10 Point Basic

Education
Agenda

The principles of the current administration

on education are guided by the 10 Point
Basic Education Agenda:
1. A 12-year basic education cycle

– The implementation of the K to 12 Program will be phased to make the

country’s education system at par with international standards. Under this
program, Universal kindergarten is already being offered last SY 2011-2012. In
2012, the enhanced curriculum was offered to incoming Grade 1 as well as to
incoming junior high school students.
– The activities currently being undertaken to support the implementation of the
K to 12 Program are Curriculum Development; Legislation at the House of
Representatives and the Senate; Research Studies; Advocacy; and Transition
Management with the Commission on Higher Education and the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority.
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2. Universal Pre-schooling for all

– Universal Kindergarten offered in SY 2011-2012, with a budget allocation of

P2.3 billion.
– The Kindergarten curriculum adapts a thematic approach, focused on the
following domains: Values Education, Physical Health and Motor Development,
Social and Emotional Development, Cognitive Development, Creative Arts,
Language and Readiness for Reading and Writing & Language, Literacy and
Communications.
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3. Establish the Madaris Education as a sub-
system in the current education system

– The Kindergarten Madrasah Curriculum has been developed and will be piloted
in selected schools in August 2011. The Refined Elementary Madrasah
Curriculum (REMC) being implemented in SY 2011-2012 and the instructional
learning materials is undergoing review.
– The development of the Secondary Madrasah Curriculum is on its final stage.
The instructional learning materials for Islamic Values, English and Arabic
Translations are being developed.
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4. Re-introduce technical and vocational
education in public high schools.

– Techvoc curricula for Grades 11 & 12 are being developed as part of the K to 12
Program.
– There are 282 techvoc high schools nationwide specializing in Arts and Trade,
Agriculture, and Fishery.
– Ongoing upgrade and maintenance of laboratory workshops and other facilities.
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5. Every child a reader by Grade 1

– Ongoing implementation of the Every Child a Reader Program (ECARP).

– In 2010, Reading Recovery (RR) was added to ECARP. This new component gives
children beginning to fall behind in reading and writing a second chance. It
identifies children having difficulty early so that specialized one-on-one
assistance from a teacher trained in RR is provided. The pilot implementation
started in 2010-2011 in Regions NCR,
V, VI and XI.
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6. Improve science and mathematics

– The Science & Technology-Oriented High School (ESEP) Program is one of the
flagship programs for the development of Science, Mathematics and research.
ESEP was initially implemented in 112 public secondary schools nationwide. In
2010, the program was expanded to 86 secondary to schools. To date, there are
198 schools under ESEP and 100 Special Science Elementary High Schools.
– There is also ongoing and continuous training of teachers in Math and Science.
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7. Expand government assistance to private
education

– DepEd implements the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private

Education (GASTPE) to support the schooling of secondary school children in private
schools. The GASTPE program is aimed at democratizing and improving access to
quality secondary education through government extension of financial assistance to
deserving elementary school graduates who wish to pursue their secondary education
in private schools. It is geared towards reducing class size to manageable levels in
public high schools, especially those experiencing shortage of classrooms and teachers.
Thus, through GASTPE, the government is able to decongest public secondary schools.
– This SY, the number of beneficiaries were increased to 757,000 under GASTPE
education service contracting scheme.
– Beneficiaries outside Metro Manila also received increase in subsidy from P5,000 to
P5,500.
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8. Use of mother-language instruction

– A series of trainings are being conducted for trainers and teachers on Mother
Tongue-Based Multilingual Education. Instructional materials in major languages
(Tagalog, Ilokano, Pangasinense, Bikolano, Kapampangan, Hiligaynon, Bisaya &
Waray) have been developed.
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9. Better textbooks

– DepEd is continuing efforts to improve the screening and selection process of

textbook evaluators.
– Orientation seminars conducted for authors, publishers, editors, illustrators,
book designers and other stakeholders developing textbooks and teacher’s
manuals for public school use.
– Ongoing participation of more than 40 civil society organizations, local
government units, Parent-Teacher Associations, other civic and church
organizations, institutions, and foundation in the National Textbook Delivery
Program.
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10. Build more schools in cooperation with
LGUs

– Established in early 2011, the Counter-Parting for Classroom, Construction

Program calls on local government units (LGUs) to participate in the provision of
new classrooms to schools.
– To date, a total of 17 LGUs have signed counter-parting agreements with DepEd
with a total funding of over P1 billion for the building of over 1,200 classrooms.
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