PASIG CITY, 9 April 2025 — In line with the administration’s commitment to education reform under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., the Department of Education (DepEd) invites stakeholders to provide feedback on the updated Grade 11 and 12 curriculum guides (CGs) through an online public consultation from April 4 to 11, 2025.

The consultations are open to the general public, including teachers, learners, parents, and industry representatives. The initiative follows earlier stakeholder engagements from January to February 2025, where over 2,000 participants across 14 regions shared insights on the proposed features of the strengthened Senior High School program. The feedback from the online consultations will be reviewed and integrated into the final SHS curriculum framework.

An important feature of the new curriculum is the reduction in the number of core subjects from 15 (offered per semester) to five (offered for a full year in Grade 11). The new subjects are Effective Communication, Life Skills, General Mathematics, General Science, and Pag-aaral ng Kasaysayan at Lipunang Pilipino. The updated core SHS subjects are designed to deepen learners’ foundational competencies in communication, scientific and mathematical thinking, and personal development better to prepare them for lifelong learning and active civic participation. Time allotments for the subjects have also been revised to give students more opportunities to master essential competencies.

Moreover, elective subjects have been updated and organized into clusters to help schools manage teachers and learning resources more efficiently. Students will now have the option to choose electives across multiple clusters, rather than taking a fixed set of subjects based on their strand.

The SHS program will also shift to only two tracks: Academic and TechPro. Electives related to Arts and Sports will remain but will now fall under the Academic track.

Stakeholders can access the consultation through the following links:

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