1. Journey in Basic Education
Curricular Reforms: 1946- 2011

2. The chronology of the basic
education curricular reforms:
Grade Level 1946-1956 1957-1972 1973-1988 1989-2001 2002-2011 2012-2013
Year IV 2-2 plan
• college
Prep
curriculum
• Vocational
curriculum
Revised
secondary
education
program
• Electives
offered
New
Secondary
Education
Curriculum
(NSEC)
2002 Basic
education
Curriculum
2010
Secondary
education
Curriculum
Roll-out
implementati
on of G1 and
G7 of the
K12
curriculum
Year III
Year II
Year I
Grade 6
Grade 5 G. E. C. 1957-1982 1983-2001 2002-2011 2012
Grade 4 Revised
Elementary
education
curriculum
New
Elementary
School
Curriculum
(NESC)
2002 basic
education
Curriculum
R.A. 10157
kindergarten
education
Act
Grade 3
Grade 2
Grade 1
Kindergarten 2011 Kindergarten

3. 1946-1956
" The 1935 constitution provided certain educational
objectives such as the development of moral
character, personal discipline, civic conscience ,
vocational efficiency and citizenship training.
" To carry out the constitutional ,mandate a revision of
the elementary curriculum was made including the
teaching of the national language obligatory, that
was first offered in as a subject in 1939-1940 in
public schools.

4. 1946-1956
" Another development was the shortening of the
elementary curriculum form seven to six years in order to
admit more children of school age.
" The Educational “Magna Carta” of the Philippines,
provided for the system of the public elementary
education and its matter of financing.
" The latter remained under the support of the city
government (Philippine Education System. 1901-1976)

5. 1946-1956
" Legislation affecting basic education were passed including the
following:
1. Commonwealth Act No. 586
• An act provide for the revision of the system of Public & Private
Elementary in the Philippines including financing thereof.
2. Commonwealth Act No.589
• An act establishing a school ritual in all public and private elementary and
public secondary schools.
3. Republic Act No. 896
• An act to Declare the Policy on elementary education in the Philippines.

6. 1957- 1982
" Elementary Education
" The revised elementary education
curriculum was gradually effected
beginning the school year
1957-1958.

7. Minimum Time Allotment for the
Elementary School Curriculum
Subject Area Numbers of Minutes a Day
I-II II-IV V-VI
1. Social Studies 40 50 50
2. Work Education 40 60 80
3. Health and
Science
40 40 50
4.Language Arts 110 110 120
5.Arithmetic 50
6. Arts and Physical
Education
40 40 50´
TOTAL 310 340 400

8. 1957-1982
" In the revised elementary education curriculum the
vernacular was the auxiliary medium of instruction in
G1 and G2: Pilipino and English were offered as
subjects.
" The continuous progression scheme (CPS) was
implemented in the elementary during S.Y. 1970-1971
but due to some misconception, it was literally
construed as mass promotion, hence many non-
readers were promoted to next grade level.

9. 1957-1972
" Secondary Education
" One feature of the 1957-1972 reform was offering of character education
and good manners and right conduct as “a separate subjects in the
elementary and secondary curricula in all public and private schools,
effective beginning of the second semester of S.Y. 1958-1959” as follows:
" Elementary level-Good Manners ad Right Conduct, everyday in the most
suitable language in all grade levels during the opening exercises.
" Character Education and Right Conduct shall be given in English for a
period of 40 minutes once a week.

10. 1957-1972
" The 2-2 plan curriculum was considered by
Swanson Survey Team, In theory and philosophy
as an “advance step in the improvement of high
school curriculum” but the problems in the
implementation due to lack of funds, equipment,
vocational teachers and guidance counselors
were not resolved.

11. 1973-1988
" Secondary Education
" The revised secondary education program (RSEP) replaced the
2-2 plan in 1973. among the objectives of the curriculum was “to
acquire the basic occupational skills acknowledge and
information essential for gainful employment and for making
intelligent choice of occupation or career.”
" RSEP implemented starting S.Y. 1973- 1974 introduced the by the
hour programming instead of 40 minutes per learning area.
" Bilingual education policy was likewise issued as Dept. order no.
25, s. 1974.

12. 1989-2001
" The New Secondary Education Curriculum
" The conceptualization of the NSEC began in 1982 in
preparation for the graduates of the New Elementary
School Curriculum (NESC) implemented starting
1982-1983 in G1.
" The first full beneficiaries of the NESC were graduated
in march 1989 and they also became the first
beneficiaries of the NSEC under the development of the
Secondary Education Development Program (SEDP)

13. 1989- 2001
Level of yearly implementation
1989-1990 First Year 1992-1993 Fourth Year
1990-1991 Second Year 1993-1994 Project completion
report
1991-1992 Third Year 1994-1995 Project impact report

14. 1989-2001
" For the first time, values education was offered
as a separate subject in high school, hence the
trainers and mass training of teacher included
values formation. A values education framework
was put in place by the dept. of education,
culture and sports (DECS).

15. 1983-2001
" Elementary Education
" The need reforms in the elementary education became
imperative when the results of Survey of Outcomes in
Elementary Education (SUOTELE) came out. A
significant finding, clearly showed that the grader
across the nation has mastered only 50% of what he
was expected to learn and that the learned subject were
the 3R’s

16. 1983-2001
" Elementary Education
" Experimental Elementary Education Program (EEEP).to
implement and maintain the recommendation of SUOTELE, the
EEEP was launched by the Bureau of Elementary Education
program 1978. it was conducted for two years on an experimental
basis.
" The result of the EEEP pointed to the validity of the experimental
curriculum in developing the communication skill of children in
view of the reduction of the number of subjects and the increased
time for instruction.

17. 1983-2001
" Elementary Education
" Program for Comprehensive Elementary Education
(PROCEED). The impact of the aforementioned researches
paved the way for the development of the a 10-year
(1980-1990) PROCEED.
" The Program for Decentralized Education Development
(PRODED). To serve as a launching pad for the major
reform envisioned in PROCEED, PRODED actually covers
the first 4 years of the 10-yeardevelopment program.

18. 2002-2011
" With the coming of a new leadership in2001 in NSEC and
the NESC were replaced by the 2002 Basic Education
Curriculum (BEC)
" The curriculum aim at empowering the Filipino learners to
be capable of self-development through out one’s life and
to be patriotic, benevolent, ecologically aware and godly.
" The curriculum promotes mutual interaction between
students and teachers, between students and multi-media
sources, and between teachers of different disciplines.

19. 2002-2011
" 2010 Secondary Education Curriculum
" The refinement of the curriculum followed the
Understanding by Design (UbD) framework which
covers three stages:
" Stage 1-result/Desired outcome
" Stage 2-Assessment
" Stage 3-Learning/ Instructional plan

20. 2002-2011
" R.A. 10157 entitled An Act Institutionalizing the
Kindergarten Education into the Basic Education
System and Appropriating Funds Thereof : the
declaration states that:
" Kindergarten is “mandatory and compulsory for
entrance to G1”.

21. 20012-2013
" The roll-out implementation of the K-12 Basic
Education Curriculum for G1 and G7 shall start
during school year 2012-2013. preparation of
instructional materials and teaching guides for
the training of trainers and regional training of
G1 and G7 teachers are ongoing.

22. 2021-2013
" It could be noted that the 12-year Basic education
Cycle is first in the 10-pont agenda of President
Benigno Aquino, to wit:
1. Expansion to 12-year basic education cycle
2. Universal Pre-school
3. Madrasah Education
4. Tech-Voc Education in Senior High Schools
5. Every child a reader by G1

23. 2021-2013
" It could be noted that the 12-year Basic education
Cycle is first in the 10-pont agenda of President
Benigno Aquino, to wit:
6. Proficiency in math and science
7. Assisstance to private schools
8. Multilingual education
9. Quality textbooks
10. Covenant with LGU’s to build more schools.

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