By Yvonne Kyla💜

According to DepEd’s April 2025 press release, the new SHS curriculum (rolling out in phases starting SY 2025-2026) streamlines core subjects from 15 to 5: effective communication, life skills, general math, general science, and pag-aaral ng kasaysayan at lipunang pilipino, all taught year-long for better mastery. Tracks are reduced to two: academic track (which now includes STEM, ABM, & HUMSS) and tech pro track (which is solely TVL). Electives are clustered for more student choice, and work immersion hours nearly double to 640, per Philstar’s June 2025 report.

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It’s been over a decade since the K-12 program started. The whole point of adding two years was to help us catch up with international standards, I guess. It was supposed to make sure we were actually ready for college or jobs, instead of just rushing through everything. But as time went on, everyone kinda realized that just adding extra years doesn't automatically mean we learn better. Everything moves so fast now, and what we learn in school actually needs to keep up with real life. This is why the curriculum is changing again, proving that education has to grow alongside us.

In response to these changes, the new Senior High School curriculum is finally clearing out the clutter. For a long time, students struggled with too many subjects, sometimes juggling like 15 classes at once. The updated program fixes this by dropping the list to just five or six core subjects. This shift matters because it gives learners time to actually get the lessons instead of just memorizing stuff. It moves the focus away from just finishing requirements and towards building real skills. It’s basically choosing quality over quantity. This way, schools can finally make some room where real learning actually happens.

In the end, these changes show that our education system is ready to grow. It is no longer just about adding two years to catch up with other countries, but about making those years truly useful. For those of us graduating under the old system, we leave knowing that education is trying to adapt. Now, the challenge is passed to the next batch of students who will actually live through this fresh start

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ctto: Photo and information from DepEd Tambayan PH, Facebook post, January 22, 2025. Retrieved from https://www.depedtambayanph.net/2025/01/new-senior-high-school-curriculum.html

Hello people!! This is my last year as a Senior High School student, and I am currently under the MATATAG Curriculum. But I've heard a rumor that matatag curriculum could be replaced by a New Curriculum? But going deeper, what is the new curriculum of DepEd? Well it is the type of curriculumn which is have a two choices when you go in senior high school. They reduced the tracks to Academic and TechPro only. For me it is okay because with this new Curicullumn would helps students clearly choose between preparing for college or being ready for work. Also based on the curriculum the core subjects were also reduced from 15 down to 5 only, such as Effective Communication, Math, Science, Life Skills, and Filipino (History and Society) so with that kind of thing students can focus more on important and practical knowledge.

Jan. 01, 2022

Hi! Happy New Year, folks.

It's been a long time. Again, another rollercoaster year. Tapos parang ang bilis lang talaga. Parang kailan lang, 2021 was just a hopeful year for everyone, ngayon, need na naman umasa sa panibagong taon, which is 2022. Hahaha kakapagod but we have no choice. Huwag lang mapagod umasa na mawala na ang COVID kasama pati mga variants. Shuta kasi bakit may mga variants pa? Donut yarn. Anyways, naging masaya din naman ako this 2021, and very thankful dahil natapos na kami sa thesis for undergrad. This 2022, we are looking forward naman sa aming OJT and board review for BOARD EXAM next year, 2023. Before that, balik muna tayo sa mga ganaps last 2021.

2021 was "okay" for me, since I spent the whole year at our home. Hindi ako nakakalabas lalo na if gagala lang. Ilang beses lang talaga wala pa yata sa sampung beses, tas iba doon for thesis purposes, iilan lang ang gala. Medyo draining yet I still find some time to relax, compared last year na draining lang, wala masyadong chill. But yeah, and highlight talaga nang buong taon ko was thesis. My life for the past 12months of 2021 was only surrounded with all these thesis shit. But gladly, by the end of our 2021-2022 1st sem, we were able to finish and pass our thesis. Gandang end rin ng taon :) Other than that, my head was full of curiosity, worries, anxiousness, about the future, especially right after we finally graduated this 2022. Sobrang anxious ko, pati mga classmates ko in my school. Pero we are striving harder to get things done, especially our short time goal which is to graduate, but then we can't avoid and deny the fact that we are all worried about what's going to happen after this and that. But despite the struggles that I faced this year, I am able to comprehend and survive those unnecessary thoughts by doing some stuff that would help me gain a positive mind. I am such an optimistic person, maybe this is one of the reasons why I easily get unnecessary hormones out of my head. For instance, music, art, and reading.

Again, 2021 may not be the year to end COVID, but this 2022, we are all hoping that this is the right time to end all these sufferings. We are still hoping and praying to God, the most powerful one, and the Kings of Kings. Cheers to life and the fullness of hope! Neverending prayers, sleepless nights, and all will be worth it someday. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

PS:

Congrats agad sa mga ka-batch ko diyan, 'yung mga first batch ng K-to-12 na pinag-eksperimentuhan, 'atin 'to! CONGRATUALTIONS SA ATIN!