K-12program Makes the

Philippine education system

par with the international
standard of 12- year basic
education thereby
contributing to a better
educated society capable of
pursuing productive
employment,
entrepreneurship, or higher
education studies.
 After going through
kindergarten, elementary,
junior high and a
specialized senior high school
program,
every k-12 graduate is ready to go
into different paths– higher
education, middle level skills
development or entrepreneurship.
The k-12 graduates are also
expected to be equipped with 21st
century skills like information, media
and technology skills , learning
innovation skills, effective
1. Insufficient
mastery of basic
competencies
due to congested
curriculum
 Comparative

Achievemen
t Levels in
Mathematics SY
Achievement Test
Level % 2005-2006 &
SY
2004-2005

Mastery 16.41% 149,922 15.21%

168,371

Near Mastery 321,305 31.31% 253,396 25.71%

Low Mastery 536,439 253,396 582,436 59.09%

TOTAL: 1,026,115 100.00% 985,754 100.01%

 Comparative
Achievement Levels
in Science

Achievement SY SY
Level 2004-2005 % 2004-2005 %

Mastery 17,921 1.75% 29,479 2.99%

Near Mastery 246,207 23.99% 196,938 19.89%

Low Mastery 761,987 74.26 759,337 77.03%

TOTAL: 1,026,115 100% 985,754 100%

In international examination, the Philippines
performed poorly as revealed in 2003
TIMSS (Trends in international Mathematics
and Science) scores.
In Grade IV Science and Math, the
Philippines ranked 23 out of 25 participating
countries.
In high school II science, the Philippines
ranked 43 out of 46 and in math ranked
34 out of 38.
even with only the science high school
participating in the advanced Mathematics
2. The Philippines is the
only remaining country
in Asia with 10 – year
basic education program
K-
12
3. Basic education
program puts millions
of overseas Filipino
workers, esp. The
professionals, and those
who intended study
abroad at disadvantages
 Researches on Philippine basic
education Curriculum and their
recommendations
YEAR SOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS
Secondary education did not prepare for life
1925 Monroe Survey and recommended training in agriculture,
commerce and industry

1949 UNESCO Mission Restore grade VII in primary school

Survey

1953 Education Act Revise the primary school by adding one year

1960 Swanson Survey Restore grade 7 in primary education

YEAR SOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS

Extend secondary education by one year to

1970 PCSPE better prepare students who have no plans to
take up university education

Retain the 10-year basic education phase while

1991 EDCOM Report instituting zing career counseling in primary
and secondary schools in preparation for
higher education
 Prioritize student learning through curricular
199 Philippines reforms, the provision of textbooks, the use
8 Education of the vernacular in lower primary grades,
Sector and the institution of a longer basic
Study education cycle
(World
Bank
and
ADB) Implement a compulsory one year
2000 PCE pre baccalaureate stage as
R prerequisite for students interested
in enrolling in higher education
degree programs
 Philippin Lengthen the educational cycle by adding
2006 e EFA two years to formal basic education (one
2015 each for primary and high school
National
Action Plan

Extend pre-university education to a total of 12

2008 Presidential years, benchmarking the content of the eleventh
Task Force and twelfth years with international programs
of
Education
As early as Grade 7 and Grade 8, the student
is made to explore at least 8 subjects in
the four
(4) areas of Technology and Livelihood
Education (TLE) namely: Home economics
, ICT, industrial Arts and Agriculture and
Fishery Arts.
In Grades 11 and 12, the student is
supposed to have obtained a National
Certificate (NC) level 1 and 2 from TESDA.
NCI and NCII make graduate employable.
Section 5 of the Enhanced Basic
Education Act of 2013,
stipulates the following
curricular standards which the
curriculum developers adhered
to on crafting the K to 12
curriculum:
a) The curriculum shall be learner-
centered, inclusive and
developmentally appropriate;
b) The curriculum shall be
relevant, responsive and
research-based;
c) The curriculum shall be
culture- sensitive;
d) The curriculum shall be
contextualized and global;
e) The curriculum shall use pedagogical
approaches that are constructivist,
inquiry-based, reflective,
collaborative and integrative;
f) The curriculum shall adhere to the
principles and framework of Mother
Tongue-Based Multilingual
Education (MTB-MLE)
g) The curriculum shall use the spiral
progression approach to ensure
mastery of knowledge and skills
after each level; and
h) The curriculum shall be flexible
enough to enable and allow schools
to localize, indigenize and enhance
the same based on their respective
educational
and social contexts.
The student after undergoing Senior High
School can choose among four tracks:
Academic; Technical-Vocational-Livelihood;
and Sports track and Arts and Design
track. The Academic track includes four
strands: Business, Accountancy,
Management (BAM); Humanities and
Social Sciences (HUMSS); Science,
Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
(STEM); and General Academic Strand
(GAS)
 CORE
CURRICULUM
NOMENCL
A TURE DESCRIPTIO
/
LEARNIN N
G AREA Grades 1 to 6 Grades 7 to 10
Integrate Focused on the Ang Filipino ay
L
danguage development of naglalayong
Arts literacy and numeracy malinang ang (1)
skills and learning of kakayahang
Mother concepts first in the komunikatibo at (2)
Tongue Mother Tongue kahusayan sa pag-
Filipino from Grades 1 - 3 unawa at
English and laterto second
transfer pagpapahalagang
language (Filipino and pampanitikan ng
English). The ultimate mga mag-aaral.
goal is communicative
competence both oral
 Science education aims to
develop scientific literacy
among students that will
prepare them to be
informed and participative
Scienc citizens who are able to
make judgments and
decisions regarding
e applications of scientific
knowledge that may have
social, health, or
environmental impacts.
Elementary mathematics
covers basic concepts
and ideas, skills and
processes on numbers
and number sense-
geometry, measurement,
Mathematics patterns and algebra,
probability and statistics
as enlist, using
appropriate technology
in critical thinking,
problem solving,
reasoning and decision in
real life.
This course deals with the
basic concepts in Biology,
Chemistry, Physics and
Earth/Space Science. The
course is focused on the
development of awareness
and understanding of
practical everyday problems
that affect the learners’ lives
and those around them.
It includes key concepts
and principles of number
sense, measurement,
algebra, geometry,
probability and statistics
as applied, using
appropriate technology,
in critical thinking,
problem solving,
reasoning,
communicating, making
connections,
representations and
decision in real life.
 Ito ay asignatura Ang asignaturang ito
na nagtuturo ng ay naglalayong
tumalakay sa
mga konsepto sa kasaysayan ng
pananagutang Pilipinas gamit ang sipi
pansarili, pamilya, ng mga piling
kapwa, primaryang
bansa/daigdig at sanggunian mula sa
iba’t ibang panahon at
diyos;
Aralin pananagutan para
uri; at magpamalas ng
malalim na pang-
unawa sa mga
g
Panlipunan sa kabutihang
panlahat upang pangunahing kaisipan
mamuhay nang at mga napapanahong
isyu sa pag-aaral ng
may kaayusan, kasaysayan,
katiwasayan,
pamahalaan, kultura at
kaunlaran tungo sa lipunan ng mga
kaligayahan ng rehiyong Asyano;
tao.
 Edukasyong Edukasyong
Pantahanan at Pantahanan at
Pangkabuhayan Pangkabuhayan
develops knowledge, develops knowledge,
skills, values and skills, values and
Edukasyon attitude in attitudes in
g Agriculture Agriculture
Pantahanan Entrepreneurshi Entrepreneurship
At p and and Information
Information
Communication Communication
Pangkabuhay
(EPP) / Technology (ICT),
an and Technology (ICT),
Technology Home Economics Home Economics
Livelihoo and Industrial Arts and Industrial Arts
than can help than can help
d improve self, family improve self, family
Education and community life and community life
(TLE) considering considering
sustainable sustainable
development. development.
 The Music Program • Music and Art deal
focuses on the learner
as the recipient of the
Music, knowledge, skills, and
values necessary for
Art, artistic expression and
cultural literacy.
Physical
with the study of
man’s aesthetic
expressions
through sounds and
visuals mirroring
the sentiments and
ideas of society and
culture, and

Educatio The Art Program

provides our Filipino
contributing to the
development of

n and learners with art individual and

experiences that collective identity.
include recognizing,
Health creating, appreciating,
and critiquing their
• Physical Education
and Health promote
(MAPEH) own artistic works and
the works of others.
the development of
active and a
healthy lifestyle.
 . The Physical • The health program
Education Program deals with physical.
is anchored on the Mental, emotional,
Music, tenet “Move to Learn social, moral and
spiritual dimensions
and Learn to Move”
Art, with ultimate goal of
of health that
enable learners to
achieving life long
Physical fitness.
acquire essential
knowledge,

Educatio attitudes and skills

necessary to
The Health Program
n and
promote good
focuses on the nutrition, prevent
physical, mental, and control
Health emotional, social, diseases to
maintaining and
moral and spiritual
(MAPEH) dimensions of health
improving personal,
family, community,
national and global
health.
 Ang Edukasyon sa Ang Edukasyon sa
Pagpapakatao (EsP) Pagpapakatao ay
naglalayong
ay asignaturang malinang at
bahagi ng K to 12 mapaunlad ang
na gagabay at kakayahan ng mga
huhubog sa mga mag-aaral sa moral
na pagpapasya at
kabataan.
Edukasyon sa Ang
tunguhin o
paggawa ng mga
pasyang batay sa
idinidikta ng
Pagpapakatao outcome ng EsP
kabataang tamang konsensya.
ay (Es Ang nilalaman at
nagpapasya at
P) kumikilos nang
istractura ng
Edukasyon sa
mapanagutan Pagpapakatao ay
tungo sa nakaangkla sa
kabutihang dalawang disciplina:
panlahat. Ethics at Career
Guidance.
 The Senior
High
School
Curriculum
 There are four tracks in
Senior High School. These
are:

• Academic Track
• Technical Vocational
Track
• Sports and Arts and
Design Track
 TRACKS IN SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOL
Academic
Grade 11
TechVo

c Sports
Grade 12

Arts and
Design
 ACADEMIC
TRACK
The academic track has four
strands namely:
1. Science, Technology, Engineering
and Math (STEM);
2. Humanities and Social Sciences
(HUMSS);
3. Accounting Business and
Management (ABM); and
ACADEMIC TRACK – 4
STRANDS
STEM HUMSS

Total =
4
ABM Strand
General
Academi
s c
 TEC-VOC
TRACK
The tec-voc track has four strands
namely:
1. Home Economics (HE);

2. Information and Communication

Technology (ICT);
3. Agri-Fishery Arts; and

4. Industrial Arts.
 SPORTS & ARTS &
DESIGN TRACK

• Sports Track

• Arts and Design Track

The Senior High School
Curriculum has a total of
thirty-one subjects. The
thirty-one subjects are
grouped into fifteen (15)
core subjects, seven (7)
contextualized subjects
and nine (9)
specialization subjects.
 Oral
Communication
Reading &
Languag Writing
Komunikasyon at Pananaliksik sa Wikang Filipino at Kulturang
e Pilipino
Pagbasa at Pagsusuri ng Iba’t Ibang Teksto Tungo sa
Pananaliksik
21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the
Humanitie World
Contemporary Philippine Arts from the
s
Communication Regions
Media & Information
Literacy
General
Mathematic Mathematics
s Statistics &
Probability
Earth and Life Sciences Lecture and
Scienc Laboratory
e Physical Sciences Lecture and
Laboratory
Personal Development / Pansariling
Social Kaunlaran
Science Understanding Society &
Philosoph Culture
Intro to Philosophy of the Human Person/Pambungad sa Pilosopiya ng
Tao
y PE and Health – Physical Education and
 There are 7
Contextualized
Subjects
 Tech-voc, Sports, Arts and
Academic Design Tracks
Track
English for Academic and
English for the Professions
Professional Purposes
Introduction to Research
Methods – Quantitative
Research Skills 1
Introduction to Research
Methods – Qualitative Research Skills 2

Filipino course Mga Diskurso sa Trabaho

ICT for Learners ICT applications

Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship

Research Research Project / Culminating

Activity
 The 7 Contextualized
Subjects
Academic
1. English for Academic and Professional
Purposes
2. Research in Daily Life 1
3. Research in Daily Life 2
4. Pagsulat sa Filipino sa Piling Larangan
5. Entrepreneurship
6. Empowerment Technologies (E-Tech): ICT for
Professional Tracks
7. Research Project / Culminating Activity
Specializa
tion
Subjects,
Academic
Track,
ABM
1. Applied Economics
2. Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
3. Fundamentals of Accountancy, Business
and Management 1
4. Fundamentals of Accountancy, Business
and Management 1
5. Business Math
6. Business Finance
7. Organization and Management
8. Principles of Marketing
9. Work Immersion/Research?
Career Advocacy/Culminating
Specialization
STEM
1. Pre-Calculus
2. Basic Calculus
3. General Biology 1
4. General Biology 2
5. General Physics 1
6. General Physics 2
7. General Chemistry 1
8. General Chemistry 2
9. Work
Immersion/Research/Career
Advocacy/Culminating Activity
Specialization
HUMSS
1. Creative Writing
2. Creative Non-Fiction: The Literacy Essay
3. World Religions and Belief Systems
4. Trends, Networks and Critical thinking in the
21st Century
5. Philippine Politics and Governance
6. Community Engagement, Social Participation
and Citizenship
7. Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences
8. Disciplines and Ideas in the Applied
Sciences
9. Work Immersion/Research/Career
Advocacy/Culminating Activity
Specialization
General
Academic
Strand
1. Humanities 1
2. Humanities 2
3. Social Science 1
4. Applied Economics
5. Organization and Management
6. Disaster Readiness and Risk
Reduction
7. Elective 1 (from any track/strand)
8. Elective 2 (from any track/strand)
9. Work
Immersion/Research/Career
Specialization
General
Academic
Strand
1. Safety and First Aid
2. Human Movement
3. Fundamentals of Coaching
4. Sports Officiating and
Activity Management
5. Fitness, Sports and
Recreation Leadership
6. Psychosocial Aspects of Sports
and Exercise
7. Fitness Testing and Exercise
Programming
8. Practicum (in-campus)
 Specialized
courses in the
Academic Track
 Liberal Arts HUMSS BAM STEM

Literature 1: fiction Applied Economics

Literature 1 Pre-Calculus
and Drama 1
Applied Economics
Humanities 1 Literature 2 Basic Calculus
2
Humanities 1:
Social Science 1 Accounting 1 General Chemistry 1
Proper Art as Text

Economics 1 Humanities 2 Accounting 2 General Chemistry 2

Organization and Education 1 /

Business Math General Physics 1
Management Foreign Language 1

Education 2 /
Foreign Language 1 Business Finance General Physics 2
Foreign Language 2

Organization and
Applied Science Social Science 1 General Biology 1
Management
Principles of
Pre-Calculus Social Science 2 General Biology 2
Marketing

Work Immersion / Research / Career Advocacy / Culminating Activity

Specialized courses
for Arts and Design
tracks
Arts and Design
Strands
Art Assessment
and Guidance
1. Introduction to Applied
Arts and Design
Production
2. Introduction to
Performing Arts
3. Understanding Elements and
Principles of the Different
Arts
4. Work Environment in
Various Arts Fields
5. Developing Filipino Identity
in the Arts
6. Leadership and
Management in Different
Arts Fields
7. And 8. Apprenticeship and
Exploration of Different Arts
Fields (Production and
Performing: Music, Dance
and Theater)
9. Apprenticeship and Exploration
of Different Arts Design
Production (Media Arts, Visual
Arts and Literary Arts)
Specialized
courses for
Sports Track
1. Safety and First Aid
2. Understanding Human Movement
3. General Coaching Course
4. Sports Officiating
5. Fitness Leadership
6. Sports/Recreation/Fitness
Management
7. Student-Athlete Enhancement
and Formation
8. Fitness Testing and Exercise
Prescription
9. Recreation Leadership