Key Features of the Strengthened
Senior High School Program
STRUCTURE
Two tracks only: Academic & TechPro
Under the Strengthened SHS Curriculum, there are only 2 tracks:
Academic and Technical Professional (TechPro).
Electives related to Arts & Design and to Sports will still be offered, but
they will be categorized under the Academic track.
Current SHS Strengthened SHS Curriculum
4 Tracks 2 Tracks
Academic Technical-
ABM STEM HUMSS GAS Vocational-Livelihood Academic
Sports Arts and Design Technical Professional (TechPro)
SUBJECTS
Five core subjects
The core subjects have been streamlined, from 15 to 5, and aligned with General
Education (GE) subjects.
Alignment with CHED
15 Current SHS Core Subjects 5 Core Subjects
GE Subjects
Oral Communication
Reading and Writing Skills Effective Communication/ Purposive
21ˢᵗ Century Literature from the Philippines and Mabisang Komunikasyon Communication
the World
Media and Information Literacy
Komunikasyon at Pananaliksik sa Wika at
Kulturang Filipino Life and Understanding the
Pagbasa at Pagsuri ng Iba’t-ibang Teksto Career Skills Self
Tungo sa Pananaliksik
Personal Development
Physical Education (Fitness, Sports, Dance, General Mathematics in the
Recreational Activities)/HOPE Mathematics Modern World
General Mathematics
Statistics and Probability
Earth and Life Science (for STEM: Earth
Science) General Science, Technology
Physical Science (for STEM: Disaster and Risk Science and Society
Reduction Management)
Understanding Culture, Politics, and Society
Contemporary Philippine Arts from the
Regions Pag-aaral ng Kasaysayan Readings in Philippine
Introduction to Philosophy of the Human at Lipunang Pilipino History
Person/Pambungad sa Pilosopiya ng Tao
SUBJECTS
5 Core Subjects
Five core subjects Effective Communication/
Mabisang Komunikasyon
The five core subjects are aligned to the CHED GE Life and
Subjects. These subjects are fully delivered in Career Skills
Grade 11 and no longer offered in Grade 12.
General
Mathematics
On a semestral basis, each core subject will be
scheduled for:
1 hour per day General
Science
4 days per week
1 School Year
This totals 160 instructional hours per core subject Pag-aaral ng Kasaysayan
at Lipunang Pilipino
for the entire Grade 11 school year.
Who will teach the Core Subjects?
5 Core Subjects Possible Teacher Assignments
Effective Communication/ English and Filipino Teachers
Mabisang Komunikasyon
Life and Values, PE (HOPE), and Personal
Career Skills Development (PerDev) Teachers
General Mathematics Teachers
Mathematics
General Science Teachers (any major)
Science
Pag-aaral ng Araling Panlipunan/
Kasaysayan Social Science Teachers
at Lipunang Pilipino
Teachers may be reassigned to teach the electives that are related to the core subjects that they used to teach.
SUBJECTS
Streamlined and updated electives
In the Strengthened SHS Curriculum:
1. There are no more strands.
Learners no longer enter fixed strands.
Instead, learners take core subjects and choose electives based on their
interests and goals.
2. Electives are organized into clusters.
A cluster is a grouping of related elective subjects within a track.
Clusters help structure choices while maintaining flexibility.
3. Clusters are not strands.
Strands are fixed pathways. Clusters only organize electives, and they do
not restrict learners to a single, fixed set of subjects.
SUBJECTS
Streamlined and updated electives
There are Academic Clusters, and Technical Professional Clusters.
The new subjects (electives) are grouped into the following clusters:
Clusters of Electives
Academic TechPro
Arts, Social Sciences, and Aesthetic, Wellness, and Human Care
Humanities Agri-Fishery Business and Food Innovation
Business and Artisanry and Creative Enterprise
Entrepreneurship Automotive and Small Engine Technologies
Science, Technology, Construction and Building Technologies
Engineering, and Creative Arts and Design Technologies
Mathematics (STEM) Hospitality and Tourism
Sports, Health, and Wellness ICT Support and Computer Programming
Field Experience Technologies
Industrial Technologies
Maritime Transport
Subjects are grouped into clusters to help schools efficiently organize teachers and learning resources.
However, clusters are not the same as strands because schools are not required to offer all electives
within a cluster, and students can choose electives across multiple clusters.
TIME ALLOTMENT
Updated time allotment
The time allotment for the core and electives have been revised to better meet the
requirements of the curriculum.
Grade 11 or 12 Grade 12
Grade 11
Academic Electives Field Exposure
Core 160 hrs 160-320 hrs
160 hrs in one school year in one school year
Work Immersion
offered in one year 320-640 hrs
TechPro Electives
320 hrs
in one school year
STRUCTURE
Choice of subject based on student exit and plans,
5 not tracks
Before, learners select a track Strengthened SHS Curriculum
and are assigned a pre-
determined set of subjects. Acad Track
Science, Technology, Business and Arts, Social Sciences, Sports, Health,
Current SHS Core Subjects Engineering, and
Mathematics
Entrepreneurship and Humanities and Wellness
STEM ABM +
TechPro Track
GAS HUMSS
Core Subjects
Agri-Fishery Business
and Food Innovation
Artisanry and
Creative Enterprise
Under the Strengthened SHS
Curriculum, learners may
+ take electives from any
cluster, including those
outside their chosen track.