DepEd to review, update Kinder to Grade 10 curriculum

Maribel L. Espiritu

THE Department of Education has already laid down a roadmap for the 2022 version of the K to 10 curriculum for reviewing and updating of the curriculum for Kinder to Grade 10.

According to the DepEd, this is in adapting to the new approaches in teaching and learning and in responding to the challenges of the curriculum and education per se.

The agency said it continues to review the curriculum, especially in this time with the pressure to rely on technology and the pressure to respond to what everyone describes as the new normal in light of COVID-19.

The initial agreements is to concentrate on improving reading, computation, social and emotional skills from Kindergarten to Grade 3.

Learners at this stage should know how to read and should have the necessary skills. They should be interested to learn and discover the world on their own.

In addition, DepEd will also review the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs) implemented this school year and assess if these are sufficient for learners to acquire knowledge and skills.

These competencies, the DepEd stressed, were chosen to simplify the process of learning, given the limitation of distance learning.

As part of the review process, the roadmap also identified the horizontal alignment of the curriculum to ensure learners’progression from Grade 1 to Grade 10.

The Department is eyeing to finalize the curriculum review by this year and conduct consultation sessions by early 2022.

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The author is a Kindergarten Teacher at Paguiruan Elementary School