THE ROOTS OF

PHILIPPINE
EDUCATION
CHAPTER IV
VOCATIONAL
SCHOOL

A vocational school is a career-focused school that prepares and trains students for
specific occupations
 VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

MAIN FIELDS
 HANDS ON!
 “Trade/ Career School”  AGRICULTURE
 Teach students valuable (technical)  FISHERIES
skills; practical training  TRADE-TECHNICAL
 Certificate of Completion/ National  HOME INDUSTRY
Certificate (TESDA)  NON-TRADITIONAL
 MAIN FIELDS

Agriculture. Fisheries. Non-Traditional. Trade-Technical. Home Industry

 2D & 3D Game Art Development  Carpentry
 2D & 3D Animation  Cookery
 Animal Health Care & Mgt.  Diesel Power Plant Maintenance
 Aquaculture  Dressmaking
 Automotive Electrical Assembly  Driving

 Bartending  Electrical Installation & Maintenance

 Beauty Care  Masonry

 Bookkeeping  Pharmacy Services

 Plumbing
 Bread & Pastry Production
 Tailoring
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Vocational School VS College Studies

1. TIME

2. COST

3. FOCUS

4. CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

5. EARNING POTENTIAL
Why consider VOCATIONAL SCHOOL?

 Less time commitment

 Smaller class size

 Lower cost

 Gain in-demand skills

 No general education courses

SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOL

refers to the last two years of the K to 12 program that has been implemented by the
Department of Education here in the Philippines since 2012
 CORE CURRICULUM
SPECIFIC TRACKS
1. Language
2. Humanities  Academic (ABM, HUMSS,
STEM, GAS)
3. Communication
 Technical-Vocational-Livelihood
4. Mathematics
 Arts & Design
5. Science
 Sports
6. Social Science
7. Philosophy
8. PE & Health
TRACK SUBJECTS (Applied & Specialized)

APPLIED/CONTEXTUALIZED

1. English for Academic & Professional Purposes

2. Practical Research 1
3. Practical Research 2
4. Filipino sa Piling Larangan
5. Empowerment Technologies
6. Entrepreneurship
7. Inquiries, Investigations and Immersions or Research Project/ Culminating
Activity
 SPECIALIZED: Academic Track

 ACCOUNTANCY AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (ABM)

 designed to train students in the basic concepts of business management, financial management, and
corporate operations.
 HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (HUMSS)
 focuses on the study of human behavior, arts, culture, literature, politics, and society
 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS (STEM)
 designed to provide students with the fundamental concepts related to engineering, science, and math.
 GENERAL ACADEMIC STRAND (GAS)
 provides a flexible curriculum that allows students to learn and experience the electives of all the other
Academic Strands.
 PRE-BACCALAUREATE MARITIME STRAND - new
 SPECIALIZED: Technical-Vocational-Livelihood Track

 designed to provide students with job-ready skills that they will need in the future.
 contains 5 specializations

1. Home Economics - trains students with livelihood skills they can use for employment or in starting their own
businesses.
2. Agri-Fishery Arts - equips students with the theoretical and hands-on application of skills related to agriculture
and fisheries.
3. Industrial Arts - for students who are interested in honing their technical skills.
4. ICT - deals with various tools for communication and information dissemination.
5. Maritime – counterpart of PBM on Academic Track
 SPECIALIZED: Physical Education & Sports Track

 provides adequate pre-university preparation for those who would like to specialize in Physical
education and Sports Science at the tertiary level.

SPECIALIZED: Music, Arts & Design Track

 prepares the learners for a tertiary education geared towards the performing arts, media and visual
arts and industrial arts.
 It includes specialization subjects that provide the learners the needed competencies in music,
theater, and creative arts.
TERTIARY
EDUCATION

refers to all post-secondary education, including both public and private universities,
colleges, technical training institutes, and vocational schools.
 TERTIARY EDUCATION
 “Higher Education”
 Governed by CHED

PUBLIC HEI’s PRIVATE HEI’s

 State Universities and Colleges (SUCs)  Secretatrian

 Local Colleges and Universities (LUCs)  Non-sectarian
 Special HEIs
 Government Schools
 ALTERNATIV
E LEARNING
SYSTEM
A program by the DepEd that seeks to help OSY, industry-based workers, people with
disabilities, former inmates, rebels, members of cultural minorities, and other people who
cannot afford to go through formal schooling
THANK
YOU !!!