Indigenization of School Curriculum

The Philippines is rich in cultural heritage in various field like historical events, places, people, traditional beliefs and values, produce and products all over the archipelago.

Along this premise, the Department of Education "aims to make the curriculum responsive to the needs of the people in various locations of the country." To this effect, therefore, education program specialists of different region had come up with a series of local data and pieces of information in a seminar/workshop of local curriculum integration.

Moreover, iIn compliance with the DepED goal: "Decentralize the formulation and development of certain parts of the curriculum in order to foster national cohesiveness, and to respond to needs of different regions and ethnic groups" (BSE, DECS 1998), those EPS conducted an echo seminar.

In so doing, School Principal Gil Camporazo, the author, of Cubay Elementary School, after attending an echo seminar conducted by the Division of La Calota City relayed to his 14 teachers in a one-day workshop which was held at the school learning resource center in March 22, 2013.