Iuurong sa 2028 ang rollout ng Reframed General Education curriculum matapos magpahayag ng concern ang education stakeholders at higher education institutions sa planong bawasan ang GE units mula 36 tungong 18 o 21.
Kasama rin sa mga kinuwestiyon ang integration ng ilang subjects tulad ng ethics, philosophy, arts, literature, Philippine history, at iba pa.
Sa hybrid press conference nitong Miyerkules, sinabi ni Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairperson Shirley Agrupis na palalakasin pa ng CHED ang consultations sa higher education institutions sa buong bansa para sa mas maayos na review.
“We came to a decision that there will be no GE implementation across all programs this school year,” ani Agrupis.
“The target of this will be 2028, so that this will give us time to study and then listen more to the different stakeholders,” dagdag niya.
Ayon sa CHED, sinusuri rin nito ang concerns sa posibleng faculty displacements, emerging changes in industry demands, at autonomy ng schools.
“Based on the result of the consultation, parang ang assessment nila, ‘yung (their assessment seems to be that the) 18 units reframed curriculum is that they are like being put into a box that they do not have the freedom to expand,” ani Agrupis.
“In fact, there is this Catholic Education Association, CEAC, they want it more flexible because it should not be a one-size-fits-all reframed curriculum because each institution has its own institutional direction or expertise,” dagdag niya.
Tiniyak ni Agrupis na data-driven ang magiging approach ng CHED sa pagkuha ng input para sa finalization ng curriculum.
“We already developed a system for online feedback. And to date, there are about 255 HEIs who have responded already with all those many questions participating from 17 regions,” sabi niya.
Nakatanggap na rin ang CHED ng 15 position papers mula sa mga organisasyon tulad ng ACT Party-list, na kumakatawan sa 352 higher education institutions, pati mula sa professional organizations, universities, at individuals.
Posible pa rin ang pilot rollout bago ang 2028, pero sinabi ni Agrupis na nakadepende ito sa review ng interagency technical working group.
“This is to give us time, especially the technical panel and education, the Department of Education, to analyze and study the different manifestations well, because we understand where they are coming from,” ani Agrupis.
Maaari pang magpadala ng position papers at comments sa CHED ang interested parties hanggang June. /Bistado