MANILA, Philippines – After over a decade of implementation, Republic Act No. 10533 or the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013, which institutionalized the K to 12 program, was amended in a bid to improve the quality of learning in the country.
Republic Act (RA) No. 12322 removed the mandatory use of a “spiral progression” approach in implementing the curriculum. It lapsed into law on August 2, and was publicized on the Official Gazette website on August 5.
Section 5 of the K to 12 law now provides: “The curriculum shall employ the approach deemed most effective by the DepEd (Department of Education) to ensure mastery of knowledge and skills after each level.”
It also said that the curriculum and approach will be subjected to review at least once every five years.
The amendment came nearly two years since the discontinuation of the use of mother tongue as the language of instruction from kindergarten to Grade 3, a specific provision of the K to 12 law. The discontinuation was through RA 12027, which lapsed into law in October 2024.
