Manila, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd) will introduce a subject that will teach business ethics and social responsibility to high school students. “Education actually is a social science,” said Undersecretary for Programs and Projects Dina Ocampo-Cristobal in a press briefing for the new K-to-12 curriculum.
“It is a response to society [and] it is a way that society uses and exploits to create the society it envisions,” she said, in explaining how Janet Napoles “inspired” the introduction of the subject called “Business Ethics and Social Responsibility” in the K-To-12 curriculum.
The subject will be taught in the Academic Track or the Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM) for incoming Senior High School (SHS) students, or Grades 11 and 12. “Three months ago, there was no such thing as a Business Ethics and Social in this curriculum,” said Cristobal. “But in the age of Napoles, there is now that course… and that is a clear example that this K-to-12 curriculum is alive.”
She said the new K-to-12 curriculum is designed to be “learner-centered, inclusive and research-based.” It is also designed to be “inclusive, culture-responsive and culture-sensitive, integrative and contextualized, relevant and responsive.” The curriculum is “standard and competence-based to make it seamless and decongested.” DepEd also wants to ensure that the new curriculum for Kinder to Grade 12 is “flexible, ICT-based and global.”
