Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 13) – The Department of Education (DepEd) said it would release the final draft of its Kinder to Grade 10 (K to 10) curriculum and gather feedback before launching it within the year.
“We are set to release the final draft of our K to 10 curriculum guides for interested stakeholders so we get feedback from them,” Underscretary for Curriculum and Teaching Gina Gonong said during the Second Congressional Commission on Education’s (EDCOM 2) meeting with the DepEd on Thursday.
\”In the next three weeks we’re releasing all K-10 curriculum guides across all learning areas,” she added.
Gonong said that the goal was not a “DepEd curriculum” but a “Philippine curriculum” that the public could trust.
“We want the public, the academe, organizations to look at our curriculum guides and give us feedback before we finalize it,” she added. “We will launch the K to 10 curriculum this year.”
Baguio Rep. Mark Go, co-chair of EDCOM 2, asked what would become of K to 12 now that a K to 10 curriculum is in development.
Gonong responded: “K to 10 curriculum ang una naming ilala-launch kasi under review yung [Grades] 11 to 12 but we are continuing with K to 12, unahin lang po namin yung K to 10.”
[Translation: We will launch the K to 10 first because 11 to 12 is under review, but we are continuing with K to 12 we will just give priority to K to 10 first.]
Gonong also disclosed that the DepEd had committed to revising the K to 12 curriculum as part of its basic education report.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. earlier gave the department one year to accomplish its review of the K to 12 curriculum. Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte likewise vowed to revise the system.
READ: DepEd given one year to complete K to 12 review
Republic Act 10533 or the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 was signed into law by President Benigno Aquino III in May 2013.
It added two extra years to the country’s 10-year-long basic education curriculum.
