3. Why are we now implementing 12
years of basic education?
The K to 12
Program covers
13 years of basic
education with
the following key
stages:
Kindergarten to
Grade 3
Grades 4 to 6
Grades 7 to 10
(Junior High
School)
Grades 11 and
12 (Senior
High School)
The Philippines is the last country in Asia
and one of only three countries worldwide
with a 10-year pre-university cycle
(Angola and Djibouti are the other two).
A 12-year program is found to be the best
period for learning under basic education.
It is also the recognized standard for
students and professionals globally.
4. •AN ACT ENHANCING
THE PHILIPPINE
BASIC EDUCATION
SYSTEM BY
STRENGTHENING
ITS CURRICULUM
AND INCREASING
THE NUMBER OF
YEARS FOR BASIC
EDUCATION,
APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR
AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
[REPUBLIC
ACT NO.
10533]
5. SECTION 1. Short
Title. — This Act shall
be known as the
“Enhanced Basic
Education Act of 2013”.
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. —
The State shall establish,
maintain and support a
complete, adequate, and
integrated system of education
relevant to the needs of the
people, the country and society-
at-large.
SEC. 4. Enhanced Basic Education
Program. — The enhanced basic
education program encompasses:
- at least one (1) year of
kindergarten education,
- six (6) years of elementary
education, and
- six (6) years of secondary
education, in that sequence.
Secondary education includes four
(4) years of junior high school and
two (2) years of senior high school
education.
6. Section 5 - At the end of every quarter, the end users of the Curriculum Guide are
encouraged to send their feedback to the Division Office which will submit these
reports to the Central Office through the Regional Office.
Section 1 - Effective School Year (SY) 2012-2013, the K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) shall be
implemented starting with the roll-out of Grades 1 and 7 in all public elementary and secondary schools.
Private schools are enjoined to do the same.
They may further enhance the curriculum to suit their
school vision/mission.
DO 31, s. 2012, also known as the “Policy Guidelines on the
Implementation of Grades 1 to 10 of the K to 12 Basic Education
Curriculum (BEC)” Effective School Year 2012-2013
7. •Curriculum Standards Development Division (CSDD)
•Special Curricular Programs Division (SCPD)
BUREAU OF
CURRICULUM
DEVELOPMENT (BCD)
•Teaching and Learning Delivery (TLD)
•Student Inclusion Division (SID)
BUREAU OF LEARNING
DELIVERY (BLD)
•Education Assessment Division (EAD)
•Education Research Division (ERD)
BUREAU OF
EDUCATION
ASSESSMENT (BEA)
•Learning Resources Production Division (LRPD)
•Learning Resources Quality Assurance Division (LRQAD)
BUREAU OF LEARNING
RESOURCES
8. The Universal Kindergarten Implementation began in School Year 2011-2012.
All 5-year-old children are required to be in Kindergarten before they will be accepted to Grade 1.
In School Year 2012-2013, the enhanced curriculum for K to 12 was implemented.
In 2013, K to 12 was enacted into law known as RA 10533.
SHS Curriculum was finished in 2014 and in 2015, the Department of Education prepared for the
implementation of the SHS.
9. To facilitate the transition from the existing 10-year basic education
to 12 years, DepEd is also implementing the SHS and SHS
Modeling.
The K to 12 curriculum is standard and competency-based.
It is inclusive and built around the needs of the learners and the
community.
The K to 12 program was carefully studied and designed based on
research from other countries and our own local successes and
failures in education.
The curriculum is available on DepED website.
10. It is the first time in history that the entire curriculum is
digitized and made accessible to the public.
DepEd XI provided a list of core and applied subjects to
be uniformly offered in Grades 11 and 12 in all senior
high schools.
This is to make sure that all the students are taking
the same core and applied subjects in every semester.
This will provide easy facilitation in case students may
transfer from one school to another.
12. The higher academic programs in the country
have two main components, namely:
The Commission on
Higher Education(CHED)
of the Philippines, is a
government agency that
covers both public and
private higher education
institutions as well as
degree-granting programs
in all post-secondary
educational institutions
in the country.
General Education
Curriculum (GEC)
Professional Education
Curriculum or Specialized
Education Curriculum.
13. •AN ACT ENHANCING
THE PHILIPPINE
BASIC EDUCATION
SYSTEM BY
STRENGTHENING
ITS CURRICULUM
AND INCREASING
THE NUMBER OF
YEARS FOR BASIC
EDUCATION,
APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR
AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES
[REPUBLIC
ACT NO.
10533]
The
Enhanced
Basic
Education
Act of 2013
14. Curriculum consultation
(Sections 5 and 6) –
CHED has been actively
involved as part of the
curriculum consultative
committee for K to 12.
CHED has tapped experts from
universities to contribute to
designing and revising the K to
12 curriculum.
Teacher training and
education (Section 7) –
CHED is also mandated to partner
with DepEd and other institutions for
teacher training and education,
including making sure that the
curricula of teacher education
institutions meet standards of quality.
This ensures that the teachers
of the next generation are
equipped to teach young
Filipinos under the new K to 12
system.
15. Career guidance and
counseling (Section 9) –
CHED is mandated to partner with
DepEd and DOLE in career guidance
and counseling activities for high
school students.
Helping students choose what courses
to take in college can help them
pursue careers that lead to better
jobs.
Strategizing through the
transition (Section 12) –
Lastly, CHED is mandated to help
formulate and implement strategies
to ensure a smooth transition into the
new K to 12 system.
This includes making sure that the college
curriculum is revised to complement the new
K to 12 curriculum. CHED is also mandated
to implement strategies to protect higher
education institutions and their employees
from severe losses during the transition.
16. CHED Statements: Changes in the GEC Curriculum; The Removal of Filipino and Filipino Teachers from the
New General Education Curriculum
•June 23, 2014
•With regard to the displacement of Filipino faculty, the new
curriculum has been reduced from 63 units (for humanities
and social science majors) or 51 units (for science,
engineering and math majors) to 36 units for all students.
The 27/15 units removed were not all in Filipino.
•They also include courses in English, Literature, Math,
Natural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences.
17. CHED Statements: Changes in the GEC Curriculum; The Removal of Filipino and Filipino Teachers from the
New General Education Curriculum
•The new GEC, moreover, offers entirely different
courses from the old one.
•The more important question is why the old GEC
was changed. First, it contained many remedial
courses (in English, Filipino, Math, for example)
that will be taught in the new K-12 curriculum.
•It would be unfair to have students take academic
track courses in senior high school, only to repeat
them in their first years of college.
18. The commission on
Higher Education has
approved the new set of
mandatory general
education (GE) subjects
that will be taught to
college students who have
finished the added two
years of high school
under the K to 12
program.
The new GE Curriculum will
be taken up for only one year
instead of two years as
currently practiced since most
of the old GE subjects will
already be taken up in senior
high school.
The shortened GE curriculum
has prompted all collegiate
disciplines which take four to
five years to finish, to revise
the content & length of their
respective curriculum before
the K-12 graduates enter
college in 2018.
19. According to CHED
(Commission on
Higher Education),
you should graduate
or at least be
enrolled in College on
or before 2018.
If not, you're going
back to Senior High
School. Senior High
school in the k-12
program means 2
more years in High
School.
This is because even
if the K-12 program
was introduced only
recently, previous
students would still
need to transition
using the "Lifelong
Learner Track"
22. TESDA GOALS
Tesda serves as the
Philippines’ Technical
Vocational Education
and Training (TVET)
authority.
to develop the Filipino workforce
with “world-class competence and
positive work values” and;
to provide quality technical-
educational and skills
development through its
direction, policies, and programs.
23. •AN ACT CREATING
THE TECHNICAL
EDUCATION AND
SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY,
PROVIDING FOR
ITS POWERS,
STRUCTURE AND
FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
[REPUBLIC
ACT NO.
7796]
24. (Sec. 1) This Act shall be
known as the: “Technical
Educational and Skills
Development Act of 1994” or
the “TESDAAct of 1994.”
(Sec. 2) the state should provide
high quality and efficient technical
education and skills development
for the accomplishment of
Philippine development goals and
priorities
…
25. Competency Based Curriculum
TESDA develops
competency standards
for middle-level skilled
workers.
These are in the form of
units of competency
containing descriptors
for acceptable work
performance.
These are packaged
into qualifications
corresponding to
critical jobs and
occupations in the
priority industry
sectors.
The qualifications
correspond to a specific
levels in the Philippine
TVET Qualifications
Framework (PTQF).
The competency
standards and
qualifications, together
with training standards
and assessment
arrangements comprise
the national training
regulations (TR)
promulgated by the
TESDA Board.
The TRs serve as basis
for registration and
delivery of TVET
programs, competency
assessment and
certification and
development of
curricula for the
specific qualification.
26. Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
TESDA is
mandated to
provide Technical
Vocational
Education and
Training (TVET) in
the Philippines.[24]
TVET provides
education and
training
opportunities for
students and clients
in preparation for
employment.
It is also offered to
those part of the
labor market
looking to improve
or develop new
competencies to
enhance
employability in
their chosen fields.
27. The Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA) said it has completed the
development of a new set of curriculum for teaching
the technical vocational education and training (TVET)
courses to students under the K to 12 program.
The two additional years in senior high school are aimed
to serve as a specialization period for high school
students, whether in vocational skills, music, the arts or
sports. High school graduates have the option to pursue
jobs with a basic education diploma or proceed to college.
28. Mechanical Drafting;
Computer Hardware Servicing;
Horticulture;
Shielded Metal Arc Welding;
Consumer Electronics Servicing;
Aqua Culture;
Dressmaking /Tailoring;
Masonry;
Care giving;
Household Services;
Plumbing;
Agri Crop Production;
Fish Capture;
Handicraft;
Carpentry;
RAC Servicing (DomRac);
Electrical Installation and Maintenance;
Bread and Pastry Production; Tile Setting;
Animal Production;
Food (Fish) Processing; and
Beauty Care (Nail Care Services).
29. TESDA has provided technical assistance in the review of the
Entrepreneurship module of K to 12. It has also facilitated the
training of 17 TLE supervisors and 135 LTE teachers in validating the
curriculum guides and learning modules.
TESDA, the Commission on Higher Education and the
Department of Education have been working very closely in
ensuring the successful implementation of the K – 12 program.
The three agencies have joined forces
in preparing some schools as model
institutions for K to 12 education.