Department of Education

Challenges and Expectations in

the Senior High School
Dr. Ritchie G. Macalanda
Assistant Principal II
 DepED Vision
We dream of Filipinos
who passionately love their country
and whose values and competencies
enable them to realize their full potential
and contribute meaningfully to building the
nation.
As a learner-centered public institution,
the Department of Education
consistently improves itself
to better serve its stakeholders.

-2013
The SEAMEO Innotech and Melbourne
Study Findings
• Emphasizes learning of content but not
learning to learn
• Does not encourage meta-cognitive processes
• A restricted range of higher order thinking
skills is developed, many of which are 21st
century skills
 Recommendation
• The curriculum should place emphasis on student
evidence of understanding and skills
development rather than accumulation of
content.
• Have a discipline base across and within each
grade with topics developed in sophistication
each year where this is relevant, without
discontinuity
• Demonstrate the potential to emphasise how
scientific problems relate to the real world,
increasing their relevance
 Curriculum Outcomes

Outcomes / Standards Learning Areas / Grade Level

PQF LEARNING RESOURCES

Teacher’s Guides and Learner’s
Materials

Key LEARNING
Stage COMPETENCIES

Outcomes
Content and Performance
G3 G6 G10 G12
STANDARDS

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Basic Education Program
Elementary Kinder to Grade 6

Junior
Grades 7 to 8 Grades 9 to 10
High
School
(Exploratory TLE) (Specialized TLE)

Tracks
Common Subjects

Academic Tech-Voc Sports Arts &

Senior Track Track Track Design
Core Track
High Subjects o Liberal Arts o Home
School o STEM Economics
o ABM o Agri-Fishery
o HUMSS o Industrial
(Humanities Arts
and Social o ICT
Sciences)

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 The K to 12 Philippine Basic Education
Curriculum Framework

Holistically Developed Filipino with 21st Century Skills

Being and Becoming a Whole Person

SKILLS LEARNING AREAS

Information, Media, and Technology Skills Language
Learning and Innovation Skills Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE)
Communication Skills Mathematics and Science
Life and Career Skills Arts and Humanities

Curriculum Support System

Community-
Materials, School Schools
Industry
Facilities, ICT Leadership Divisions
Teachers Assessment Relevance
and Environment and Technical
and
Equipment Management Assistance
Partnerships

Monitoring and Evaluation System

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Curriculum Exits

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Senior High School Curriculum

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 The Grades 11 and 12 have 31
80-hour subjects, totalling 2,480 hours.

31 TOTAL SUBJECTS

16
15 Track Subjects
Core Subjects 7 9
Applied Track Specialization
Subjects subjects

Each subject will have 80 hours per semester

P.E. and Health will have 20 hours per semester for 4 semesters

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Senior High School Subjects

same same
Core Subjects
content competencies

Applied different same

Track Subjects content competencies

Specialized different different

Track Subjects content competencies

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Core Subjects
hours per
Core Subjects semester
Oral Communication 80
Reading & Writing 80
Language
Komunikasyon at Pananaliksik sa Wikang Filipino at Kulturang Pilipino 80
Pagbasa at Pagsusuri ng Iba’t Ibang Teksto Tungo sa Pananaliksik 80
21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World 80
Humanities
Contemporary Music and Visual Arts 80
Communication Media & Information Literacy 80
General Mathematics 80
Mathematics
Statistics & Probability 80
Earth and Life Science (Lecture and Laboratory)* 80
Science
Physical Science (Lecture and Laboratory)* 80
Personal Development 80
Social Science
Understanding Society & Culture 80
Philosophy Intro to Philosophy of the Human Person 80
PE and Health Physical Education and Health 80
CORE Total Number of Hours 1,200
TRACK Total Number of Hours 1,280
Total Number of Hours (CORE + TRACK) 2,480
Total Hours (CORE + TRACK) divided by Number of School Days in SHS (400) = hours/day 6.2 hours/day
*Students in the STEM Strand will take any of the three basic sciences instead of these subjects.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Senior High School Core Subjects for the STEM
Strand
hours per
Core Learning Areas and Subjects semester
Oral Communication 80
Reading & Writing 80
Language
Komunikasyon at Pananaliksik sa Wika at Kulturang Pilipino 80
Pagbasa at Pagsusuri ng Iba’t Ibang Teksto Tungo sa Pananaliksik 80
21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World 80
Humanities
Contemporary Philippine Arts from the Regions 80
Communication Media & Information Literacy 80
General Mathematics 80
Mathematics
Statistics & Probability 80
Earth Science 80
Science
Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction 80
Personal Development / Pansariling Kaunlaran 80
Social Science
Understanding Culture, Society and Politics 80
Introduction to Philosophy of the Human Person / Pambungad sa Pilosopiya ng
Philosophy 80
Tao
PE and Health Physical Education and Health 80
CORE Total Number of Hours 1,200
TRACK Total Number of Hours 1,280
Total Number of Hours (CORE + TRACK) 2,480
DEPARTMENT
Total Hours (CORE + TRACK) divided OF
by Number of EDUCATION
School Days in SHS (400) = average
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 6.2
 Academic Track
Specialized Subjects
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Strand
8 STEM Strand 1 Pre-Calculus
9 STEM Strand 2 Basic Calculus
10 STEM Strand 3 General Biology 1
11 STEM Strand 4 General Biology 2
12 STEM Strand 5 General Physics 1
13 STEM Strand 6 General Physics 2
14 STEM Strand 7 General Chemistry 1
15 STEM Strand 8 General Chemistry 2
Work Immersion/Research/Career Advocacy/Culminating
16 STEM Strand 9
Activity
Each subject will have 80 hours per semester

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Academic Track
Specialized Subjects
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Strand
8 STEM Strand 1 Pre-Calculus
9 STEM Strand 2 Basic Calculus
10 STEM Strand 3 General Biology 1
11 STEM Strand 4 General Biology 2
12 STEM Strand 5 General Physics 1
13 STEM Strand 6 General Physics 2
14 STEM Strand 7 General Chemistry 1
15 STEM Strand 8 General Chemistry 2
Work Immersion/Research/Career Advocacy/Culminating
16 STEM Strand 9
Activity
Each subject will have 80 hours per semester

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Academic Track –STEM Strand
Facilities, Materials and Equipment Requirements

Essential Supplemental
program will not run/not be implemented will enhance/enrich
without these implementation
Materials,
Facilities
Equipment
1 Life Science 1. Basic Science
Laboratory equipment
(including sink, Stand base assembly
storage,shower) Stand support
1 Chemistry Ring with stem
laboratory Multiclamp assembly
(including sink, Universal bosshead
storage,shower) assembly
1 Physical Science 2. Mechanics Science
Laboratory equipment
(including sink,
storage,shower) Cart-rail system
 Academic Track – STEM Strand
Draft Assessment Requirements
Entry Classroom-Based
Exit Assessment
Assessment Assessment

1. Science/
Math/Science/Technolo
Technology/
1. Admission gy
Math Literacy
test /research/investigation
skills
2. Career with abstracts that are
Assessment
2. Research skills
accessible in the world
3. Experimental
wide web
skills
 Sample STEM Track
Schedule of Subjects (per semester)

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