I.

RATIONALE:

The Department of Education (Deped) has been facing dillema in attaining quality education not only in literacy but
also in Science Education. This has been revealed in the PISA Result released in December 3, 2019, indicating that
Philippines scored 357 in Science, a below average of participating organization for economic Co-operation and
Development Countries. Apparently, Dr. Leonor Magtolis Briones vows for an urgency in addressing issues and concerns
in the different aspects of learning. Many aspects in Science education should be considered in order to promote quality
learning. First, the issue on textbooks and laboratory equipment or apparatus should be taken account. Another is the
mitchmatch between the curriculum and the teachers’ skills and trainings. Third, the curriculum content which seems to
be far behind modern science today. Lastly, the content and activities of the curriculum are not flexible for any situation.
There is a demand on the unpacking and contextualizing of the contents of science in order to fit the present situation of
learners in this pandemic. All these need to be addressed in order to create holistic science education which can truly
cater quality education. Therefore, this proposed action plan is developed.

I. OVERVIEW:
The proposed action plan provides interventions for some issues and concerns in Science Education. This is
developed to promote quality learning in Science Education. Some issues and concerns are indicated; strategies and
activities are also suggested to help teachers, leaders and curriculum developers improve the different aspects of
Science Education.

II. OBJECTIVES:
This Action Plan Proposal aims to:
1. Identify issues and concerns in Science Education;
2. Address the issues and concerns;
3. Promote quality learning.
ISSUES AND CONCERNS STRATEGY/ACTIVITY PERSONS TIME RESOURCES/ SUCCESS INDICATOR
INVOLVED FRAME MATERIALS
1. Lack of laboratory equipment
and facilities
2. Mismatch between the
curriculum content pedagogy
and the teachers’ skills and
training
3. In the present pandemic
( students cannot perform
laboratory activities )
Science teachers should Science May – MOOE Fund By the end of this
conduct annual report of Teachers, June 2021 and Donations school year, necessary
science equipment and ADAS, equipment would have
facilities to the head of principal/ been provided to ready
school in order to involve head teacher the equipment in the
this problem in the typical classes.
planning and budgeting.
Schools should provide Teachers, June – DepEd Fund, By the end of July/first
seminar-training to curriculum August MOOE fund week of Ausgut, the
ensure that teachers’ developers ( Sem curriculum
skills and abilities are and school Break ) developers/teachers
aligned with the heads should have unpacked
curriculum content in the MELCS, and have
order to provide quality trained teachers with
education. necessary skills and
Also, there should be a innovations to prepare
review on the curriculum them for teaching
to unpack the necessary
competencies for
learners.
Teachers should provide Teachers, One Home 100 % of the Sciene
alternative laboratory parents and complete equipment/ teachers should have
activities suited to the parents school parents used Science subject as
present situation, a year personal a tool to train students
purposive review on the expenses to perform basic
modules in order to laboratory activities
eliminate what can’t be that promote life skills.
performed at home. Also, all students should
Teachers should use have learned to use
Science as a basic Science subject to
laboratory training for life perform and appreciate
skills. basic skills using simple
equipment at home as

4. Science Curriculum content in
the Philippine Education is far
behind progress in science and
technology in the global world
which results to low proficiency
of students in international
exams and testing skills
laboratory apparatus.
Curriculum developers Curriculum June to Deped Fund Before the start of
should review curriculum developers August classes, the curriculum
and upgrade its content 2021 developers should have
to global needs. reviewed the Science
Curriculum.