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MANILA -- The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday signed a memorandum of agreement with Private Sector Jobs and Skills Corporation (PCORP) to enhance the work immersion of senior high school students in a bid to boost their employability and address jobs-skills mismatch.President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. witnessed the signing in an event in Malacanang.The MOA provides for a more comprehensive work immersion experience for students, curriculum alignment that will focus on skills needed by students based on industry standards, teachers training and job fairs.&quot;Bibigyan natin ng menu o pagpipilian ang mga magulang, at ang mga estudyante kung ano iyong natitipuhan nilang pasukan na industriya o trabaho, ay mayroon na silang makukuhang work experience na job training, work immersion, at hindi lang mabilis na work immersion, na madali, isang linggo, kundi babad talaga sila,&quot; DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara said in an interview with the Malacanang Insider.(We&#39;ll give parents and students a menu of jobs they can choose from, where they can get work experience. This isn&#39;t just a quick work immersion, but they really get immersed.)&quot;Makakakuha sila ng skills at mace-certify sila kaya very employable or hire-able sila matapos ang work immersion,&quot; he added.(They can learn skills from these and get certified so they&#39;re very employable or hire-able after the work immersion.)PCORP is a non-profit, non-stock corporation organized by the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) Job members, together with PSAC strategic convener Sabin Aboitiz.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/09/20/23/it-bpm-sector-facing-job-skills-mismatch-industry-leader">IT-BPM sector facing job skills mismatch: industry leader</a>It consists of various industries including the IT-BPO sector, the semi-conductor industry, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI), among others.&quot;So all kinds of industries ang andito, so makakapili talaga ang mga bata at makikita niya may pag-asa at may katuturan iyong pag-aaral niya, iyong dagdag na 2 taon na papasukan niya,&quot; he said.<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_QOmrVNcTJU?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> (All kinds of indsutries are here, so children can really choose, and they can see that there is hope in their studies.&nbsp;MATATAG CURRICULUMFor kindergarten to Grade 10, Sec. Angara intends to continue to implementation of the revised curriculum, dubbed as the &quot;MATATAG Curriculum&quot; drafted by his predecessor, Vice President Sara Duterte. &nbsp;The execution includes implementation in phases with School Year 2024-2025 for Kindergarten, Grades, 1, 4, and 7; School Year 2025-2026 for Grades 2, 5, and 8; School Year 2026-2027 for Grades 3, 6, and 9; and School Year 2027-2028 for Grade 10.Adjustments may be done to improve the program after DepEd conducts a study on the experience of students and teachers.&quot;We continue it. This is the product of several years of studying. And the direction, we are continuing direction,&quot; Angara said.&quot;So, whatever the learnings are for that first year, we will --- kung baga iterative iyong process. Meaning, we are willing to &nbsp;change as we go along, as we learn from the experience of actual --- on the ground and then we get feedback din from &nbsp;our teachers saka &#39;yung estudyante, ano ang kailangang baguhin, anong puwedeng pagandahin,&quot; he said.

(We&#39;ll give parents and students a menu of jobs they can choose from, where they can get work experience. This isn&#39;t just a quick work immersion, but they really get immersed.)&quot;Makakakuha sila ng skills at mace-certify sila kaya very employable or hire-able sila matapos ang work immersion,&quot; he added.(They can learn skills from these and get certified so they&#39;re very employable or hire-able after the work immersion.)PCORP is a non-profit, non-stock corporation organized by the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) Job members, together with PSAC strategic convener Sabin Aboitiz.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/business/09/20/23/it-bpm-sector-facing-job-skills-mismatch-industry-leader">IT-BPM sector facing job skills mismatch: industry leader</a>It consists of various industries including the IT-BPO sector, the semi-conductor industry, Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industries (PCCI), among others.&quot;So all kinds of industries ang andito, so makakapili talaga ang mga bata at makikita niya may pag-asa at may katuturan iyong pag-aaral niya, iyong dagdag na 2 taon na papasukan niya,&quot; he said.<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_QOmrVNcTJU?&wmode=opaque&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe> (All kinds of indsutries are here, so children can really choose, and they can see that there is hope in their studies.&nbsp;MATATAG CURRICULUMFor kindergarten to Grade 10, Sec. Angara intends to continue to implementation of the revised curriculum, dubbed as the &quot;MATATAG Curriculum&quot; drafted by his predecessor, Vice President Sara Duterte. &nbsp;The execution includes implementation in phases with School Year 2024-2025 for Kindergarten, Grades, 1, 4, and 7; School Year 2025-2026 for Grades 2, 5, and 8; School Year 2026-2027 for Grades 3, 6, and 9; and School Year 2027-2028 for Grade 10.Adjustments may be done to improve the program after DepEd conducts a study on the experience of students and teachers.&quot;We continue it. This is the product of several years of studying. And the direction, we are continuing direction,&quot; Angara said.&quot;So, whatever the learnings are for that first year, we will --- kung baga iterative iyong process. Meaning, we are willing to &nbsp;change as we go along, as we learn from the experience of actual --- on the ground and then we get feedback din from &nbsp;our teachers saka &#39;yung estudyante, ano ang kailangang baguhin, anong puwedeng pagandahin,&quot; he said.

The MOA provides for a more comprehensive work immersion experience for students, curriculum alignment that will focus on skills needed by students based on industry standards, teachers training and job fairs.&quot;Bibigyan natin ng menu o pagpipilian ang mga magulang, at ang mga estudyante kung ano iyong natitipuhan nilang pasukan na industriya o trabaho, ay mayroon na silang makukuhang work experience na job training, work immersion, at hindi lang mabilis na work immersion, na madali, isang linggo, kundi babad talaga sila,&quot; DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara said in an interview with the Malacanang Insider.

MANILA -- The Department of Education (DepEd) on Thursday signed a memorandum of agreement with Private Sector Jobs and Skills Corporation (PCORP) to enhance the work immersion of senior high school students in a bid to boost their employability and address jobs-skills mismatch.President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. witnessed the signing in an event in Malacanang.

The DepEd signed a memorandum of agreement with Private Sector Jobs and Skills Corporation (PCORP) to enhance the work immersion of senior high school students in a bid to boost their employability and address jobs-skills mismatch.

The DepEd signed a memorandum of agreement with Private Sector Jobs and Skills Corporation (PCORP) to enhance the work immersion of senior high school students in a bid to boost their employability and address jobs-skills mismatch.

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'Enhanced' work immersion eyed for senior high students

'Enhanced' work immersion eyed for senior high students