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Bases of Multigrade

The document discusses the bases for implementing a multigrade program in the Philippines' education system. Key provisions in the Philippine Constitution mandate accessible and quality education for all citizens. Government memoranda provide guidelines for establishing multigrade classes to educate children in remote areas. International initiatives also support multigrade programs to achieve education for all.

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Bases of Multigrade

The document discusses the bases for implementing a multigrade program in the Philippines' education system. Key provisions in the Philippine Constitution mandate accessible and quality education for all citizens. Government memoranda provide guidelines for establishing multigrade classes to educate children in remote areas. International initiatives also support multigrade programs to achieve education for all.

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BASES OF THE MULTIGRADE

PROGRAM IN THE PHILIPPINES


1. The following provisions in the Philippines
Construction serve as basis for the implementation
of the Multigrade Program in the Philippines.

Article XIV of 1987 Philippine Constitution state


that:
Section 1. “ The state shall protect and promote the right of
all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take
appropriate steps to make education accessible to all”;

Section 2.1 “ The state shall, establish, maintain and support


a complete, adequate and integrated system of education
relevant to the needs of the people and society”.
2. The Department of Education issued the following
memoranda with regard the implementation of the Multigrade
classes in the Philippines.
(a) In D.O. # 96 s. 1997, the following guidelines were stipulated
with regard to Multigrade Classes ( MG) :
(i) Protect and promote the rights of all citizens to accessible quality education at all
levels,
(ii) Complete six (6) grade levels to children in the remote barangays,
(iii) a Multigrade class is defined as a class of 2 or more grades under one teacher in a
complete or incomplete elementary school,
(iv) The class size is 8 to 35 pupils,
(v) Construction of 3- room school building for MG classes,
(vi) Classroom layout should provide for grouping or re grouping,
(vii) The provision of textbooks and other resources,
(viii)Allocating teacher item and / or assigning teachers in Multigrade classes,
(ix) Providing support, welfare and incentive program for Multigrade teacher such as :
regular monitoring of MG classes, regular training of MG teachers, designated
lodging place of teachers , granting of the Special Hardship Allowance.
(b) In D.O. # 81 s. 2009, the following guidelines were
stipulated with regard to Multigrade Classes:

(i) Provide access to quality education for all school age children
in remote communities,
(ii) To respond to the issues in the implementation of DepED Order
No. 96, s. 1997,
the following guidelines are issued:
a.) strict implementation of Special Hardship Allowance for
Multigrade Teachers,
b.) assigned teachers should be trained on Multigrade teaching ,
c.) provision of training resources and learning package,
d.) training of core of trainers for MG teachers and
e. ) service of 2 years before a trained Multigrade teacher is
International initiatives support the
implementation of Multigrade Programs. In
Southeast Asia, the creation of Multigrade
school responds to international
commitments to EFA, the Millennium
Development Goals, and the Convention on
the Rights of the Child ( SEAMEO- INNOTECH
Research Updates, n.d.)
The UNESCO commits to the achievement of “ full and equal opportunities or
education for all (EFA).

In addition, Article 26 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights state that “
Everyone has the right to education”. Education shall be free at least in the
elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary Education shall be compulsory “
( Sunday & Mansion, 2021).
The following two EfA goals have their
implications in creating situation for
Multigrade teaching in different countries:
( Aryal, et al, 2003)
Goal 2 : “ Ensure that by 2015 all children, particularly
girls, children in difficult circumstances and those belonging
to ethnic minorities, have access to and are able to
complete primary education that is free, compulsory and of
good quality”.
Goal 6 : “ Improve all aspects of the quality of education
and ensure excellence of all so that recognized and
measurable learning outcomes are achieved by all especially
in literacy, numeracy and life skills”.
 The Millennium Development Summit and the Millennium
Development Declaration in 2000 set out eight Millennium
Development Goals ( MDGs). MDG No. 2 is “ Achieve
universal primary education “ ( Mundy, K., & Manion, C.,
2021).
 Education for Sustainable Development
Launched in 2015 at the United Nations Sustainable
Development Summit , the seventeen Sustainable
Development Goals ( SDGs ) of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development officially came into force on
January 1, 2016. SDG 4, focusing on quality education, aims
to ensure “ Inclusive and equitable education and promote
lifelong learning opportunities for all “ ( Mundy, K, . &
Manion , C., 2021).
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