MANILA, Philippines—Alarmed by the overcrowding in some public elementary schools, Education Secretary Jesli Lapus has ordered classes in those schools reduced to four or five hours.
In a memorandum he issued in late August, Lapus also directed that some subjects taught in the schools be integrated into other subjects to compensate for the reduced learning hours.
“In response to the alarming population of learners in a class, [for the] safety of students, and [the] public clamor for a smaller learning load, (DepEd) will implement a revised classroom program and subject nomenclature which integrates some learning areas resulting in reduced learning hours in the elementary level,” Lapus said.
“All schools that claim to lack classrooms shall implement this order,” he said.
Lapus said class length for the various grades in the affected schools shall be as follows: For grades 1 and 2, four hours of learning time; grade 3, four and a half hours; and grades 4, 5 and 6, five hours.
“To compensate for the reduced number of hours per day, Edukasyong Pantao will be integrated into all learning areas from grades 1 to 6, (while) Sibika at Kultura will be integrated into Filipino from grades 1 to 3,” he said.
“Musika, Sining at Edukasyong Pagpapalakas ng Katawan will be integrated into Heograpiya, Kasaysayan at Sibika (Hekasi) in grades 4 to 6,” he said.
The order included a sample classroom program, which suggested that English be taught for 90 minutes in grades 1 to 3, and for 60 minutes for grades 4 to 6.
Mathematics could be taught for 90 minutes for grades 1 to 3, and for 60 minutes in grades 4 to 6. Filipino, Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan, MSEP and Hekasi could be taught for 40 minutes in grades 4 to 6.
The sample also suggested that Science and Health be taught for 40 minutes for grade 3 and 60 minutes for grades 4 to 6.
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