Aside from the lack of a final list of schools, EDCOM 2 also expressed concern over the readiness of learning materials for the pilot rollout of the new K to 10 curriculum.
Directors from the DepEd assured the EDCOM 2 that the rollout of the new K to 10 curriculum will be “accomplished successfully” despite lingering questions surrounding the plans for the pilot, among others.
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Sep 4, 2023 09:26 AM
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Despite lingering questions surrounding the plans for the pilot, the procurement of learning resources, and teacher training, the Second Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM 2) expressed hope that the rollout of the new K to 10 curriculum will be “accomplished successfully.”
“It’s a long time coming. We’ve been talking about this for many years but now it’s a reality,” said EDCOM 2 Co-Chairperson and Senate Basic Education Committee Chairperson Senator Sherwin Gatchalian.
“The implementation will make the difference between the success and, hopefully not, the failure of this MATATAG K to 10 curriculum,” he added.
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During the launch of the MATATAG curriculum, the Department of Education (DepEd) announced it will conduct a pilot implementation of the revised K to 10 curriculum this School Year (SY) 2023-2024.
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As explained by DepEd, the new K to 10 curriculum will be implemented in a “phased manner.”
DepEd Bureau of Curriculum Development Director Jocelyn Andaya explained that only 30 pilot schools in six regions around the Philippines, with the old curriculum to be used on Aug. 29, and the new curriculum implemented two weeks later, once the pilot schools are selected.
The phased implementation, DepEd said, will cover Kindergarten and Grades 1, 4, and 7 for this school year.
Gatchalian clarified if there will be a “shift” when students will be taught using the old and the new curriculum. “Sana it was the start of the school year para malinis na, para wala nang transition period (I hope it was the start of the school year so it can be clean, so there won't be a transition period),” he added.
A few days before the start of the school year, DepEd said there was still “no final list” of pilot schools.
Andaya explained that pending the final decision, the pilot schools will be informed after the opening of classes.
Aside from the lack of a final list of schools, EDCOM 2 also expressed concern over the readiness of learning materials for the pilot.
“We might have a good curriculum but if the material is not there, it will be difficult to test whether the curriculum is good or not,” Gatchalian said.
Bureau of Learning Delivery Director Leila Areola explained that for the pilot schools, the department is “still currently finalizing the lesson exemplars that they hope to distribute in the coming weeks.”
In its consultations, EDCOM 2 shared that “many teachers lamented that the rollout of the new curriculum should be done only if quality teaching resources and training, and if textbooks for students are already available, given their experience in the past.”
EDCOM 2 is the Congressional body created through Republic Act 11899, tasked to undertake a “comprehensive national assessment and evaluation of the performance” of the Philippine education sector.
In the next three years, it is expected to recommend legislation that aims to “address the education crisis” in the country.
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