WHAT IS K TO 12 PROGRAM?

WHAT IS K+12?

The K to 12 Program covers Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (six years of primary education,
four years of Junior School, and two years of Senior High School [SHS]) to provide sufficient time for
mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-
level skills development, employment, and entrepreneurship.

GEARING UP FOR THE FUTURE (SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL)

Senior High School is two years of specialized upper secondary education; students may choose a specialization
based on aptitude, interests, and school capacity. The choice of career track will define the content of the
subjects a student will take in Grades 11 and 12. SHS subjects fall under either the Core Curriculum or specific
Tracks.
CORE CURRICULUM

There are seven Learning Areas under the Core Curriculum. These are Languages, Literature, Communication,
Mathematics, Philosophy, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. Current content from some General Education
subjects are embedded in the SHS curriculum.

TRACKS

Each student in Senior High School can choose among three tracks: Academic; Technical-Vocational-
Livelihood; and Sports and Arts. The Academic track includes three strands: Business, Accountancy,
Management (BAM); Humanities, Education, Social Sciences (HESS); and Science, Technology, Engineering,
Mathematics (STEM).

Students undergo immersion, which may include earn-while-you-learn opportunities, to provide them relevant
exposure and actual experience in their chosen track.

NURTURING THE HOLISTICALLY DEVELOPED FILIPINO (COLLEGE AND LIVELIHOOD READINESS,

21ST CENTURY SKILLS)

After going through Kindergarten, the enhanced Elementary and Junior High curriculum, and a
specialized Senior High program, every K to 12 graduate will be ready to go into different paths – may
it be further education, employment, or entrepreneurship.

Every graduate will be equipped with:

1. Information, media and technology skills,

2. Learning and innovation skills,
3. Effective communication skills, and
4. Life and career skills.

Source: http://www.gov.ph/k-12/
 Corpus Christi Senior High School
Macasandig/Pueblo Campus, Cagayan de Oro City

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

WORKTEXT #1 ON FEATURES OF LANGUAGE AND STRUCTURE

NAME: ____________________________________________________ GRADE/SECTION/STRAND: _______________ DATE: _____________

1. Using the material that you just read, come up with the following:
 2 sentences showing formality
 2 sentences showing objectivity
 2 sentences showing explicitness
 2 sentences showing caution
2. Apply nominalization in the following sentences:
 The Department of Education created the Senior High School Program to nurture the holistically developed Filipinos.
 Curriculum makers designed the subjects to fully prepare every Senior High School completer for college and for the industry.
 Different stakeholders gathered for one common goal which is to fully implement SHS in the Philippines.
3. Apply passivization in the following sentences:
 The Department of Education gears up for the full implementation of Senior High School in the Philippines.
 SHS Program provides sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills as well as develop lifelong learners.
 Students undergo immersion to provide them relevant exposure and actual experience in their chosen track.

Write all your responses below. You may also use the other part of this paper.