THE DEPARTMENT of Education has invited stakeholders to provide feedback on the updated Grade 11 and 12 curriculum guides through an online public consultation, running from April 4 to 11, 2025.

The consultation is open to the general public, including teachers, learners, parents, and industry representatives. This initiative follows earlier stakeholder engagements held 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 (SHS) program. Feedback from these online consultations will be reviewed and integrated into the final SHS curriculum framework.

A key 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). These subjects include Effective Communication, Life Skills, General Mathematics, General Science, and Pag-aaral ng Kasaysayan at Lipunang Pilipino.

The updated core SHS subjects aim to deepen learners’ foundational skills in communication, scientific and mathematical thinking, and personal development, better preparing them for lifelong learning and active civic participation. Time allotments for the subjects have also been revised to provide students with more opportunities to master essential competencies.

Additionally, elective subjects have been updated and organized into clusters to help schools manage teachers and learning resources more efficiently. Students can now choose electives across multiple clusters instead of being limited to a fixed set of subjects based on their strand.

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