SECTOR: Education
SONA YEAR: 2022
review viability k-12
PROMISE STATUS - DATE: In progress as of 07/16/2024
- Ahead of its set deadline in May 2024, DepEd launched the MATATAG curriculum in August 2023, effectively revising the K to 10 curriculum to focus basic education learning areas within reading and literacy, mathematics and language skills, makabansa and good manners and right conduct subjects.
- Outgoing Education Secretary Sara Duterte announced in February 2024 that DepEd plans to hold its pilot test of the revised senior high school curriculum for school year 2025 – 2026.
- Amid changing leadership in the education department, Marcos has asked incoming Education Secretary Sonny Angara to include in the curriculum’s revision some pathways to improve the employability of senior high school graduates and improve the performance of Filipino students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects.