Republic Act No. 10157 also known as the “Kindergarten Education Act” provides equal opportunities for all children to accessible and mandatory kindergarten education. Thus, the Department of Education (DepEd) issues DO No. 47, s. 2016 entitled “Omnibus Policy on Kindergarten Education” for School Year 2016-2017, and the subsequent school years thereafter.

It also states mandatory and compulsory Kindergarten education that effectively promotes physical, social, cognitive, and emotional skills stimulation and values formation is offered to all five (5)-year old Filipino children to sufficiently prepare them for Grade One.

It recognizes that Kindergarten education is vital to the development of the Filipino child “for it is the period when the young mind’s absorptive capacity is at its sharpest” (Section 2, RA 10157). Children learn best through play and active involvement in concrete and meaningful experiences. Play is essential to healthy and holistic child development as it gives children opportunities to learn about and understand their world and practice newly acquired skills. Play is also essential in building children’s self-confidence, problem-solving, and cooperative learning skills that prepare them for lifelong learning. The varied play-based activities in Kindergarten lead the learners to becoming emergent literates, and help them to acquire naturally the competencies to develop holistically. 

Pursuant to DepEd Order No. 47, s. 2016, otherwise known as Omnibus Policy on Kindergarten Education, it provides equal opportunities for all children to accessible and mandatory kindergarten education.  It sets the basic standards for an efficient and effective Kindergarten Education Curriculum implementation.

PROGRAM E- KLIM (Enhanced Kindergarten Learning Intervention Moves) is the banner program of Kindergarten implemented since 2018. This is enhanced and improved to continuously support the advocacies of kindergarten curriculum in providing technical assistance through monitoring and evaluation of projects and activities of the schools for the benefit of teachers and learners.