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Angara to improve teaching of Ph history
By Nidz Godino
”One thing I asked of him was to please teach our children Philippine history, because I have seen my children’s workbooks, and there’s very little said about history of the Philippines,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has instructed incoming Education Secretary Sonny Angara to reinforce teaching of Philippine history in schools, which has been absent from high school curriculum since K to 12 curriculum was introduced in 2013.
Marcos also discussed failure of K to 12 curriculum to improve students’ employability to Angara, who championed K to 12 as principal author and sponsor of Senate bill that became Republic Act 10533 or Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013.
Angara earlier said that the president told him to change approach of teaching history in schools to focus less on memorization;
Marcos, who earlier this year dismissed calls for his family to return their ill-gotten wealth as “propaganda,” reportedly told Angara he wants history lessons to be discussed comprehensively.
“May binanggit sya about history… ‘yung hindi ba ‘yung hindi naka-focus masyado sa memorization, pero kung hindi sa pag-uunawa o pag-iintindi sa mga nangyari talaga, kung bakit nangyari yun…and making history interesting for our young people,” Angara said.
For years, teachers behind High School Philippine History Movement have campaigned to bring back teaching of Philippine history in high school after K to 12 curriculum moved subject to grades 5 and 6.
Six-year knowledge gap resulted from limiting Philippine History to grade school “becomes more pronounced when seen from vantage point of higher education” as students generally did not retain their baseline knowledge, according to 2024 study that interviewed college instructors.
In 2023, Department of Education under Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio struck out name “Marcos” from “Diktadurang Marcos” in the new Araling Panlipunan curriculum and defended move as routine review by curriculum specialists.
While DepEd said teachers could still use word “Marcos dictatorship” in their lessons, they also called for “balanced” perspective in discussions about administration of former President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. well-documented period of history characterized by widespread rights abuses and diminishing of basic freedoms.
Since assuming office, Marcos has publicly declared twice once in his inaugural speech and again in his first State of the Nation Address that he was not referring to history lessons when he suggested improving content of educational materials.
Marcos said improving employability of Filipino high school graduates was “one of two elements” that he discussed with incoming DepEd secretary, whose appointment was announced exactly two weeks after Duterte’s resignation.
While K to 12 was implemented to increase students’ years of education at par with international standards, Marcos said results show that graduates’ employability has not improved. “So we have to do something else,” he said.
Marcos said government is considering to offer short-term “mini courses” for students taking up special programs, but this will require coordination with industries and private sector, according to Presidential Communications Office.
Amid calls to overhaul K to 12 curriculum, Angara has maintained program is already institutionalized through law and that DepEd will continue its review of K to 12 program under his leadership.
In February, Duterte said DepEd’s target pilot test of revised senior high school curriculum will take place in school year 2025-2026.
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