00:00 Only the essentials and fundamentals.
00:03 What the new Learning K-10 curriculum will have with only seven fields of required learning
00:08 from the 10 subjects of the current and outgoing curriculum.
00:11 And parents, teachers, DepEd people, and stakeholders
00:15 like the new and revised curriculum that Kenneth Pechenta dwells on in this report.
00:20 In the current curriculum, seven subjects will be taught to first, second, and third grades.
00:28 That's why Merrill, whose son is an incoming grade 1 student,
00:31 is in favor of the Matatag curriculum launched by the DepEd,
00:34 where only five subjects will be taught in the set grade levels once implemented.
00:57 The legislature also sees the revised K-10 curriculum to be more effective
01:01 simply because it reduces the students' load or burden to learn.
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01:42 As for the Senate Committee on Basic Education Chairperson Senator Wynne Gatchalian,
01:46 the curriculum will pave the way for the children to focus on foundational skills.
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01:54 Although the purpose of the new curriculum is good,
02:03 the Teachers' Dignity Coalition hopes it can be implemented properly to achieve its target.
02:08 But the group cannot say its direct effect on teachers' workload at this time.
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02:15 Meanwhile, the mother tongue subject is no longer included in the new curriculum
02:22 but will remain as a medium of instruction.
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02:30 Eight thousand learning competencies have been removed from the current and outgoing curriculum
02:51 or equivalent to 70 percent.
02:53 There are competencies that are only nice to know but not a must to know.
02:58 That's why we aim for essential learning competencies.
03:01 What are essential learning competencies in layman's language?
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03:09 DepEd is now communicating with publishers for the printing of new learning materials
03:19 anchored on the new curriculum.
03:21 Kenneth Paciente for The New Shen.
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