Education's delay and dismay

We should prioritize quality over quantity to prevent delay and dismay in our educational system

There is no secret on how unorganized the Department of Education’s (DepEd) new MATATAG curriculum handles its implementation, and this is no surprise especially when they only had a week of preparation before its rollout. Even if we were to say that it was comprehensive enough, especially for teachers of high caliber, and that this is a revolutionary approach, this still does not eliminate the underlying issues we have such as classroom, module, and teacher shortages. At this point, MATATAG is not a reaction to a clear problem, not a solution.

However, indeed, curriculum reforms have been a norm for our country for it usually changes the curriculum every five to ten years, but this still does not mean that we should just disregard all of the unsolved issues of the previous curriculum to make way for a new one.

Additionally, a number of programs, such as the National Learning Camp (NLC), were implemented together with MATATAG to address the multiple educational lags students were facing. But, like the curriculum, NLC was poorly integrated as it was ordered on whim without prior knowledge of students needing assistance, and now, NLC’s are nowhere to be felt.

MATATAG has truly stretched the limits of us students and it has undervalued us along the way. Especially when it was first introduced on school year 2023-2024 when it took gave everyone a shock amidst the shortened year. But now that time has passed, there should not be any more mishaps on its implementation.