Senior High School is two years of specialized upper secondary education; students may choose a specialization based on aptitude,

interests, and school capacity. The choice of career track will define the content of the subjects a student will take in Grades 11 and 12. SHS
subjects fall under either the Core Curriculum or specific Tracks.
LEARNING STRANDS AND CAREER TRACKS
The senior high school program is further broken down into learning strands and career tracks. The learning strands in senior high school
refer to the different areas of expertise under the program while the career tracks refer to the general categories that each different field of study
belongs to.
There are currently four career tracks composed of
1. Academic
2. TVL/TVE (Technical Vocational Livelihood/ Technical Vocational Education)
3. Arts and Design, and
4. Sports.
The eight learning strands, meanwhile, are
1. STEM, 5. Home Economics,
2. HUMMS, 6. Agri-fishery Arts,
3. ABM, 7. Industrial Arts, and
4. GAS, 8. ICT.

Students undergo immersion, which may include earn-while-you-learn opportunities, to provide them relevant exposure and actual
experience in their chosen track.
NURTURING THE HOLISTICALLY DEVELOPED FILIPINO
(COLLEGE AND LIVELIHOOD READINESS, 21ST CENTURY SKILLS)
After going through Kindergarten, the enhanced Elementary and Junior High curriculum, and a specialized Senior High program, every K
to 12 graduate will be ready to go into different paths – may it be further education, employment, or entrepreneurship.
Every graduate will be equipped with:
 Information, media and technology skills,  Effective communication skills, and
 Learning and innovation skills,  Life and career skills.

CORE CURRICULUM SUBJECTS

Core subjects are subjects that all SHS students will study regardless of their chosen career track or learning strand. You can think of this
as similar to the general education subjects that college students usually take on their first or second year of college.
There are seven Learning Areas under the Core Curriculum: Languages, Literature, Communication, Mathematics, Philosophy, Natural Sciences, and
Social Sciences.
APPLIED SUBJECTS
Applied/ contextualized subjects are subjects that all SHS students will take; however, contrary to core subjects which are only meant to
cover the most basic topics, applied subjects are designed to focus on the specific applications of certain subjects on the students chosen career
track or learning strand.
For example, while all career tracks include a Filipino subject, Filipino as used in the field of arts and design and Filipino as used in the field of sports
can have a slight differences just like how research in the fields of humanities and social sciences is sometimes conducted differently in the fields of
science and technology.
SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS
Specialized subjects are subjects that are unique to the career track or learning strand that the student chose. These are similar to the
major subjects that college students take, although they’re designed to be less complex that their college counterparts.

What do you need to know about HUMSS?

HUMSS stands for Humanities and Social Sciences. This strand focuses on the study of human behavior and societal changes, and analysis
of arts, culture, literature, and politics. It involves political science, anthropology, linguistics, psychology, and communication.
What are the subjects in HUMSS Strand?
Subjects offered in HUMSS Strand are very diverse ranging from literature, politics and language. These subjects focus on developing your
reading, writing, speaking and thinking skills. These are the subjects that you will take if you choose to take this strand:
FIRST SEMESTER SUBJECTS SECOND SEMESTER SUBJECTS
 G R A D E 1 1 - H U M I L I T Y
General Mathematics Core Statistics and Probability Core
Oral Communication Core Understanding Culture, Society and Politics Core
Earth and Life Science Core Physical Science Core
21st Century Literature from the Reading and Writing
Core Core
Philippines and the World
Introduction to the Philosophy of the Pagbasa at Pagsusuri ng Iba’t – ibang Teksto Tungo sa
Core Core
Human Person Pananaliksik
Komunikasyon at Pananaliksik sa Wika at Physical Education
Core Core
Kulturang Pilipino
Introduction to World Religion and Belief Practical Research 1
Applied Applied
System
Empowerment Technology Applied
Physical Education Core Entrepreneurship Applied
Career Guidance Disciplines and Ideas in Social Science Applied
Homeroom Guidance Program Career Guidance
Homeroom Guidance Program
G R A D E 1 2 - I N T E G R I T Y
Creative Writing Specialized English for Academics and Professional Purposes Applied
Pre-Calculus Research Project/ Culminating Activity Applied
Discipline and Ideas in Applied Social
Specialized Creative Non- Fiction Specialized
Science
st
Practical Research 2 Applied Trends, Networks and Critical Thinking in the 21 Century Culture Specialized
Media and Information Literacy Core Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship Specialized
Pagsulat sa Filipino sa Piling Larang Applied Work Immersion Specialized
Personal Development Core Physical Education Core
Contemporary Arts in the Philippine
Core Basic Calculus
Regions
Physical Education Core Career Guidance
Career Guidance Homeroom Guidance Program
Homeroom Guidance Program

What are the possible occupation that you can have after college?

Spiritual Vocation Media and Communication Military and Law Enforcement

1. Priest/ Pastor/ Imam 1. Newscaster 1. Military Officer
2. Spiritual Counselor / Nun 2. Journalist 2. Air Force Officer
3. Charity Worker 3. Photographer 3. Police Officer
Professional Services 4. Proof Reader 4. Investigator
1. Lawyer / Judge Community Services
2. Educator / School Head 1. Barangay Officer
3. Guidance Counselor 2. Social Worker
4. Librarian 3. Rescue Volunteer

Guidelines on Promotion and Retention of Learners for 2019

On the Grading System, the K-12 Basic Education Program (BEP) uses a standards-based and competency-based grading system. All
grades will be based on the weighted score of the learner’s summative assessments. The minimum grade to pass a specific learning area is 60,
which transmuted to 75 in the Report Card.

The lowest mark that can appear on the Report Card is 60 for Quarterly Grades and Final Grades. Learners from Grades 1 to 12 are graded on
Written Work (WW), Performance Tasks(PT), and Quarterly Assessment (QA) every quarter. These three are given specific percentage weights that
vary according to the nature of the learning area.

Grading System How is learner progress recorded and computed? The following shows the step-by-step way of computing the grades.

 Outstanding 90 – 100 Passed  Fairly Satisfactory 75 – 79 Passed

 Very Satisfactory 85 – 89 Passed  Did not meet expectations Below 75 Failed
 Satisfactory 80 – 84 Passed

For Grades 11 to 12

 The final grade of at least 75 in all learning areas in a  Did not meet expectations in any subject or learning area
semester can proceed to the next semester. at the end of the semester must pass remedial classes for
 Did not meet expectations in a prerequisite subject in a failed competencies in the subjects or learning areas to be
learning area must pass remedial classes for failed allowed to enroll in the next semester. Otherwise, the
competencies in the subject before being allowed to enroll learner must retake the subjects failed.
in the higher-level subject.  Passed all subjects or learning areas in Senior High School
will earn the Senior High School Certificate.

You may refer to DepEd Order No. 13, s. 2018 and DepEd Order No. 8, s. 2015.