Analysis Of High School Education In The Philippines
Chapter 1: The Problem and its Context
Chapter I presents the mandate and the strategic directions of the Department of Education (DepEd) which correlates with the Social Contract of President Aquino’s Administration and the Philippine Development Plan. This chapter also presents the agency’s Organizational Performance Indicators Framework (OPIF), its Roadmap and the Strategic Direction of DepEd Region XII.
Further, this chapter discusses the Organizational Assessment that resulted in the crafting of Potential Problem Analysis. The Summary sums up the contents of Chapter I.
A. THE CONTEXT
The Department of Education had identified critical issues and concerns in the current ten (10) years of basic education cycle that served as the basis in its quest for the much-needed reforms in the basic education system, namely: a) Students are deprived of adequate instructional time due to the congested curriculum; b) High school graduates are not adequately prepared for the world of work because they are too young to legally enter the labor force; c) High school graduates are not adequately prepared to pursue higher education; and d) The 10 years of basic …show more content…
Senior High School is a specialized upper-secondary education that will provide the students with in-depth specialization depending on the occupation or career track they wish to pursue. The track offerings include Academic, Technical-Vocational-Livelihood, Sports and Arts and Design and each track will have strands (specializations within a track). The proposed Curriculum for Grades 11 and 12 will have 31 80-hour subjects per semester, totalling to 2, 4800 hours. Of the 31 total subjects, 15 are core subjects to be taken up by all learners regardless of track choice, and 16 are track subjects composed of 7 common subjects and 9 specialization
Chapter I presents the mandate and the strategic directions of the Department of Education (DepEd) which correlates with the Social Contract of President Aquino’s Administration and the Philippine Development Plan. This chapter also presents the agency’s Organizational Performance Indicators Framework (OPIF), its Roadmap and the Strategic Direction of DepEd Region XII.
Further, this chapter discusses the Organizational Assessment that resulted in the crafting of Potential Problem Analysis. The Summary sums up the contents of Chapter I.
A. THE CONTEXT
The Department of Education had identified critical issues and concerns in the current ten (10) years of basic education cycle that served as the basis in its quest for the much-needed reforms in the basic education system, namely: a) Students are deprived of adequate instructional time due to the congested curriculum; b) High school graduates are not adequately prepared for the world of work because they are too young to legally enter the labor force; c) High school graduates are not adequately prepared to pursue higher education; and d) The 10 years of basic …show more content…
Senior High School is a specialized upper-secondary education that will provide the students with in-depth specialization depending on the occupation or career track they wish to pursue. The track offerings include Academic, Technical-Vocational-Livelihood, Sports and Arts and Design and each track will have strands (specializations within a track). The proposed Curriculum for Grades 11 and 12 will have 31 80-hour subjects per semester, totalling to 2, 4800 hours. Of the 31 total subjects, 15 are core subjects to be taken up by all learners regardless of track choice, and 16 are track subjects composed of 7 common subjects and 9 specialization