Fast Fact about Science High School

1. PSHS is the brainchild of a Filipino mathematician

2. Republic Act No. 3661 established PSHS
3. PSHS started out in a rented building owned by the Philippine Government
Employees Association (PGEA)
4. Admission in PSHS is competitive
5. Sciences and Mathematics courses make up the core curriculum of PSHS
6. PSHS students are expected by law to take a science/math college course upon
entering college
7. PSHS has 13 campuses in the Philippines
8. Republic Act No. 8496 established the PSHS System
9. PSHS has produced notable scientists, academicians, and journalists
Some of the notable PSHS alumni are:
Adolfo Jesus Gopez - president of FEATI University
Reynaldo B. Vea - president of the Mapua Institute of Technology
Joseph Emilio "Jun" Aguinaldo Abaya - current DOTC Secretary
Jessica Zafra - writer and collumnist
Rowena Guevara - first woman Dean of the UP College of Engineering
Atom Araullo - ABS-CBN journalist and newscaster
Luis Katigbak - a multi Palanca awardee writer
Jose Dalisay Jr. - editor, book author, and multi-Palanca awardee writer
Miriam Coronel-Ferrer - UP Professor and head of the government peace panel
during the negotiations that led to the signing of the Bangsamoro Basic Law
10. An internationally-acclaimed movie about PSHS has been produced

Implementation of the 2002 Basic Education Curriculum

It is the product of 16 years of study conducted under the various DepEd

secretaries (Lourdes Quisumbing, Isidro Cario, and Bro. Andrew Gonzalez). Starting
1995, intensive consultations were held with various stakeholders the schools,

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parents, students, business, trade and industry, NGOs and the people in the Education
Department who administer the education system on ground level.

According to Sec. of Education Raul Roco, the 2002 BEC was based on a 16-
year study (starting in 1986).
Implementation of RBEC was based on Executive Order No. 46, which in turn
was based on the recommendations of the Philippine Commission on
Educational Reforms (PCER), created on Dec. 7, 1998.
The restricting of the curriculum is part of an ongoing effort to improve the
quality of learning. We are focusing on the basics of improving literacy and
numeracy while inculcating values across learning areas to make it dynamic.
(Raul Roco)
The 2002 BEC is a restricting and not a sweeping change of the elementary
and secondary curricula (NESC & NSEC)
The implementation of the 2002 Basic Education Curriculum was announced in
DepEd Order No. 25, s. 2002, issued on June 17, 2002.
The actual implementing guidelines were found in DepEd Order No. 43, s.
2002, dated Aug. 29, 2002.
Less than a year later (on June 12, 2002), a new curriculum (the Revised BEC)
was signed into law.

Revised Basic Education Curriculum

(RBEC 2002-2010)
The objectives of elementary and secondary education serve as the official
learning goals of basic education as stated for a particular population of
learners; that is, the elementary and secondary education learners.
The Bureau of Alternative Learning System (formerly Non-formal Education)
likewise has a set of official learning goals for its particular set of target learners
the out-of-school youth and adults.
The Education Act of 1982 or Batas Pambansa Blg. 232 provides the general
objectives of elementary, secondary, and non-formal education.

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 The objectives of elementary education are as follows:

1. Provide the knowledge and develop the skills, attitudes, and values essential
for personal development, a productive life, and constructive engagement with
a changing social milieu;
2. Provide learning experiences that increase the childs awareness of and
responsiveness to the just demands of society;
3. Promote and intensify awareness of, identification with, and love for our
nation and the community to which the learner belongs;
4. Promote experiences that develop the learners orientation to the world of
work and prepare the learner to engage in honest and gainful work.

The objectives of secondary education are threefold:

Continue the general education started in elementary.

Prepare the learners for college.
Prepare the learners for the world of work.

Curriculum Structure of 2002 BEC/ RBEC

The Core Subjects:

Filipino
English
Math
Science (Science and Health for Elementary);
(Science and Technology for Secondary)
The Experiential Area:
Makabayan: Araling Panlipunan
MAPEH (Music, Arts, PE, and Health)
TLE
Edukasyon sa Pagpapahalaga (the practice for environment for holistic learning
to develop a healthy personal and national self-identity)

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