Old Curriculum: 2002 Basic Education Curriculum BEC Reform

vs.
New Curriculum: K to 12 Curriculum
What are their differences?

School Year 2011-2012 was the last year for using the 2002 BEC Reform in grade 1 level
in the Philippines, for that reason the Department of Education under Aquinos administration
implemented the K to 12 Curriculum effective this School Year 2012-2013 in grade 1 level. As today,
this new curriculum was only implemented for all public schools in Philippines nation-wide. As for
now, private institutions were given a limited freedom to use their old curriculum and we do not know
when they will follow the K to 12 Curriculum in their schools.

Since this new curriculum was implemented in this school year, what kind of curriculum is K to 12?
How did it differ from the old one? Why did they implement this kind of curriculum? And what are the
effects of this curriculum to the Grade 1 teachers and Pupils? Before we can give our conclusion from
these questions, let us differentiate the new from the old one.


This table shows the Leveling of Pupils in the Old Curriculum.


In this curriculum, Pre-school is an optional choice for parents and exclusive for private school,
this level is not necessary in BEC. But children with the ages of 6 to 7 must be enrolled in the first
grade but children with ages 8 and above can be enroll in the grade level that they belong to, but if a
child cannot write or read in Filipino or English subjects he/she must enrolled in the Grade 1 level
regardless in his/her age.


This table shows the Leveling of Pupils in the New curriculum.


The new curriculum, K to 12 or K12 show means for Kinder, 6 years in elementary, 4 years in Junior
high school and additional two years in Senior high school. Unlike to the old curriculum, children ages
5 to 6 years old must be enrolled in Kinder even in public schools and students in high school must
enroll in additional two years in high school for the reason that they can find a job even not taking
tertiary education.


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