What is K to 12 Curriculum?
What is K to 12 Curriculum?
The K 12 program in the Philippines was introduced in 2013. It was in 2013 when RA 10533 became a law. This law is known as the “Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013”.
It was popularly called K to 12 because the act, (RA 10533), enhanced the Philippine Basic Education System by strengthening its curriculum and increasing the number of years for basic education.
Basic education in the Philippines before K to 12 consists of 6 years of elementary education and 4 years of high school education.
The enhanced basic education of K to 12 Program covers 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]) 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.
The two additional years of Senior High School (SHS) will provide graduates with four exits and life options, namely, employment, entrepreneurship, higher education, and middle-level skills development.
SALIENT FEATURES:
Strengthening Early Childhood Education (Universal Kindergarten)
Making the Curriculum Relevant to Learners (Contextualization and Enhancement)
Ensuring Integrated And Seamless Learning (Spiral Progression)
Building Proficiency through LAnguage (Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education)
Gearing Up for the Future (Senior High School)
Nurturing the Holistically Developed Filipino (College and Livelihood Readiness, let Century Skills)
The K 12 program applies to both public educational institutions and private educational institutions. Acceleration of students or learners in public and private basic educational institutions is still allowed in accordance with the Department of Education rules and regulations.
The very goal of the K 12 Program is to produce 21st-century graduates equipped with the core values and lifelong competencies they need to contribute to societal development and nation-building.
CORE CURRICULUM SUBJECTS
There are seven Learning Areas under the Core Curriculum: Languages, Literature, Communication, Mathematics, Philosophy, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences.
Oral communication
Reading and writing
Komunikasyon at pananaliksik sa wika at kulturang Filipino
21st century literature from the Philippines and the world
Contemporary Philippine arts from the regions
Media and information literacy
General mathematics
Statistics and probability
Earth and life science
Physical science
Introduction to philosophy of the human person/Pambungad sa pilosopiya ng tao
Physical education and health
Personal development/pansariling kaunlaran
Earth science (instead of Earth and life science for those in the STEM strand)
Disaster readiness and risk reduction (taken instead of Physical science for those in the STEM strand)
APPLIED TRACK SUBJECTS
English for academic and professional purposes
Practical research 1
Practical research 2
Filipino sa piling larangan
Akademik
Isports
Sining
Tech-voc
Empowerment technologies (for the strand)
Entrepreneurship
Inquiries, investigatories, and immersion
SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS
Accountancy, business, and management strand
Humanities and social sciences strand
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics strand
General academic strand
What is the Legal Basis of the K-12 Curriculum
What is the Legal Basis of the K-12 Curriculum
The Philosophical and legal basis of the K-12 curriculum are the following:
The Philosophical and legal basis of the K-12 curriculum are the following:
The 1987 Philippine Constitution
B.P. 232, Education Act of 1982
The 4 Pillars of Education (UNESCO)
The Vision-Mission Statement of the Department of Education
The EDCOM Report of 1991
Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda (BESRA)
R.A. No.9155, Philippine Governance Act
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