The problems that the students and teachers face in the MATATAG Curriculum are the following:

the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) said in a statement.

“Our education system, already battered by calamities and chronic neglect, will inevitably face a disastrous school opening due to the government's failure to address massive shortages and its rushed implementation of ill-conceived programs like the MATATAG curriculum,” ACT said.

The group also criticized the MATATAG Curriculum because it is “not evidence-based nor grounded in classroom realities.”

The MATATAG Curriculum, a revised curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 10 under the K to 12 Program, was introduced under Vice President and former DepEd Secretary Sara Duterte.

And an addition to this statement concerns about the teachers workload were also voices by the ACT:

“The implementation of the MATATAG program will only add to the workload of teachers and students, instead of addressing the real issues in our education,” ACT said.

“The MATATAG curriculum will result in a heavier workload for teachers, with a 30 percent increase in their teaching load,” ACT said.

“This means more students and classes to focus on, more outputs to check, and more grades to compute,” ACT said.

Safety of students ‘compromised’

ACT claimed that implementing the MATATAG Curriculum also extends their stay in school.

“There are extended class hours for children, which may last until 8 p.m. or later in some schools,” ACT said. “This gambles with the well-being and safety of our students,” the group added.

And an addition to the complaints about the safety and wellbeing of the students and teachers, there is also concerns about adding to the problem of the education system that the Philippines already has, ACT also spoke about this by saying:

Aside from the immediate halt to implementing the MATATAG curriculum, ACT urged the government to conduct a comprehensive overhaul of the K to 12 program.

The group is also pushing for a significant increase in the education budget, equivalent to a percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to address the shortages in classrooms, teachers, and learning resources, among others.

ACT said the government should stop pushing blended learning as a “cure-all” for classroom shortages and climate change impacts because this only ignores the digital divide and lack of resources in many communities.

“Without urgent action to address these fundamental issues, we fear this school year will only deepen the learning crisis,” ACT said. “Our students deserve better than this perpetual state of educational emergency,” it added.

With all that being said here is the summary of the challenges that the Philippine education system is going to face with this new curriculum underway:

Teacher training: Teachers may not have enough training on how to implement the curriculum. 
Resources: There may be a lack of resources, such as funding and support services, to support the curriculum. 
Resistance to change: Teachers may be resistant to changing their teaching practices. 
Infrastructure: There may be limitations on the infrastructure, such as small classrooms or a lack of facilities. 
Equity: There may be concerns about equity and inclusive education. 
Workload: Teachers may have a heavier workload under the MATATAG curriculum. 
Implementation: The rollout of the curriculum may have been chaotic. 
As students we are petitioning for this curriculum to stop or for the government to make a new curriculum that will not tire out and endanger the wellbeing of the students and teachers, because not only will this damage more of the already failing education system of the philippines it will also endanger the wellbeing of the students and teachers, with the added school hours and added workload this will sure do more damage than good to the students and teachers who are experiencing this. 

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