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PHILIPPINE BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM

What is Basic Education Curriculum?

Basic Education Curriculum (BEC), this is a form of tool which will stand as one point of learning areas as
adequate for the development of competencies starting from Basic education up to the second level of
which is renounced as High School. This will focus more on developing knowledge, skills, habits and
attitudes through the guidance of educationalist assigned. As for 2015, wide grounding has been made
for the Philippine Education For All which is known as EFA.

Why Do We Need a Curriculum?

A curriculum guides the instructional lessons that teachers use. A curriculum defines what the learner
will learn and can possibly guide when the learner learns the…show more content…

5, 2002), cited several reasons why the basic education curriculum should be restructured

The Four Pillars of Education in Jacques Delors’ Report to UNESCO (1996,pp. 22-24) was one of the
documents that influenced the restructuring of the curriculum. The third and fourth pillars, Learning to
Live Together and Learning to Be, which emphasize using the knowledge gained to improve oneself and
one’s relationship with fellow human beings, are especially relevant.

The emphasis on learning-to-learn skills has long been a feature of the curriculum.

To further decongest the curriculum and to provide more contact time for the tool subjects, the
restructured curriculum emphasizes the enhanced teaching of the four (4) core subjects Filipino, English,
Mathematics and Science. A fifth subject called Makabayan, which is envisioned to be a “laboratory of
life” or practice environment, integrated the other non-tool subjects.

The Features of the BEC

Greater Emphasis on helping every learner become a successful reader.

Emphasis on interactive/collaborative learning approaches

Emphasis on the use of integrative learning approaches.

Teaching of values in all learning areas.

Development of self-reliant and patriotic citizens

Development of creative and critical thinking skills.

The Structure of the 2002 Basic Education Curriculum

The objectives of elementary and secondary education serve as the “official learning goals” of basic
education as stated for a particular population

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