Name: JULIOUS S.

VICTORIA Subject: MGS-001 B

Assignment 3: I have shared the MATATAG Curriculum in our GC. How

would you compare this with the K-12 Curriculum? Give your insights on the
changes.

The Department of Education launched its new curriculum, the

MATATAG Curriculum. The Secretary of the Department of Education, Vice
President Sara Z. Duterte said that the revised basic education curriculum is
tailored to produce competent, job-ready, active, responsible, and patriotic
citizens. "MATATAG" stands for "MAke the curriculum relevant to produce job-
ready, active, and responsible citizens; TAke steps to accelerate the delivery of
basic education services and provision facilities; TAke good care of learners by
promoting learner well-being, inclusiveness learning, and positive learning
environment; and Give support for teachers to teach better."

The K-12 Curriculum has 11,738 learning competencies while in

MATATAG Curriculum has only 3,664 learning competencies. There are
subjects in K-12 Curriculum (Elementary and Junior High School) that will be
removed under the MATATAG Curriculum. Just like for example in Grade I, the
Mother Tongue subject, Filipino, English, Araling Panlipunan, MAPEH, and
ESP will change to Language, Reading and Literacy, Mathematics, Makabansa,
and GMRC. Its purpose is to focus on the basic skills that the learners need to
learn and enhance the skills that they already learned. The MATATAG
Curriculum also has a clearer integration of 21st-century skills, the
Information, Media and Technology skills, Learning and Innovation skills,
Communication skills, and Life and Career skills. The Senior High School
curriculum under K-12 hasn’t changed in MATATAG curriculum.
 I can say that the MATATAG curriculum is a big help in addressing the
problems with the learning competencies that are not relevant to teaching and
learning. It helps the learners be prepared with strong literacy and numeracy
foundation, equipped with 21st-century skills, and ready to succeed in life.