Greg Oliver Jambongana | April 29, 2024

As the sun rises for new beginning, the change is coming.

     The Department of Education also known as DepEd decongest the K-12 Curriculum from seven foundation which are the Science, Mathematics, English, Filipino, MAPEH, Araling Panlipunan, and Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao to five foundation which are the Language, Literacy, Mathematics, Good Manners and Right Conduct, and Makabansa. For example, the kindergarten have 245 learning competencies in line to K-12 Curriculum while in MATATAG Curriculum their learning competency will be only 46 which is a good news to everyone. This new MATATAG Curriculum avoids students to handle many lesson and also to cope up to all eight subjects together.

When they get started?

      In the past years, the Department of education system has undergo several changes in both execution and duration by time. To enhance and improve the competency of every Filipino student specially those who are in grade 10. Adding two years more in Junior High School. The goal of K-12 curriculum is only one, but it has not met the unanimous agreement, with many various critiques, by slamming the rushed transition to the program and lack of facilities and training for educators. 

According to Mirror a reliable source, the Department of education has implemented K-12 program, however basic education covers 13 years, with the following key stages: Kindergarten to Grade 3; Grade 4 to 6; Grade 7 10 (compulsory); Grade 11 and 12 (senior high school) However, the K-12 program have many problems to attached in learners and most specially the educators, this is due to lack of facilities, trainings and suctional materials. 

     MATATAG Curriculum a calibrated to K to 10 program which the K-12 Program. Prior to the phased implementation of the MATATAG Curriculum starting SY 2024-2025, the Department of Education (DepEd) is conducting the pilot implementation in reference to DM 54, s. 2023 or the Pilot Implementation of the MATATAG Curriculum.

     The focus of MATATAG Curriculum is focusing on religious and values wherein this would be the greatest advantage of MATATAG Curriculum against the K-12 Program.
the MATATAG curriculum focusing on social and religious values while `The ability to develop students' potential and independence, as well as their ability to live in a pluralistic society.

K-12 Curriculum was firstly implemented during the school year  2011-2012. Based on the findings of  Department of Education, K-12 curriculum have three finding reviews.
1. The K-12 curriculum content is congested 
2. There is a misplace prerequisite learning competency 
It has an imbalance cognitive cognitive demand
3. This stated that the K-12 curriculum is not effective to the students. It only gives them a slow process of education to all students making them to face difficult ways of coping to the curriculum.