Office of the Secretary
MEMORANDUM
February 26, 2016
To:
Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau Directors
Regional Directors
Schools Division Superintendents
Regional Senior High School Coordinators
Schools Division Senior High School Coordinators
School Heads, Public Senior High Schools
Update No. 1 on the Procurement of Senior High School (SHS) Teaching and Learning Materials for the First Semester of School Year (SY) 2016-2017
1. The Department of Education (DepEd) Central Office is currently procuring Senior High School (SHS) Teaching and Learning Materials for the First Semester of School Year (SY) 2016-2017. These teaching and learning materials cover the following 11 core subjects, two applied track subjects, five specialized track subjects of the Academic and Sports tracks, and three Technical-Vocational-Livelihood (TVL) specializations. The list of SHS subjects and specializations, and their corresponding number of titles are shown below:
| SHS Subjects and Specializations | Learner’s Materials | Teacher’s Materials |
| 1. Oral Communication | 1 | 1 |
| 2. Komunikasyon at Pananaliksik sa Wika at Kulturang Filipino | 1 | 1 |
| 3. 21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World | 1 | 1 |
| 4. General Mathematics | 1 | 1 |
| 5. Earth and Life Science | 1 | 1 |
| 6. Understanding Culture, Society and Politics | 1 | 1 |
| 7. Introduction to Philosophy of the Human Person | 1 | 1 |
| 8. Pambungad sa Pilosopiya ng Tao | 1 | 1 |
| 9. Personal Development | 1 | 1 |
| 10. Pansariling Kaunlaran | 1 | 1 |
| 11. Physical Education and Health | 1 | 1 |
| Applied Track Subjects | ||
| 1. English for Academic and Professional Purposes | 1 | 4* |
| 2. Filipino sa Piling Larang | 4* | 4* |
| Specialized Track Subjects | ||
| 1. Organization and Management (ABM) | 1 | 1 |
| 2. Introduction to World Religion and Belief Systems (HUMSS) | 1 | 1 |
| 3. Pre-Calculus (STEM) | 1 | 1 |
| 4. General Biology 1 (STEM) | 1 | 1 |
| 5. Human Movement (Sports) | 1 | 1 |
| TVL Specializations | ||
| 1. Bread and Pastry Production** | 1 | – |
| 2. Cookery*** | 2 | 2 |
| 3. Food and Beverages Services** | 1 | – |
| Total Number of Titles | 25 | 26 |
*One title per track
**One manual/ title for both teachers and learners
***Two modules/titles for the learners and two modules/titles for the teachers
2. The allocation of teaching and learning materials per school is based on the approved SHS programs as of December 2015. Further changes to the approved SHS programs are discouraged as they may adversely affect the correct distribution and timely delivery of these materials.
3. Regional and schools division offices shall ensure that school-level programming, class scheduling, and teacher hiring prioritizations are formulated in consideration of the aforementioned SHS teaching and learning materials.
4. The DepEd CO will be monitoring urgent dissemination and compliance to this Memorandum.
5. Subsequent updates regarding SHS teaching and learning materials may be issued in succeeding weeks.
6. Please be guided accordingly.
Useful Links:
- Reiteration of the Disciplinary Jurisdiction of the Regional Office
- DepEd Core Values Indicators: Concrete Manifestation
- Granting of Vacation Service Credits to Teachers Implementing School Supplemental Feeding Program
- DepEd Policies on Correction of School Records
- List of DepEd Officials for Graduation Program
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