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MODULE 1
OVERVIEW IN MULTIGRADE EDUCATION
Intended Learning Outcomes
▪ Identify information on MultiGrade Program in Philippine Education (MPPE)
▪ Identify MPPE support programs in the region/division/district/school
▪ Explain the Basic principle underlying teaching
▪ Appreciate the Multigrade Program in the Philippine Education (MPPE) as part of the educational system in
our country
Learning Activities
The Department of Education (DepEd) continues to hold multigrade classes in an effort to ensure that
Filipino students in remote areas complete their basic education. A multigrade class consists of two or more
different grade levels in a single-grade classroom manned by one teacher for an entire school year.
Since 1993, the Multigrade Program in Philippine Education (MPPE) has significantly contributed to the
Department of Education (DepEd) need to democratize access to education while ensuring its quality in around
19% of public elementary schools in isolated, underserved and sparsely populated communities.
LESSON 1 – MPPE OVERVIEW
An education delivery system to democratize access to improve the quality of elementary education
through the completion of incomplete schools and the organization of multigrade classes.
Why MPPE was conceptualized?
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To provide a complete education cycle or expand access in sparsely populated, remote, isolated areas.
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To maintain educational services in barangays with decreasing enrolment.
Definition of Multigrade Class
⮚ A class consisting of 2 or more grades is handled by one teacher.
⮚ Is generally opened in primary schools located in distant and sparsely populated areas.
⮚ Is usually opened in areas where the number of enrollees for each grade level does not warrant the
opening of a single grade class.
LESSON 2 – PROGRAMS AND COMPONENTS OF MULTIGRADE TEACHING
Programs and Components
1. Curriculum Development
The term multigrade teaching generally refers to a teaching situation where a single
teacher must take responsibility for teaching pupils across more than one curriculum grade within a timetabled
period. Schools with multigrade classes are referred to as multigrade schools. In today’s knowledge economy,
curriculum development plays a vital role in improving the economy of a country. It also provides answers or
solutions to the world’s pressing conditions and problems, such as the environment, politics, socioeconomics, and
other issues on poverty, climate change, and sustainable development. Multigrade classrooms offer increased
potential for scaffolding because students of different ages and activities are learning together. Both social and
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cognitive learning can be scaffolded across age and gender boundaries and make greater use of students’
readiness to learn. Here are some of the salient features of the MULTIGRADE CURRICULUM:
● Budget of Work (MG – BOW)
● Lesson Plan for Multigrade classes (MG – TLP)
● Multigrade Handbook
● Multilevel Materials
● 100 Books Library
2. Staff Development
effective professional development should help teachers learn how to use their limited time in an efficient
and effective manner.
3. Monitoring and Supervision
School monitoring and evaluation help in providing a consolidated source of information showing the
progress of the school. Monitoring and evaluation give a basis for both questioning and testing assumptions.
Monitoring and evaluation should be an integral component of any particular
school since it helps in planning.
4. Research and Evaluation
A careful evaluation design helps program managers assess progress, identify barriers and facilitators,
determine whether the evidence of progress is valid and reliable, and allows staff to make adjustments in order to
enhance future effectiveness.
5. Physical Facilities
The findings suggest that the availability and effective utilization of school physical facilities play a
significant role in enhancing learners’ academic performance. In contrast, the inadequacy of such physical facilities
could contribute to poor academic performance in students, especially in the multigrade.
6. Community Support
The support of community agencies/groups or stakeholders provided to families allows parents to better
meet the needs of and support their children, thereby helping set the proper conditions for learning and improving
the school climate for all. Community involvement is one way to help schools produce a more capable workforce.
7. Incentives and Awards
Theoretically, teacher incentives motivate teacher behaviors that improve student learning and
reward teachers who demonstrate desired behaviors or whose students show improved learning… Moreover,
some research suggests that extrinsic rewards, such as salary bonuses, actually reduce motivation rather than
stimulate it.
Support Programs
1. Multigrade Demonstration School Projects (MDSP)
● was organized in selected divisions of the country.
● with financial assistance from UNICEF.
● Will serve as working models for the application of:
1. Effective teaching strategies and process of supervision
2. Active parent and community participation, and
3. Innovate approaches to multigrade teaching.
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2. DepEd-CCFPI Little Red Schoolhouse Project
This program provides disadvantaged children access to complete elementary education through the
construction of schoolhouses and teacher training in public elementary schools located in remote, underserved
areas nationwide.
3. Pupil Learning Enhancement Program (PLEP)
This program has been designed to supplement the needs and requirements of a classroom setting.
Basically, designed by module on a term basis to monitor and assess progress, often under the recommendation of
the homeroom teacher.
4. Search for Multigrade Teacher—Achiever
The search is open to all multigrade teachers who have rendered dedicated and exemplary services in
teaching MG classes in public schools for the last three (3) years.
5. The Multigrade School Training Video
This project is a documentary video on multigrade teaching practices. It shows effective teaching
strategies and other important information about the multigrade school.
6. Congress on Multigrade Education
This activity is in consonance with the Department of Education’s policy on improving access and quality
in elementary education.
Learning Tasks
Directions: Answer the following questions:
1. What is MPPE?
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2. What are the support programs in Multigrade Education?
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