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<p>MANILA -- The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday signed a memorandum of agreement with Private Sector Jobs and Skills Corporation (PCORP) to enhance the work immersion of senior high school students in a bid to boost their employability and address jobs-skills mismatch.</p><p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. witnessed the signing in an event in Malacanang.</p><p>The MOA provides for a more comprehensive work immersion experience for students, curriculum alignment that will focus on skills needed by students based on industry standards, teachers training and job fairs.</p><p>&quot;Bibigyan natin ng menu o pagpipilian ang mga magulang, at ang mga estudyante kung ano iyong natitipuhan nilang pasukan na industriya o trabaho, ay mayroon na silang makukuhang work experience na job training, work immersion, at hindi lang mabilis na work immersion, na madali, isang linggo, kundi babad talaga sila,&quot; DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara said in an interview with the Malacanang Insider.</p><p>(We&#x27;ll give parents and students a menu of jobs they can choose from, where they can get work experience. This isn&#x27;t just a quick work immersion, but they really get immersed.)</p><p>&quot;Makakakuha sila ng skills at mace-certify sila kaya very employable or hire-able sila matapos ang work immersion,&quot; he added.</p><p>(They can learn skills from these and get certified so they&#x27;re very employable or hire-able after the work immersion.)</p><p>PCORP is a non-profit, non-stock corporation organized by the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) Job members, together with PSAC strategic convener Sabin Aboitiz.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/09/20/23/it-bpm-sector-facing-job-skills-mismatch-industry-leader">IT-BPM sector facing job skills mismatch: industry leader</a></div><p>It consists of various industries including the IT-BPO sector, the semi-conductor industry, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI), among others.</p><p>&quot;So all kinds of industries ang andito, so makakapili talaga ang mga bata at makikita niya may pag-asa at may katuturan iyong pag-aaral niya, iyong dagdag na 2 taon na papasukan niya,&quot; he said.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_QOmrVNcTJU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>(All kinds of indsutries are here, so children can really choose, and they can see that there is hope in their studies. </p><div><strong>MATATAG CURRICULUM</strong></div><p>For kindergarten to Grade 10, Sec. Angara intends to continue to implementation of the revised curriculum, dubbed as the &quot;MATATAG Curriculum&quot; drafted by his predecessor, Vice President Sara Duterte.  </p><p>The execution includes implementation in phases with School Year 2024-2025 for Kindergarten, Grades, 1, 4, and 7; School Year 2025-2026 for Grades 2, 5, and 8; School Year 2026-2027 for Grades 3, 6, and 9; and School Year 2027-2028 for Grade 10.</p><p>Adjustments may be done to improve the program after DepEd conducts a study on the experience of students and teachers.</p><p>&quot;We continue it. This is the product of several years of studying. And the direction, we are continuing direction,&quot; Angara said.</p><p>&quot;So, whatever the learnings are for that first year, we will --- kung baga iterative iyong process. Meaning, we are willing to  change as we go along, as we learn from the experience of actual --- on the ground and then we get feedback din from  our teachers saka &#x27;yung estudyante, ano ang kailangang baguhin, anong puwedeng pagandahin,&quot; he said.</p>

<p>The DepEd signed a memorandum of agreement with Private Sector Jobs and Skills Corporation (PCORP) to enhance the work immersion of senior high school students in a bid to boost their employability and address jobs-skills mismatch.</p>

The DepEd signed a memorandum of agreement with Private Sector Jobs and Skills Corporation (PCORP) to enhance the work immersion of senior high school students in a bid to boost their employability and address jobs-skills mismatch.

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'Enhanced' work immersion eyed for senior high students

'Enhanced' work immersion eyed for senior high students

Joyce Balancio,

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Published Aug 09, 2024 02:54 PM PHT

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