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GUIDING OUR TEACHERS: A Briefer on Using the EPP/TLE MELCs
About the Process
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent shortened academic year, the Department of Education, through the Bureau of Curriculum Development-
Curriculum Standards Development Division, has produced a list of the most essential learning competencies (MELCs). This was done in order to ensure that
the prescribed standards set for each learning area are still attained. In the process of identifying the MELCs in EPP/TLE, the ENDURANCE criterion was used as
the sole determiner .Endurance as a criterion is necessary for lifelong learning.
MELCs were identified in the four components of EPP/TLE:
a. Industrial Arts (IA)
b. Home Economics (HE)
c. Agriculture and Fishery Arts (AFA)
d. Information, Communication and Technology (ICT)
The identfied MELCs preserve the main objective of Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) which is to enable the learners acquire technical
knowledge, skills and values in the four components mentioned above while Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) is to make the learners technologically
proficient that may lead them to pursue a career or livelihood training.
The identified MELCs in EPP/TLE are intended only for School Year 2020-2021 to accommodate the necessary adjustment due to the shortened academic year.
The curriculum was not revised and the identified MELCs are lifted from the existing curriculum guide without any enhancement or modification.
HOW TO USE MELCs IN TEACHING EPP/TLE/TVL
One of the objectives in identifying MELCs is to help the teachers identify the learning competencies that needed to be prioritized so that they can employ
appropriate pedagogies and prepare suitable instructional materials based on the available rersources. Sub learning competencies that are redundant or
recurring were removed to satisfy the eigth to nine weeks allotted per quarter.
The following are the premises to be considered in utilizing MELCs in the teaching of EPP/TLE:
