K to 12 Program to continue --- DepEd

The review of Senior High School Program is ongoing

BY MERLINA HERNANDO-MALIPOT
Aug 11, 2023 10:20 AM

AT A GLANCE
 DepEd launched the MATATAG K to 10 curriculum under the K to 12 Program

 The revised curriculum is only for Kindergarten to Grade 10. DepEd said there is an
ongoing review for the Senior High School Program

 As mandated by law, DepEd clarified that the K to 12 Program will continue

As mandated by law, the Department of Education (DepEd) clarified that K to 12 Program

will not be "abolished" and will continue to be implemented despite the launch of the new
curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 10 (K to 10).

DepEd / MB Visual Content Group

“Nagkakaroon ng confusion na when we launch the K to 10 curriculum, may sector ng
publiko na iniisip na wala na tayong K to 12 (There’s some confusion that when we launch
the [new] K to 10 curriculum, some sectors think that there will be no K to 12 anymore),”
DepEd Undersecretary and Spokesperson Michael Poa said in a press briefing on Aug. 10
after the MATATAG K to 10 curriculum launch.

READ:

https://mb.com.ph/2023/8/10/dep-ed-launches-matatag-k-to-10-curriculum
“Meron pa rin po tayong K to 12. Nauna lang ma-review, ma-repaso ay maisagawa itong
MATATAG or itong bagong curriculum for K to 10 (We still have K to 12. We just
completed first the review and revision of the MATATAG or the new curriculum for K to
10),” Poa explained.

“Tuloy-tuloy pa din ang K to 12 (The K to 12 continues),” Poa said. “In fact, we’re now
reviewing Grades 11 and 12,” he added.

DepEd launched the MATATAG K to 10 Curriculum of the K to 12 Program after reviewing

the curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 10. “We made adjustments in current curriculum,
that’s why we launched this MATATAG curriculum,” Poa said.

In an earlier interview, Poa said that the review of the Senior High School (SHS) is still
ongoing. “There’s a national task force for this and they have a timeline,” he added.

DepEd hoped to finish the SHS curriculum review within a year. However, there are “various
factors to be considered.”

“I don’t want to give a specific timeline but the national task force is having regular meetings
for the review of SHS [curriculum],” Poa said.

“But the reviews of the senior high school curriculum or Grades 11 and 12 are underway and
we already have a national task force doing that,” he added.

READ:

https://mb.com.ph/2023/5/12/dep-ed-creates-a-national-task-force-to-review-shs-program-
find-out-why
The K to 12 Program was created by a law, the Republic Act (RA) 10533 or the Enhanced
Basic Education Act of 2013, passed during the administration of former president Benigno
Aquino III.

Signed in May 2013, the K to 12 law formally mandated Kindergarten and a 12-year basic
education curriculum in the country, replacing the old 10-year cycle.

The K to 12 Program covers Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education. It is composed of

one year of Kindergarten; six years of primary education (Grades 1 to 6), four years of Junior
High School (JHS) or Grades 7 to 10, and two years of SHS or Grades 11 and 12.

The K to 12 program aimed to “provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills,
develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills
development, employment, and entrepreneurship.”