The Department of Education launches its ‘Matatag’ revised K-10 curriculum. The revised curriculum reduces the number of learning areas for students to focus on foundational skills and will now focus on five areas.
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00:00 The Department of Education launches its Matatag Revised K-10 Curriculum.
00:05 The revised curriculum reduces the number of learning areas for students to focus on
00:09 foundational skills and will now focus on five areas.
00:13 Curriculum Director Jocelyn Andaya says they decongested the current curriculum by 70 percent.
00:19 Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte says the revised curriculum comes
00:23 after at least two years of review.
00:25 "Both teachers and learners were overburdened with lessons and other school tasks and activities.
00:34 The result was devastating for our learners.
00:39 It compromised their mastery of fundamental skills such as reading and solving simple
00:45 math problems."
00:47 A 2021 World Bank study revealed over 90 percent of Filipino students at the age of 10 struggle
00:53 to comprehend age-appropriate text.
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