DepEd-CAR readying SHS learning materials

By Georaloy I. Palao-ay 

               

LA TRINIDAD, Benguet -- With start of Senior High School (SHS) nationwide, the Department of Education – Cordillera Administrative Region is readying teaching and learning materials this school year.

Aside from modules that will be delivered by the DepEd Central Office this first semester, an additional P2.6 million worth of materials are being prepared by DepEd CAR through its Learning Resource Management and Development Section (LRMDS).

The materials cover one core subject, two applied track subjects, and three specialized track subjects.

The funds for printing and production were downloaded from the Central Office and augmented by DepEd-CAR according to LRMDS coordinator and education supervisor Ethielyn Taqued.

“The Schools Division Offices are also preparing other materials, funds for it were also downloaded to them subject to guidelines and rules for their printing and reproduction” said Taqued.

These teaching and learning materials shall also be uploaded and made available for online viewing through the LRMDS portal, added Taqued.

The teaching and learning materials include modules on Philippine and World Literature, Philosophy, personal development, English, Filipino, Biology, Mathematics, world religion and belief systems, pre-calculus, and cookery among others.

Public high schools in the region offering Technical-Vocational and Livelihood (TVL) track will be receiving their materials and equipment not later than the second semester.

First batch of materials and equipment for bread and pastry, carpentry, and wellness massage worth 24.4 million is expected to be delivered by August or September to the schools while another 22.2 million worth of materials specifically for consumer electronics servicing, electrical installation and maintenance, food and beverage service, shielded metal arc welding, and tourism promotion services is being processed by the DepEd CAR Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) and Finance Division.

The office through its BAC is optimistic that these will be ready for TVL schools before the second semester when SHS students focus on their specializations after taking up core subjects this first semester.

DepEd CAR also revealed that the Information and Communications Technology Service (ICTS) of DepEd Central Office has already facilitated the procurement of equipment needed for the implementation of the DepEd Computerization Program (DCP) for public elementary and secondary schools.

Some 1036 schools will be receiving computer packages under DCP batch 29; 30 schools under batches 30 and 31; and 94 schools under batch 33.

Based on DepEd Memo No. 75, series 2016, these e-Classroom packages include personal computer (PC) sets, laptops, tablets, projectors and 48 inches LED televisions.      Meanwhile, the Department is still encouraging enrollees for SHS. Public and private high schools are still open for enrolment and students who wish to pursue SHS in private high schools, colleges, universities, and technical and vocational schools can still avail of the SHS voucher program in which they will be provided financial assistance for tuition and other fees charged these non-DepEd schools.

Senior High School covers the last two years of the K to 12 program in which students will go through a core curriculum and subjects under a track of their choice. There are four tracks with their respective strands students can choose from, namely, academic track, sports track, arts and design track, and technical-vocational livelihood track.