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By Jonathan M. Hicap Reporter
Fourth-year high-school teachers
who will handle new subjects like precalculus and calculus offered
in science and technology-oriented schools will undergo training,
according to the Department of Education’s Bureau of Secondary
Education.
Amparo Ventura of the BSE’s
Curriculum Development Division said more than 100 public high
schools in the country offer these specialized classes.
“This is part of our continuing
effort to develop the competencies of our educators. The training
that our teachers will get will redound to our students in terms of
improved access to quality education they so deserve,” said
Education Secretary Jesli Lapus.
Teachers will be trained in
precalculus and calculus, advanced chemistry, research 2, civil
technology and electrical electronics, which are taught to
fourth-year students in schools offering the Engineering and Science
Education Program.
These new subjects are part of
the Revised Secondary Education Program first implemented in 2004,
under which specialized courses have been added to the curriculum on
a staggered basis.
The monthlong training program
slated this August will consist of orientations and trainings that
will update teachers on the content and methodologies in the
teaching of the new subjects.
“In continually improving our
secondary education, we make it more relevant to the needs of our
students,” Lapus said.
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