Pupils attend classes on the opening day of School Year 2026–2027 at Pandac Elementary School in Pavia, Iloilo, on Monday, June 8, 2026. —File photo by Ian Paul Cordero
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Education (DepEd) has introduced a simplified and more flexible lesson planning framework to lessen the paperwork for public school teachers, giving them more time to focus on their students.
As part of ongoing reforms for the new school year, Education Secretary Sonny Angara has issued new guidelines on Lesson Planning and Learning Design, which replace the previous DepEd Order No. 42, series of 2016, according to a DepEd statement issued on Monday.
The new policy, the DENR explained, would eliminate the strict distinction between “Detailed Lesson Plans” and “Daily Lesson Logs.”
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