A Facebook post claims that the Department of Education (DepEd) has announced that senior high school will be optional starting next school year. This is false.
DepEd has released a revamped senior high school curriculum but this does not mean Grades 11 and 12 will become optional. A bill seeking to make senior high school discretionary to some students was approved in the House of Representatives but remains pending in the Senate.
Uploaded on May 7, the post read:
“DEPED ANNOUNCEMENT SA PAGBABAGO NG K-12 GRADE 11-12 (OPTIONAL ONLY) PARA SA LAHAT NG BAGONG GRADUATE NG GRADE 10.
Basahin Dito Para Malinawan Kayo
>Hindi na kayo Required Na Mag Grade 11-12
>Lahat Ng Nag-Moving Up ngayong taon na Grade 10 ay College na Agad, Kaya mauunahan nila Ang Grade 12.
>Lahat ng Grade 12 na sa pasokan ay kaylangan Niyong Taposin Yan.
(DepEd announcement on changes in K-12 Grades 11-12 (optional only) for all new Grade 10 graduates.
Read here to understand better.
> You are no longer required to go through Grades 11-12
> Everyone in Grade 10 who had moving up exercises this year will immediately become college students, so they will be ahead of Grade 12
All incoming Grade 12 students next school year will have to finish [their year level]).”
On April 4, DepEd released a draft of its revised senior high school curriculum, streamlining the tracks from four to two and core subjects from 15 to five, in the next school year starting this June. The document never mentioned anything about making Grades and 11 and 12 optional, or skipping it altogether.
The House of Representatives approved last January House Bill 11213, seeking to provide “education pathways to basic education students.”
In the proposed measure, Grade 10 completers would be given two learning options to choose from: the University Preparatory Program in which they would proceed to Grades 11 and 12 to prepare for university education; or pursue the Technical-Vocational Program of TESDA.
Grade 10 students would also be allowed to take a voluntary advanced placement exam in which passers would skip Grades 11 and 12 and go straight into college. However, this measure is still pending in the Senate.
The post did not provide any proof to support its claim. It merely carries a link that leads to an e-commerce platform.
Uploaded by FB page Edukasyon (created May 5, 2025), the post received around 2,500 interactions so far.
