K TO 12 PROGRAM

0 The K to 12 Program covers:

0 Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (six
years of primary education, four years of Junior High
School, and two years of Senior High School (SHS)

Kindergarten
Primary Education (6years)
Junior High School (4years)
Senior High School (2years)
 K TO 12
BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM
Parents

21st century skills for my child

-access to certification and licensed recognized by the government

Students

“I am college ready”
International community
“GLOBAL COMPETENCE AND COMPETETIVENESS”

Employers

“employees with values standards a qualifications consistent with job

requirements”
0 K to 12 program 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.

0 After going through kindergarten, elementary, junior high

and a specializes 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 to 12 are also expected to be
equipped with 21st century skills like information, media
and technology skills, learning innovation skills, effective
communication skills, and life and career skills.
Bases of the K-12
Implementation
1. Insufficient mastery of
basic competencies due to
congested curriculum
 Comparative
Achievement
Levels in
Mathematics
Achievements Test SY % SY &
Level 2004-2005 2005-2006

Mastery 17,921 1.75% 24,479 2.99%

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

Low Mastery 761,987 74.26 759,337 77.03%

9Total: 1,026,115 100% 985,754 100%

 Comparative
Achievement
Levels in
Mathematics
Achievements Test SY % SY &
Level 2004-2005 2005-2006

Mastery 168,371 16.41% 149,922 15.21%

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

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

9Total: 1,026,115 100.00% 985,754 100.01%

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.
The Philippines is only
the remaining country in
Asia with 10-year basic
education program
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

1925 Monroe Survey Secondary education did not prepare for life and
recommended training in agriculture, commerce
and industry
1949 UNESCO Restore grade VII in primary school
Mission Survey

1950 Swanson
Survey

1953 Education ACT Revise the primary school by adding 1 year

1960 Swanson Restore grade 7 in primary education

Survey
YEAR SOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS

1970 PCSPE Extend secondary education by one year to better

prepare students who have no plans to take up
university education
1991 EDCOM Report Retain the 10-year basic education phase while
institution zing career counseling in primary and
secondary schools in preparation for higher
education
1988 Philippines Prioritize student learning through curricular
Education reforms, the provision of textbooks, the use of the
Sector Study vernacular in lower primary grades, and the
(World Band institution of a longer basic education cycle
and ADB)

2000 PCER Implement a compulsory one year pre

baccalaureate stage as prerequisite for students
interested in enrolling in higher education degree
programs
YEAR SOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS

2006 Philippine EFA Lengthen the educational cycle by adding two

2015 National years to formal basic education (one each for
Action Plan primary and high school)

2008 Presidential Extend pre-university education to a total of 12

Task Force of years, benchmarking the content of the eleventh
Education and twelfth years with international programs
Employability of Filipino
high school graduates
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
Agricultural and Fishery Arts.

In Grade 10 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.
The K to 12 Curriculum
Section 5 of the Enhanced Basic
Education Act 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.
Curriculum TRACKS
The students after undergoing Senior High School can
choose among four tracks:
Academic; Technical-Vocational-Livelihood; and Sports
tracks and Arts and Design track.

The academic track includes strands;

Business, Accountancy, Managements (BAM)
Humanities and Social Science (HUMSS)
Science ,Technology Engineering, Mathematics (STEM)
And General Academic strands (GAS)
CORE CURRICULUM
NOMENCLATU DESCRIPTION
RE/LEARNING
AREA

GRADES 1 TO 6 GRADES 7 TO 10

Integrated Focused on the development of Ang Filipino ay

Language Arts literacy and numeracy skills and naglalayong malinang
Mother Tongue learning of concepts first in the ang (1) kakayahang
Filipino Mother Tongue from Grades 1-3 komunikatibo at (2)
English and later transfer to second kahusayan sa pag unawa
language (Filipino and English). at pagpapahalagang
The ultimate goal is pampanitikan ng mga
communicative competence mag-aaral.
both oral and written
Science Science education This course deals with
aims to develop the basic concepts in
scientific literacy Biology, Chemistry,
among students that physics and
will prepare them to Earth/Space Science.
be informed and The course is focused
participative citizens on the development of
who are able to make awareness and
judgments and understanding of
decision regarding practical everyday
applications of problems that affect
scientific knowledge the learners’ lives and
that may have social, those around them.
health, or
environmental
impacts.
 Elementary It includes key
mathematics covers concepts and
Mathematics basic concepts and principles of number
ideas, skills and sense, measurement,
processes on numbers algebra, geometry,
and number sense- probability and
geometry , statistics as applied,
measurement, using appropriate
probability and technology, in critical
statistics as enlist, thinking, problem
using appropriate solving, reasoning,
technology in critical communicating,
thinking, problem making connections,
solving, reasoning and representations and
decision in real life. decision in real life.
Araling Ito ay asignatura na Ang asignaturang ito
Panlipunan nagtuturo ng mga ay naglalayong
konsepto sa tumatalakay sa
pananagutang kasayayan ng
pansarili, pamilya, Pilipinas gamit ang
kapwa, bansa/daigdig sipi ng mga piling
at diyos; primaryang
Pananagutan para sa sanggunian mula sa
kabutihang panlahat iba’t ibang panahon at
upang mamuhay nang uri; at magpamalas ng
may kaayusan, malalim na pang
katiwasayan, unawa sa mga
kaunlaran tungo sa pangunahing kaisipan
kaligayahan ng tao., at mga napapanahong
isyu sa pag-aaral ng
kasayayan,
pamahalaan, kultura
at lipunan ng mga
rehiyong asyano;
 Edukasyong Edukasyong
Pantahana at Pantahanan at
Edukasyong Pangkabuhayan Pangkabuhayan
Pantahanan at develops knowledge, develops knowledge,
Pangkabuhayan skills, values and skills, values and
(EPP) / attitude in agriculture attitudes in
Technology and Enterpreneurship and Agriculture
livelihood Education information Entrepreneurship and
(TLE) communication information
technology (ICT), Communication
Home Economics and Technology (ICT),
industrial arts that home economics and
can help improve self, Industrial Arts that
family and community can help improve self,
life considering family and community
sustainable life considering
development. sustainable
development.
 The Music Program Music and Art deal
focuses on the learner with the study of
as the recipient of the man’s aesthetic
knowledge, skills, and expressions though
Music Art, Physical values necessary for sounds and visuals
Education and Health artistic expression mirroring the
(MAPEH) and cultural literacy. sentiments and ideas
of society and culture,
The Art Program and contributing to
provides our Filipino the development of
learners with art individual and
experiences that collective identity.
include recognizing,
creating, Physical Education
appreciating, and and health promote
critiquing their own the development of
artistic works and the active and a healthy
works of others. lifestyle.
The Physical The health program
Education Program is deals with physical.
anchored on the tenet Mental, emotional,
“ Move to Learn and social, moral and
Learn to Move” with spiritual dimensions
ultimate goal of of health that enable
achieving life long learners to acquire
fitness. essential knowledge,
attitudes and skills
The Health Program necessary to promote
focuses on the good nutrition,
physical, mental, prevent and control
emotional, social, diseases to
moral and spiritual maintaining and
dimensions of health. improving personal,
family, community,
national and global
health.
 Ang edukasyon sa Ang edukasyong
pagpapakatao (Esp) pagpapakatao ay
ay asignaturang naglalayong malinang
Edukasyon sa bahagi ng K to 12 na at mapaunlad ang
Pagpapakatao gagabay at huhubog kakayahan ng mga
(EsP) sa mga kabataan. Ang mag- aaral sa moral
tunguhin o outcome na pagpapasya at
ng EsP ay kabataang istractura ng
nagpapasaya at Edukasyong sa
kumikilos nang pagpapakatao ay
mapanagutan tungo nakaangkla sa
sa kabutihang dalawang disciplina:
panlahat. Ethics at Career
Guidance.
The Senior
High School
Curriculum
There are four tracks in Senior High
School.
These are:

0 Academic Track

0 Tec Voc Track

0 Sports and Arts and Design Track

Track in Senior High School
Academic
Grade 11
Tech Voc

Sports

Grade 12
Arts and Design
 Academic Track
0 The academic track has four strands namely:

1. Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)

2. Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMMS);

3. Accounting Business and Management (ABM); and

4. General Academic Strand (GAS).

 Tec-Voc Track
0 The tec-voc track has four strands namely:

1. Home Economic (HE);

2. Information and Communication Technology (ICT);

3. Agri-Fishery Arts; and

4. Industrial Arts
Sports and Arts and Design
Track

0Sports track

0Arts and Design track

The Senior High School Curriculum
has a total of thirty-one subjects. The
thirty-one subjects are group into
fifteen (15) core subjects, seven (7)
contextualized subjects and nine (9)
specialized subjects.
 Language Oral Communication
Language Reading and Writing
Language Komunikasyon at pananaliksik sa wikang Filipino at kulturang
Pilipino
Language Pagbasa at Pagsusuri ng Iba’t ibang Teksto tungo sa
Pananaliksik
Humanities 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World

Humanities Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions

Communication Media and Information Literacy
Mathematics General Mathematics
Mathematics Statistics and Probability
Science Earth and Life Sciences Lecture and Laboratory
Science Physical Sciences Lecture and Laboratory
Social Sciences Personal Development/ Pansarirling Kaunlaran
Social Sciences Understanding Society and Culture
Philosophy Intro to Philosophy of the Human Person/ Pambungad sa
Pilisopiya ng Tao
PE and Health – Physical Education and Health
 There are 7
Contextualized
Subjects
 Academic Track Tech-Voc, Sports, Arts and Design Tracks

English for Academic and Professional English for the Professions

Purposes

Introductions to Research Methods- Research Skills 1

Quantitative

Introduction to Research Methods- Research Skills 2

Qualitative

Filipino Course Mga Diskurso sa Trabaho

ICT for Learners ICT Application

Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship

Research Project 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
 Specialization
Subjects, Academic
Tracks, 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 2
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. 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
HUMMS
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