SENATOR Sherwin Gatchalian wants the Department of Education to conduct simulations and consultations with teachers before rolling out the revised K to 10 curriculum.

Education Assistant Secretary for Operations Francis Cesar Bringas earlier said the department is finalizing the revised K to 10 curriculum, the draft version of which was released to the public for their feedback.

The agency is also completing policy guidelines on the curriculum’s implementation, which is being eyed for a 2025 rollout.

“I strongly suggest that we do some on-the-ground simulations and consultations so that we will have some direct feedback from our teachers, considering that they are our foot soldiers on the field and they are expected to implement the curriculum,” Gatchalian said.

During her presentation of the Basic Education Report 2023, Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte said a review of the K to 12 curriculum revealed that it is congested.

Experts have said that a congested curriculum prevented learners from mastering basic competencies.

Gatchalian said that the Senate review of the K to 12 program will continue.

He filed Proposed Senate Resolution No. 5, which seeks to review the implementation of the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 or Republic Act 1053 or the K to 12 Law.

Four hearings have been held on the implementation of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education.

The Senate basic education panel will also review the implementation of the spiral progression approach mandated by the law. Under the spiral progression approach, learners are taught simple to more complicated concepts through grade levels.

Gatchalian said that the Second Congressional Commission on Education, which is mandated to assess the Philippine education sector’s performance, is also studying the revisions in the K to 10 curriculum and the senior high school program.