ENHANCED BASIC

EDUCATION ACT OF 2013

RA 10533

DEVERA, CHRISTOPHER L.

RA 10533 Enhanced Basic

Education Act of 2013
This act is a response to the foraging call
of the need for a nationally responsive
and globally competitive Filipinos starting
with educational reforms. [ASEAN
INTEGRATION]
It focuses on meeting the standards of
education globally in terms of length and
alignment of competencies needed by
the industries.

WHAT IS K-12?
The K-12 program covers kindergarten and 12 years of
Basic Education.
SECONDARY
KINDERGAR
TEN
1 yr PreElementary

Children age
of 5

ELEMENTA
RY
6 yrs
Elementary

Children
age
of 6

JUNIOR
HS
4 Years

SENIOR
HS
2 Years

KEY FEATURES OF K-12 CURRICULUM

NEW LEARNING GOALS

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:

SIGNIFICANT CURRICULUM
CHANGES
BEC 2002

Raise the quality of Filipino learners

and graduates and empower them
for lifelong learning

SEC 2010

Functional literacy and Global

Competitiveness

K -12

Outcomes based education;

Holistically developed Filipino with
21st century skills

KINDERGARTEN
Ages 5 (Pre-Elementary)
There is no formal education for
kindergarten students but areas will
concentrate on the development of the
following:

Physical/
Psychomotor

Cognitive/
Intellectual

Socio-Emotional

Creative/
Aesthetic

Character/
Values

Language and
Communication

ELEMENTARY
Ages 6 (Grades 1-6)
1.Mother-Tongue Based multilingual
Education (MTB-MLE)
Use of childs primary medium as
instruction for grade 1-3. Gradual
introduction of Filipino and English for
grades 4-6 will follow.
2. Mother Tongue will be an additional
subject from gr. 1-3.

ELEMENTARY
Ages 6 (Grades 1-6)
3. MAPEH will be offered starting Grade 1
4. Spiral Approach of curriculum is
implied.
*BEC 2002 Standard subjects will still
prevail however Science will be offered on
Grade 3.

SECONDARY EDUCATION
Junior High School
Ages 12 (Grades 7-10)
1. Spiral
progression
curriculum
wherein learning is a process of
building upon previously learned
knowledge.
2. Career pathways optional course that
student select from a number of
choices.

SECONDARY EDUCATION
Junior High School
Ages 12 (Grades 7-10)
3. TLE course will be exploratory for
grades 7-8, while specialized for grades
9-10. (*COCs and NC I/II certifications).

SECONDARY EDUCATION
Senior High School
Ages 16 (Grades 11-12)
1. A total of 31 subjects to be taken with
80 hrs each per semester.
(15) General
Education
subjects

(7) Contextualized
subjects
(9)Specialized subjects
according to track

SECONDARY EDUCATION
Senior High School
Ages 16 (Grades 11-12)
2. The student can go on different
tracks he/she opted to take. As default
with all the tracks general courses are
embedded.

SECONDARY EDUCATION
Senior High School
TRACK / CAREER PATHS

Whats more in K-12?

1. DepED CHED TESDA collaboration of
the three to make strategies that will ensure
smooth transition.
2. Career
Guidance
and
Counseling
Advocacy. Conduct of career advocacy
activities to secondary level students. [Not
withstanding RA. 9258]
3. E-GASTPE Expansion of Beneficiaries.
RA. 8545 shall be extended to qualified
students enrolled in Basic Education.

WHY K-12?
1. Decongested study loads and ensures
applicability and retention of learning
(Spiral Approach)
2. National certifications of skills (NC 1
and NC II) for fast employment
3. Better preparation for Higher Education
(21st Century Skills
4. Learner Centered, responsive, relevant
and context based curriculum

WHY K-12?
5. Global Recognition of academic
degrees in the Philippines
6.

Economic
development
Filipinos

and
financial
opportunities
for

ISSUES and CONCERNS

1. Readiness of the government to fund and
implement K-12 nationwide (logistic, human
resources and stability)
2. Adequacy of competencies parallel to the
demands of K-12 education (Teachers in
particular)
3. Massive lay-offs for Professors in HEIs for the
full implementation years of grade 11 and 12.

RECOMMENDATION
1. Engagement of all the stakeholders
affected in the implementation of the
program. (parents, teachers etc)
2. Continuous trainings
about K-12.

and

seminars

3. Yearly review of policy makers and

implementers regarding the status of
the under-going program.
4. Research
and
Evidenced
practices must be utilized.

based