yrs. old Grade 5
Ages 3-6 yrs. old Ages 8-9 yrs. old Grade 4
*Nursery Ages 7-8 yrs. old Grade 3
**Kinder I Ages 6-7 yrs. old Grade 2
***Kinder II Grade 1
HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL COLLEGE LEVEL
Secondary Level (two options)
Ages 15-16 yrs. old Vocational Course Bachelor Degree
Ages 14-15 yrs. old Fourth Year 2 years 4 to 6 years
Ages 13-14 yrs. old Third Year
Ages 12-13 yrs. Old Second Year
First Year

9. The Features of Basic Education Curriculum
1. Greater emphasis on helping every learner to
become more successful reader.
2. Emphasis on interactive/collaborative learning
approaches.
*Between teachers and students
*Between students and self-instructional
materials
*Between Students (collaborative learning)
*Between students and multimedia assisted
instruction
3. Emphasis on use of integrative learning
approaches.

10. 4. Greater focus on values formation
in all the subject areas. Every teacher
is a values education teacher.
5. Emphasis on the development of
self-reliant and patriotic citizens.
6. Emphasis on the use of effective
strategies for the development of
critical and creative thinking skills.

11. The Curriculum Structure of 2002 BEC:
* The CORE SUBJECTS:
Filipino; English; Math; Science (Science
and Health for Elem.); Science and
Technology for Secondary.
* The Experiential Area:
Makabayan: Araling Panlipunan; MAPEH
(Music, Arts, PE and Health); TLE;
Edukasyon sa Pagpapahalaga (“the
practice environment for holistic learning to
develop a healthy personal and national

12. Medium of Instruction:
Pursuant to the DedEd Bilingual Policy (Dep.Ed Order No. 52,
s, 1987), the media of instruction shall be as follows:
For Elementary Education:
-Filipino shall be used in the following areas: Filipino and
Makabayan
- English shall be used in the following learning areas:
English, Science, and Mathematics
For Secondary Education:
- Filipino: Edukasyon sa Pagpapahalaga (Values Education),
Araling Panlipunan, and Filipino
- English: Mathematics, Science and Technology, English,
Technology and Livelihood Education, Music, Arts, Physical
Education and Health/CAT.

13. Philosophy of Basic Education Curriculum:
* The ideal Filipino learners are empowered
learners; who are competent in learning how to
learn and have life skills so that they become self
developed persons who are Makabayan (patriotic),
Makatao (mindful of humanity), Makakalikasan
(respect of nature), and Maka-Diyos (Godly).
* Functional Literacy is the essential ability for
lifelong learning in our dynamically changing world.
* The ideal teacher of the curriculum is not the
authoritarian instructor but the trustworthy
facilitator or manager of the learning process.
* The ideal teaching process is interactive.

14. LOOKING AT THE
REFORMED BASIC
EDUCATION
CURRICULUM OF
2002

15. What was the aim of the Revised Basic Education Curriculum 2002?
The RBEC sought to improve the standard of education in
the country. The RBEC would respond to the needs of the
Filipino learners with the following objectives:
1. To provide knowledge and develop skills, attitudes and
values essential to personal development and necessary
for living in and contributing to a developing and changing
society;
2. Provide learning experiences which increase the child
awareness of and responsiveness to the changes in
society;
3. Promote and intensify knowledge, identification with
and love for the nation and the people to which s/he
belongs; and
4. Promote work experiences which develop orientation to
the world of work and prepare the learner to engage in

16. THE RBEC ARTICULATED A VISION AND
MISSION:
“The Department of Education envisions every
learner to be functionally literate, equipped
with life skills, appreciative of arts and sports,
and imbued with the desirable values of a
person who is Makabayan, makatao,
makakalikasan, at maka-Diyos.”
“The Vision is in lie with DepEd’s mission to
provide quality basic education that is
equitably accessible to all and lays the
foundation for lifelong learning and service for

17. Among the silence features of RBEC was its desire to overcome an overcrowded curriculum.
The RBEC resulted in the decongestion of the curriculum with only five learning areas:
English, Filipino, Mathematics, Science and Makabayan, these are “tool learning areas for an
adequate development of competencies for learning how-to-learn”
Makabayan “addresses primarily societal needs. This is where the learner can apply practical
knowledge and life skills and demonstrate deeper appreciation of Filipino culture. Thus, it
emphasizes the development of self-reliant and patriotic citizens as well as the development
of critical and creative thinking”
Besides “functional literacy” and “life skills” the DepEd envision the formation of pupils who
are Makabayan, makatao, makalikasan, at maka-Diyos – patriotic, humane, environmentally
sensitive and God-fearing. This is the crucial foundation of disciplines in secondary and
tertiary education that focus on the development of human being, and not on merely
professional skills.
Consider: “Makabayan is the laboratory of life or an experiential area which consists of civics,
culture, geography, history, education to develop skills for the home, education for livelihood,
music, art, and physical education.”
The desired outcome of our whole educational reform is the development of the patriotic
human being who is environmentally sensitive and God-fearing – “Makabayan, makatao,
makalikasan at maka-Diyos.”
“Teach them the difference between right and wrong” In Makabayan, less indeed may be

18. Values Education in the 2002 RBEC:
All the basic education teachers in the five learning areas:
English, Filipino, Mathematics, Science and Makabayan
are designated as “Values Education Teachers”
The aim is “functional literacy”- not just an ability to read,
write, calculate, and think scientifically in themselves –
but a literacy that empowers the pupil to function
appropriately in life, interacting in healthy manner with
society and world, equipped with life skills, appreciative of
the arts, sports and spiritual.
“Values are treated as integral to the five learning areas.
Education in and for values in geared towards the
learner’s self-actualization” (2002 BEC p.16)

19. “EDUCATION IS THE MOST
POWERFUL WEAPON WHICH YOU
CAN USE TO CHANGE THE
WORLD”
Thank you!
Presented by: Emie Joy Urbi
EU Block A