DepEd-Pangasinan 1 identifies 125 schools
FOR K T0 12 SENIORS
LINGAYEN—Here’s the latest on the K to 12 curriculum in Department of Education (DepEd) Pangasinan 1 Division, when the senior high school begins to be implemented in June 2016.
Out of the 135 high schools today, only 125 schools can offer senior high school courses.
This, according to Carmina Gutierrez, DepEd Pangasinan 1 chief education program supervisor, and added that the basic requirement for schools to be able to offer senior high school is a population of at least 80 students.
“However, in remote areas, even those with only 35 students can already offer senior high school,” she said.
DepEd-Pangasinan 1 has 80 percent absorptive capacity or can accommodate 80% of the students for senior high school, Gutierrez said.
For the rest of the graduates or the 20%, the division has partnered with colleges and universities as well as stand-alone senior high schools in the province to serve the remaining incoming senior high schools.
Meanwhile, Ma. Celia Fernandez, superintendent of DepEd Pangasinan 1 said school heads will choose which senior high school courses to offer based on their assessment of the environment, the students’ interests, and demand of the market.
There will be three major tracks to choose from: the academic track (which include humanities; science, technology and engineering; accounting, business and management), the sports and arts track, and the technical vocational track.
“The main purpose of the program is to solve unemployment,” said Fernandez.
As rationalized by the DepEd, once a student finishes senior high school, he or she doesn’t only get a high school diploma but also a National Competency (NC) certificate to aid in job search.
“Also, as the students graduate senior high school, they are already 18 years olds and may become entrepreneurs capable of legally transacting economic ventures,” she added.
To accomplish it, teachers have already been trained for the new curriculum. More teachers will also be recruited among college instructors.
The first of the K to 12 curriculum, the kindergarten, was already implemented when it was first enacted into law and the last batch graduated this year. (Johanne Macob)
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