CURRICULUM

DEVELOPMENT IN
THE PHILIPPINES
DURING NEW
SOCIETY
 The emphasis of the New Society is on
moral values, relevance, proper
methods of teaching, retaining of
teachers vocational and technical
education, bilingualism, national
consciousness and cultural values.
Proclamation No. 1018 Decree No. 6 (Educational

Development Decree of 1972)- issued Sept 29, 1972

aims to:

 Make schools responsive to the needs

of the New society

 Provide broad general education that

will assists each individual in his
development as a whole human
being useful his fellowmen and to his
country
Educational Development Decree has formulated a

Ten years program based on:

• Improvement of curricular programs
and quality of instruction at all levels
by upgrading physical facilities

• Upgrading of academic standards

through accreditation schemes,
admissions testing and guidance
counselling
 Plans and Steps for Education Decree of
1972

• Requirement of family planning and Philippines

Constitution as compulsory subjects in collegiate
• Mandatory use of textbooks authored/published by
Filipinos in elementary and secondary: except for
specialized and technical courses in college such
as medicine
• Requirement to take the National College Entrance
Fee For Application
 The Curriculum Redirection of the New
Society
• Should be redirected on development of moral
virtues
• As a means of integrating education and life
• Should reflect the urgent need and problems facing
the country today
• Should be viewed in terms of learning to be
acquired
• All teaching shall seek develop comprehensive
understanding of all subjects
• Co-curricular youth programs shall be restructured
and enriched
 Ratified 1973 Constitution set out 3
Fundamental aims of education:
• To foster love of country

• To teach the duties of citizenship

• To develop moral character, self discipline

and
scientific technologist and vocational
efficiency
 This threefold division known as Trifocal
System of Education
• In 1994 Republic Act 7722 Higher Education
Act of 1994 which created Commission on
Higher Education (CHED) which supervises
tertiary degree programs
• In 1994 Republic Act 7796 created
Technical Education and skills Development
Authority (TESDA) which supervises non-
degree technical-vocational programs
 Republic Act 915
• Was formed August of 2001
• Also known as Governance of Basic
Education Act
• RA 9155 transformed the name DECS to
Department of Education (Dep.Ed)
• RA 91155 redefined the role of field office
(regional offices, district offices and schools).
 Ra 9155 Overall Framework
• School head empowerment by
strengthening their leadership roles
• School-based management within the
context of transparency and local
accountability
• Provide the school age population and
young adults with skills, knowledge and
values to become caring, self reliant,
production and patriotic citizens.
 The Curriculum Structure Of the 2002
BEC
• The Core Subjects:
 Filipino; English; Science (Science and Health for Elem.);
Science and Technology for secondary
• The Experiential Area:
 Makabayan: Araling Panlipunan: MAPEH (Music, Arts, PE
and health); TLE; Edukasyon sa Pagpapahalaga (the
practive environment for holistic learning to develop a
healthy personal and national self-identity
 Medium of instruction:
 Pursuant to the Dep.Ed Bilingual Policy (Dep.Ed Order
No. 52 1987) the media of instruction shall be as follows
A. For elementary Education:
 Filipino shall be used in the following areas: Filipino
Makabayan
 English shall be used in the learning areas English;
Science
B. For Secondary Education:
 English: Mathematics , Science and Technology,
English, Technology and livelihood Education, Music
Arts Physical Education and HealthCAT
 Filipino: Edukasyon sa Pagpapahalaga (Values
Education) Araling Panlipunan, Filipino
 Philosophy of Basic Education
Curriculum
• The idea Filipino learners are empowered learners;
who are competent in learning how to learn and
have life skills so that they become self developed
persons who are makabayan (patriotic) makatao
(mindful of humanity), Makakalikasan (respect of
nature), and Maka-diyos (Godly)
• The ideal teacher of the curriculum is not the
authoritarian instructor but the trustworthy facilitator
or manager of the learning process. She enables
the learners to become active construction of
meaning and not passive recipients of information.
Reformed Basic Education Curriculum
of 2002
• The RBEC sought to improve the standard of
education in the country. The RBEC would respond
to the needs of Filipino learners with the following
objectives.
1. To provide knowledge and develop skills, attitudes,
and values essential to personal development and
necessary for living in and contributing to a
developing and changing society.
2. Provide learning experiences which increase the
child awareness of the responsiveness to the changes
in society.
3. Promote and intensity knowledge,
identification with and love for the
nation and the people to which she/he
belongs
4. Promote work experiences which
develop orientation to the world and
prepare the learner to engage in honest
and gainful work.
RBEC Curriculum Decongestion
into five learning areas
• English

• Filipino

• Mathematics

• Science

• Makabayan
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