REVISION OF THE SHS CURRICULUM

AN ARTICLE ABOUT EDUCATION IN THE PHILIPPINES

Heeding the current remarks of the government with regards to the system of senior secondary school in the Philippines finally show an agenda that deems worthy of time, effort, and most especially, the country's funds. During the year, 2023, it was affirmed that a revised curriculum of the Senior High School (SHS) is proposed and is aimed to be implemented in the upcoming academic year, 2025 to 2026. Wherein, under this revision states that enrollment on SHS after graduating tenth grade shall be deemed optional to students if they wanted to pursue a career path of continuing their years in college, and this poses various advantages to the students themselves, as well as their parents, and also to the government.

Firstly, making the senior secondary level optional for students will enable those who belong to families that fall beyond the marginal sector to immediately enter college for the purpose of immediate completion of their degrees, thus allowing them to enter a career path in the soonest time possible for them, Besides, the SHS or K to 12 program was implemented way back in 2016 with an aim of preparing the learners and providing them with the necessary knowledge and experience before they enter college. The success of learners in their future do not only depend on the experience they earn from that additional two years in SHS - if there is even any but also on the wall and effort exerted by the students in learning. On the contrary some may say that the removal of the SHS program will produce negative impacts, however, that is why it is just ethical for the government to give the students an option whether they would like to continue to enroll in senior secondary or rather move already to their colleges. This would save thousands of families thousands of money and the economy will even benefit as nowlearners would finish their degree sooner and help the country back by being an additional part of the workforce or the world of entrepreneurship.

Therefore, this amendment in the education curriculum may be a huge change in the education system for the Philippines, and some may even say it is unfair, but this is by far one of the good actions that the Philippine government has done in quite a while. A little step is still a step, and this movement is one.

-oOoTHE AUTHOR IS TEACHER II AT LUBAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL