Education in the Philippines is managed and regulated by the Department of Education, commonly referred to as the DepEd in the country. The Department of Education controls the Philippine Education System, including the curriculum used in schools and the allocation of funds. It also regulates the constructions of schools and the other educational facilities and the recruitment of teachers and staff.
Secondary school in the Philippines, more commonly known as “high school” (Filipino: paaralang sekundarya, sometimes mataas na paaralan), consists of four levels, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9 and Fourth Year. The Department of Education specifies a compulsory curriculum for all high schooling, public and private. Grade 7 has five more subjects, Mathematics 7, Science 7, English 7, Filipino 7 and Asian History. The Grade 8 curriculum has Mathematics 8, Science 8, English 8, Filipino 8, and World History. Grade 9 has Mathematics 9, Science 9, Filipino 9, and Economics/ The final fourth year curriculum (as of S.Y. 2014-2015) has Calculus, Advanced Algebra, Physics, Filipino IV, Literature, and Economics. Minor subjects may include Health, Music, Arts, Technology and Home Economics, and Physical Education.
In spite of all these subjects, the fourth year curriculum focuses thoroughly on Science. Science (from Latin scientia, meaning “knowledge”) is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about universe. In an older and closely related meaning, “science” also refers to a body of knowledge itself, of the type that can be rationally explained and reliably applied. A practitioner of science is known as a scientist.
In classical antiquity, science is a type of knowledge was closely linked to philosophy. During the Islamic Golden Age, the foundation for the scientific method was laid, which emphasized experimental data and reproducibility of its results. In the West, during the early modern period of the words “science” and “philosophy of nature” were sometimes used interchangeably. And not until the 17th century, natural philosophy (which is today called “natural science”) was considered a separate branch of philosophy in the West.
Students are not robots, even you say that it’s for their own sake.
Education in the Philippines is managed and regulated by the Department of Education, commonly referred to as the DepEd in the country. The Department of Education controls the Philippine Education System, including the curriculum used in schools and the allocation of funds. It also regulates the constructions of schools and the other educational facilities and the recruitment of teachers and staff.
Secondary school in the Philippines, more commonly known as “high school” (Filipino: paaralang sekundarya, sometimes mataas na paaralan), consists of four levels, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9 and Fourth Year. The Department of Education specifies a compulsory curriculum for all high schooling, public and private. Grade 7 has five more subjects, Mathematics 7, Science 7, English 7, Filipino 7 and Asian History. The Grade 8 curriculum has Mathematics 8, Science 8, English 8, Filipino 8, and World History. Grade 9 has Mathematics 9, Science 9, Filipino 9, and Economics/ The final fourth year curriculum (as of S.Y. 2014-2015) has Calculus, Advanced Algebra, Physics, Filipino IV, Literature, and Economics. Minor subjects may include Health, Music, Arts, Technology and Home Economics, and Physical Education.
In spite of all these subjects, the fourth year curriculum focuses thoroughly on Science. Science (from Latin scientia, meaning “knowledge”) is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about universe. In an older and closely related meaning, “science” also refers to a body of knowledge itself, of the type that can be rationally explained and reliably applied. A practitioner of science is known as a scientist.
In classical antiquity, science is a type of knowledge was closely linked to philosophy. During the Islamic Golden Age, the foundation for the scientific method was laid, which emphasized experimental data and reproducibility of its results. In the West, during the early modern period of the words “science” and “philosophy of nature” were sometimes used interchangeably. And not until the 17th century, natural philosophy (which is today called “natural science”) was considered a separate branch of philosophy in the West.
Students are not robots, even you say that it’s for their own sake.
By: Margarita L. Salaria – Teacher III Limay National High School
