Schools, LGUs receptive to revised K-10 'Matatag' curriculum, says education official

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Schools, LGUs receptive to revised K-10 'Matatag' curriculum, says education official  Schools and local government units (LGUs) were receptive to the revised K-10 'Matatag' curriculum during its pilot run, which began on Sept. 25, 2023, Education (DepEd) Assistant Secretary and Deputy Spokesman Francis Bringas said.   VIDEO AND INTERVIEW BY EZRAH RAYA  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe    Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital    Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #TheManilaTimes

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00:00 I'm Esra Araya and this is the Manila Times.

00:03 The Department of Education or DepEd has launched the pilot implementation of the revised Kindergarten

00:09 to Grade 10 or K-10 curriculum in the basic education.

00:14 Also called as the Matatag Curriculum, its goal is to improve the country's international

00:19 score when it comes to science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects.

00:25 The 2024 National Budget deliberations for DepEd's funds has been ongoing and the agency

00:31 is set on the mass implementation of the Matatag Curriculum in the coming school year.

00:38 Here with us today is Department of Education's Assistant Secretary and Deputy Spokesperson,

00:43 Asek Francis Bringas.

00:46 Welcome to the Manila Times, Asek.

00:47 Hello, good morning Esra and good morning to all your viewers and listeners.

00:51 Thank you.

00:52 Sir, please give us an update of the pilot implementation of the revised K-10 Matatag

00:58 Curriculum and what are your initial assessments?

01:02 Well the pilot study or pilot implementation of the K-10 Matatag Curriculum, particularly

01:07 in Kinder grades 1, 4 and 7, officially started in September 25 in 7 regions and 35 schools

01:16 nationwide.

01:17 So we had regions 1, 2, Cordillera Administrative Region, National Capital Region, Region 7,

01:27 Regions 12 and 13 with 5 schools each.

01:34 So after the first week of implementation, we have gathered our initial assessment and

01:39 generally, our impressions coming from the regional offices is that the learners are

01:47 very good, teachers as well as the school and even the local government units that supported

01:52 the pilot implementation.

01:54 And of course, since this is a new curriculum for the set grade levels, we have some challenges

02:01 of course in the adjustment of the class programs or class programming because of the change

02:06 in the time allotment.

02:08 But the adjustments have been made and we are all smoothly going on with our second

02:15 week of implementation and generally, our teachers were confident because we had a wide

02:26 training and orientation for teachers who will be involved in the pilot including school

02:32 personnel and division personnel who will be monitoring and assessing the implementation.

02:37 Sir, tell us what does the new Matatag Curriculum aim to achieve by the end of its pilot implementation

02:43 before the wide implementation of the new curriculum?

02:47 The very purpose of the pilot implementation is really to try it out in the different typologies

02:54 of schools given that our pilot is only 35 and to see if there will be some gaps and

03:00 challenges and issues that need to be addressed prior to its nationwide implementation.

03:05 So we are looking at the result of the research that would tell us what needs to be improved,

03:12 what needs to be adjusted, and what interventions need to be done for a smooth and seamless

03:19 transition by next school year.

03:21 Sir, you also mentioned that the teacher's training for the new curriculum is finished.

03:28 Yeah, for the participating schools.

03:31 But definitely prior to the nationwide implementation by next school year, we will have mass training

03:37 for all teachers in Kinder grades 1, 4, and 7 because they have to be familiar and oriented

03:43 with the new curriculum guides including our lesson exemplars, learning activity sheets,

03:48 and hopefully our new textbooks.

03:50 Sir, when is the mass training of the teachers for the new curriculum, if ever, sir?

03:59 When's the target?

04:00 The mass training will probably happen in the school year break, that is July.

04:06 So in preparation for the August opening.

04:09 But definitely within the school year, we will be conducting a series of orientations

04:13 as well to these teachers, school personnel, and other SDO personnel.

04:18 Thank you so much for that information, Ase Kano.

04:21 So before we end, tell us about DEPED's plan on allocating funds for learners with disabilities

04:27 in the 2024 national budget.

04:29 And how much would it be?

04:32 Yes, so the original name of this Learners with Disabilities Fund is SPED.

04:37 Now it is called SNED, the Special Needs Education.

04:41 It is in our budget and it includes all of their needs like instructional materials,

04:48 learning devices.

04:49 We also have in our budget outside the SNED, we also have a budget for the Integrated Learning

04:57 Resource Centers.

04:58 That is the former SPED centers that we have and by law we have to, in all municipalities

05:04 we will have to establish Integrated Learning Resource Centers where all of our services

05:10 are located for our learners with special needs.

05:15 So all of the plantilia, we need to give that.

05:19 So we are just finishing our IRR for the implementation of that law.

05:23 But even before the law on inclusive education, we already have a policy on inclusivity in

05:32 the department that gave way to the conversion of our SPED schools into Integrated Learning

05:37 Resource Centers.

05:38 Very well said, Asek.

05:39 Lastly, to confirm, DEPED will no longer change the term "Diktadurang Marcos" in the curriculum.

05:45 Is that correct?

05:46 Well, it is still in the curriculum that the name of Marcos is removed from Diktadurang

05:53 Marcos.

05:54 Again, we have repeatedly explained that that is not changing the facts or the history that

05:59 we have, but it's simply a manner of presentation in the framing of the new curriculum that

06:05 is thematic in essence.

06:07 All right.

06:08 Thank you, Asek.

06:09 And just to repeat on what you said, the pilot implementation of the revised K-10 Matatag

06:14 curriculum is going very well, and trainings of teachers will be done before the mass implementation.

06:21 And there's definitely funds for learners with special needs.

06:25 Thank you so much, Department of Education Assistant Secretary and Deputy Spokesperson

06:30 Asek Francis-Bringas.

06:31 Maraming salamat po.

06:32 Thank you, Ezra.

06:33 [END]

06:33 Thank you, Ezra.

06:34 Thank you, Department of Education Assistant Secretary and Deputy Spokesperson Asek Francis-Bringas.

06:35 Maraming salamat po.

06:36 Thank you, Ezra.

06:41 Thank you, Ezra.

06:42 Thank you, Department of Education Assistant Secretary and Deputy Spokesperson Asek Francis-Bringas.

06:42 Thank you, Ezra.

06:43 Thank you, Department of Education Assistant Secretary and Deputy Spokesperson Asek Francis-Bringas.

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