MANILA, Philippines — College students have problem studying underneath the previous curriculum, in line with a research performed by a company tasked with reviewing the Okay-12 program.
This downside forces them to complete college “with out the required expertise and information to reach additional training or employment.”
These findings had been introduced by Dr. Pam Robertson, deputy director of the Evaluation, Curriculum and Expertise Analysis Centre (ACTRC) to the Senate on Wednesday.
She confirmed the outcomes to the Senate Committee on Fundamental Schooling throughout its listening to on implementing the Matatag Curriculum.
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“The important thing discovering of our curriculum overview was that academics had been having problem implementing the earlier curriculum, and the scholars had been having problem studying it,” Robertson reported.
“That led to issues for Philippine society as a result of college students had been leaving college with out the required expertise and information to succeed at additional training or employment.”
‘Three thousand various things’
Robertson defined that one of many key findings of the research was that the previous curriculum had “many studying competencies” and that college students had been anticipated to soak up a staggering “three thousand various things in a 12 months.”
She famous this additionally affected the academics tasked with overlaying these classes for learners.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian, who heads the committee, gave his suggestions on the presentation.
“Principally, the primary takeaway is primary: Too many competencies in our previous curriculum. As a result of it’s too many competencies, our academics usually are not instructing all of them, or they don’t end in a single college 12 months,” he mentioned.
“That results in quantity two: Our learners usually are not prepared as a result of not all of the competencies are taught to them,” he added.
“After they soar to the subsequent grade degree, they’re not able to tackle the themes. That additionally eats up the instructor’s time within the subsequent grade degree. The issue now cascades the entire course of.”
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Robertson agreed with Gatchalian’s views.
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