The K to 12 Curriculum

Section 5 of the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, stipulates

the following curricular standards which the curriculum developers
adhered to in crafting the K to 12 curriculum:

 The curriculum shall be learner-centered, inclusive and

developmentally appropriate;
 The curriculum shall be relevant, responsive and research-based;
 The curriculum shall be culture sensitive
 The curriculum shall be contextualized and global;
 The curriculum shall use pedagogical approaches that are
constructivist, inquiry-based, reflective, collaborative and
integrative;
 The curriculum shall adhere to the principles and framework of
Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTP-MLE) which
starts from where the learners are and from what they already
knew proceeding from the known to the unknown; instructional
material and capable teachers to implement the MTB-MLE
curriculum shall be available;
 The curriculum shall use the spiral progression approach t ensure
mastery of knowledge and skills after each level; and
 The curriculum shall be flexible enough to enable and allow
schools to localize, indigenize and enhance the same based on
their respective educational and social contexts. The production
and development of locally produced teaching materials shall be
encouraged and approval of these materials shall devolve to the
regional and division education units.
Curriculum Tracks

The student after undergoing Senior High School can choose

among four tracks: Academic; Technical Vocational-Livelihood; and
Sports track and Arts and Design track. The Academic track includes
four strands: Business, Accountancy, Management (BAM); Humanities
and Social Sciences (HUMSS); Science, Technology, Engineering,
Mathematics (STEM); and General Academic Strand (GAS).

Core Curriculum

Below are the learning areas comprising the core curriculum. The
description is based on DepEd Memo 13 s 2013

NOMENCLATURE/ DESCRIPTION
LEARNING AREA Grades 1 to 6 Grades 7 to 10
Integrated It focuses on the Ang Filipino ay
Language Arts development of naglalayong malinang
Mother Tongue literacy and numeracy and (1) kakayahang
Filipino skills and learning of komunikatibo at (2)
English concepts first in the kahusayan sa pag-
Mother Tongue from unawa at
Grades 1-3 and later pagpapahalagang
transfer to second pampanitikan ng mga
language (Filipino and mag aaral. Lilinangin
English). ang makrong
The macro skills- kasanayan (pakikinig,
listening, speaking, pagsasalita, pagbasa,
reading, writing and pagsulat at panonood)
viewing spiral across sa tulong ng iba’t
grade levels and ibang dulog at
 across languages. The pamamaraan tulad ng
ultimate goal is Komunikatibong
communicative Pagtuturo ng Wika
competence both oral (KPW), Pagtuturong
and written in three Batay sa Nilalaman
languages (PBL) ng iba’t ibang
akdang pampanitikan
at Pagsasanib ng
Gramatika sa Tulong
nga iba’t ibang Teksto
(PGRT), at
isinasaalang-alang din
ang pagsasanib ng
mga pagpapahalagang
pangkatauhan sa pag-
aaral at pagsusuri ng
iba’t ibang akdang
pampanitikan.
Science Science education This course deals with
aims to develop the basic concepts in
scientific literacy Biology, Chemistry,
among students that Physics and
will prepare them to Earth/Space Science.
be informed and Every quarter presents
participative citizens the different science
who are able to make disciplines across
judgments and grade levels in
decisions regarding increasing complexity.
applications of The course is focused
scientific knowledge on the development
that may have social, of awareness and
health, or understand of
environmental practical everyday
 impacts. The science problems that affect
curriculum recognizes the learners’ lives and
the place of science those around them.
and technology in
everyday human
affairs. It integrates
science and
technology in the
civic, personal, social,
economic, and the
values and ethical
aspects of life. The
science curriculum
promotes a strong link
between science and
technology, keeping
our country’s cultural
uniqueness and
peculiarities.
Mathematics Elementary It includes key
mathematics covers concepts and
basic concepts and principles of number
ideas, skills and sense, measurement,
processes on numbers algebra, geometry,
and number sense- probability and
geometry, statistics as applied,
measurement, using appropriate
patterns and algebra, technology in critical
probability and thinking, problem
statistics as enlist, solving, reasoning,
using appropriate communicating,
technology in critical making connections,
thinking, problem representations and
 solving, reasoning, decisions in real life.
communicating,
making connections,
representations and
decisions in real life.
Araling Panlipunan Ito ay asignatura na Ang asignaturang ito
nagtuturo ng mga ay naglalayong
konsepto sa tumalakay sa
pananagutang kasaysayan ng
pansarili, pamilya, Pilipinas gamit ang sipi
kapwa, bansa/daigdig ng mga piling
at diyos; pananagutan primaryang
para sa kabutihang sanggunian mula sa
panlahat upang iba’t ibang panahon at
mamuhay nang may uri; at magpamalas ng
kaayusan, malalim na pang-
katiwasayan, unawa sa mga
kaunlaran tungo sa pangunahing kaisipan
kaligayahan ng tao. at mga napapanahong
isyu sa pag-aaral ng
kasaysayan,
pamahalaan, kultura
at lipunan ng mga
rehiyong Asyano;
kasaysayang
pandaigdig at
napapanahong isyu; at
mga kaisipan at
napapanahong isyu sa
ekonomiks at
pambansang pag-
unlad.
Edukasyong Edukasyong Edukasyong
Pantahanan at Pantahanan at Pantahanan at
Pangkabuhayan (EPP)/ Pangkabuhayan Pangkabuhayan
Technology and develops knowledge, develops knowledge,
Livelihood Education skills, values and skills, values and
(TLE) attitude in Agriculture attitude in Agriculture
Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship and
Information Information
Communication Communication
Technology (ICT), Technology (ICT),
Home Economics and Home Economics and
Industrial Arts than Industrial Arts than
can help improve self, can help improve self,
family, and family, and
community life community life
considering considering
sustainable sustainable
development. development.
Music, Art, Physical The Music Program This learning area
Education and Health focuses on the learner covers four (4) major
(MAPEH) as the recipient of the components namely:
knowledge, skills, and Music, Art, Physical
values necessary for Education and Health.
artistic expression and
cultural literacy. The  Music and Art
curriculum design is deal with the
student-centered, study of man’s
based on spiral aesthetic
progression, and expressions
grounded in through sounds
performance-based (music) and
learning. Thus, the visuals (art)
learner is empowered mirroring the
through active sentiments and
involvement and ideas of society
participation, to and culture, and
effectively correlate contributing to
music and art to the the development
development of of individual and
his/her own cultural collective
identity and expand identity. It is
his/her vision of the designed to be
world. student-
centered, based
The Art Program on spiral
provides our Filipino progression, and
learners with art grounded in
experiences that performance-
include recognizing, based learning
creating, appreciating, focused on
and critiquing their appreciation and
own artistic works and application
the works of others. where basic
From Kindergarten, fundamentals
art instruction begins are further
with creative reinforced. The
exploration of art program design
materials, concepts empowers the
and processes found learners to
in the Philippines and effectively
other countries, It correlate Music
continues to develop and Art to the
the student’s study of
imagination and Philippine
individual expression, Culture, as
and inquiry into the influenced by
aesthetic qualities of history, the
his work, the work of culture of its
others, artists of the neighbors, and
past and present, from the effects of
the Philippines and globalization and
from other parts of the
the world. It advancement of
culminates in seeing information
the connection of art technology.
to other areas of study  Physical
and exposure to Education and
various art-related Health promote
activities and careers. the development
of active and
The Physical Education healthy lifestyle.
Program is anchored Physical
on the tenet “Move to Education
Learn and Learn to focuses on five
Move” with ultimate strands namely:
goal of achieving body
lifelong fitness. It shall management,
contribute to the movement skills,
development of games and
fitness, health and sports rhythm
wellness among and dance and
school-age students as physical fitness.
provided in the
program’s rich and Each strand is
challenging physical sequentially
activity experiences. It developed
shall promote the across grade
development of a levels including
participative and activities that
active body; learning are varied and
to use the body in age-appropriate
moving efficiently and to address the
effectively in a given needs and
space time, effort and interest of
assurance of quality learners.
movement. The desire
for becoming a  The Health
physical educated program deals
person thus aid an with physical,
individual in mental,
successfully selecting emotional,
and participating social, moral and
activities appropriate spiritual
at various stages of dimensions of
life. health that
enable learners
The Health Program to acquire
from Kindergarten to essential
Grade 6 focuses on knowledge,
the physical, mental, attitudes and
emotional, social, skills necessary
moral, and spiritual to promote good
dimensions of health nutrition,
and enables the prevent and
learners to acquire control diseases,
essential knowledge, substance use
attitudes, and skills and abuse, and
necessary to promote reduce health-
good nutrition, related risk
prevent and control behaviors and
diseases and injuries with the
substance use and view to
 abuse, reduce health- maintaining and
related risk behaviors improving
to prevent and control personal, family,
injuries with the view community,
of maintaining and national and
improving personal, global health.
family, community,
national and global
health.
Edukasyon sa Ang Edukasyon sa Ang Edukasyon sa
Pagpapakatao (EsP) Pagpapakatao (EsP) ay Pagpapakatao ay
asignaturang bahagi nalalayong malinang
ng K to 12 na gagabay at mapaunlad ang
at huhubog sa mga kakayahan ng mga
kabataan. Ang mag-aaral sa moral na
tunguhin o outcome pagpapasya at
ng EsP ay kabataang paggawa ng mga
nagpapasya at pasyang batay sa
kumikilos nang idinidikta ng tamang
mapanagutan tungo konsesnya: Apat na
sa kabutihang tema ang nililinang sa
panlahat. paraang expanding
Nangangahulugang ito spiral mula
na lilinangin at Kindergarten
paunlarin ang hanggang Grade 10:
pagkataong etikal ng (a) Pananagutang
bawat mag-aaral. Pansarili at Pagiging
Upang maipamalas Kasapi sa Pamilya, (b)
ito, kailangang Pakikipagkapwa at
magtaglay siya ng Katatagan ng Pamilya,
limang pangunahing (c) Paggawa Tungo sa
kakayahan (macro Pambansang Pag-
skills): pag-unawa, unlad at pakikibahagi
pagninilay, sa Pandaigdigang
pagsangguni, Pagkakaisa, at (d)
pagpapasya at PagkamakaDiyos at
pagkilos. Presensya sa
Kabutihan,

Ang Nilalaman at
istraktura ng
Edukasyon sa
Pagpapakatao ay
nakaangkla sa
dalawang disciplina:
Ethics at Career
Guidance. Ang Etika ay
ang siyensa ng
moralidad ng kilos ng
tao. Ang Career
Guidance ay ang
paggabay sa mag-aaral
ng magpasya ng
kursong akademiko o
teknikal-bokasyonal
na tugma sa kanyang
mga talent, kakayahan
at aptitude at mga
trabahong kailangan
sa ekonomiya.