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RESHAPING THE FUTURE DepEd sets forth changes on Education Plan; GCISC heeds reforms for pupils’ welfare
IN-DEPTH NEWS
The Department of Education (DepEd) has started rolling out series of changes for all public schools in Philippines to improve the education system which made Glan Central Integrated SPED Center (GCISC) followed these reforms for their learners’ benefits. According to Vice President Sara Z. Duterte, DepEd Secretary, she wanted to fix the problems of education system in the Philippines – digging deeper down to its grassroots for an effective policy-making of solutions. Hence, after almost two years in her post, several changes were already enacted such as revising the K-12 curriculum, gradual revert to old school calendar, enhancement of reading programs, and even for teachers they have granted onemonth vacation, removal of administration tasks and an overtime pay. These moderate changes will cater the education lapses primarily due to the pandemic and will address the teachers’ woes for them to teach the students better – giving remedy as well to pupils’ welfare. Roll of Changes One of the most evident request from teachers and parents to DepEd was returning back the old school calendar in which last February 20, the department heard it and announced that starting next school year, it will slowly revert to the original school days expecting on SY 2027-2028, schools will open on June while the school break retains on April-May based on the Department Order (DO) No. 3 series of 2024. Along with the aforementioned plan is the ongoing revision of the K-12 curriculum under its MATATAG agendum. According to Curriculum Director Jocelyn Andaya, they “decongested” the current curriculum used by 70% wherein the foundational subjects to be focused on are Language, Reading and literacy, Mathematics, Makabansa, and GMRC for K-10 curriculum. “One of the issues discovered was that
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BACK TO OLD DAYS 1591 parents agree to return to old school opening – survey story on page 02
No. of Parents who Agreed to Return to Old School Opening