The Matatag Curriculum discusses changes to the new basic education curriculum, including a contractionin

the number of competencies and a stronger emphasis on the development of foundational abilities including
literacy, numeracy, and socioemotional skills for learners in kindergarten through grade three. The new
curriculum, Matatag Curriculum, will be introduced after the pilot testing this academic year; initially in
Kindergarten and Grades 1, 4, and 7 in all public and private schools beginning in SY 2024–2025 The new
curriculum will be implemented in Grades 2, 5, and 8 in SY 2025–2026 and Grades 3, 6, and 9 in SY 2026–
2027. In SY 2027–2028, students in Grade 10 will join them. Matatag Curriculum highlights on promoting
peace competencies and the the growth of students' moral principles and personalities in accordance with the
Good Manners and Right Conduct (GMRC) and Values Education Act as well as the connection to 21st
century skills.

MATATAG Curriculum are the peace competencies highlighting the promotion of non-violent actions, and
development of conflict resolution skills.

"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." (Duterte, 2023)

chuchu ( state what's about the new curriculum) (when was the implementation etc.)

Benchmarked on the “decongestion” of learning competencies, such as reducing subjects in the

early grade levels to focus on foundational skills such as oracy and numeracy, the MATATAG
Curriculum intends to improve students’ learning outcomes and help them succeed.

With the commencement of pilot tests yesterday, the ACT said the DepEd should stop the pilot
implementation altogether and draft a relevant and responsive curriculum with education
stakeholders that would “genuinely” produce graduates who can contribute to nation-building.

She also cited the intensified formation of learners' values and character development in adherence to the Good
Manners and Right Conduct (GMRC) and Values Education Act as well as the articulation to 21st Century
Skills.

“The benchmarking of the 21st-century skills development to produce graduates is aligned to the
demands of foreign entities. This runs counter to our need to produce graduates that should be
inclined to the constitutional mandate of education to establish, maintain and support a complete,
adequate and integrated system of education relevant to the needs of the people and society,” the
ACT said.

“It is necessary to democratically and genuinely draft a relevant and responsive curriculum that will
produce graduates who will contribute to nation-building – a nation that addresses the needs of the
Filipino people for food security, development of small and medium enterprises, utilization of science
and technology for agricultural development and establishment of basic national industries for the
common people and not for the profit-generating capitalist entities,” it added.

The mass training of teachers for the full implementation will begin next year while the procurement of
textbooks and other learning materials has already commenced.