General Academic strand: Explore your Capabilities

     GAS is a Senior High School strand that takes on a generalist approach in preparing students for college. It covers various disciplines like Humanities, Social Sciences, Organization, and Management. Since GAS does not specialize in any strand, you are free to choose any college degree program under the three other strands based on the elective you will choose. Moreover, a possible course to pursue from this strand is Education. While other strands are career-specific, GAS is great for students who are still undecided on which track to take. You can choose electives from different strands. GAS subjects are a mix of specialized subjects from the other three strands: HUMMS, ABM, STEM.

        I choose GAS strand because GAS or General Academics Strand is the most flexible strand among the four strands offered in the Academic Track because students get to learn and experience something from all the other strands. GAS is essentially for students who are undecided on which strand to take GAS   is a Senior High School strand that takes on a generalist approach in preparing students for college. It covers various disciplines like Humanities, Social Sciences, Organization, and Management. Since GAS does not specialize in any strand, you are free to choose any college degree program under the three other strands based on the elective you will choose. Moreover, a possible course to pursue from this strand is Education. What you will gain from the GAS Strand: Hone you creative writing skills. Learn about Organization Management. Learn about Empowerment Technologies. Gain knowledge of Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction. Develop your communication skills.

 Komunikasyon at Pananaliksik sa wika at Kulturang Pilipino Oral Communication in Context  General Mathematics Earth and Life Science  Physical education and health  English for Academic and Professional Purposes  Organization and Management  Housekeeping - special subject Reading and writing skills  Physical Science  Statistics and Probability  Practical Research  Disaster Readiness and Risk Reduction  Applied Economics  Contemporary art in the Philippines  Literature  Media information Literacy  Empowerment Technologies  Politics and social sciences Personality Development  Cookery - special subject M3 Work Immersion

 The education system of the Philippines has been highly influenced by the country’s colonial history.  That history has included periods of Spanish, American and Japanese rule and occupation (StudyCountry, 2021). It one of the important contribution of the American colonialization in the country on 1898. During that period, English was introduced as the primary language of teaching and a system of public education was first established—a system modeled after the United States school system and administered by the newly established Department of Instruction. Education in the Philippines is offered through formal and non-formal systems. Formal education typically spans 14 years and is structured in a 6+4+4 system: 6 years of primary school education, 4 years of secondary school education, and 4 years of higher education, leading to a bachelor’s degree. This is one of the shortest terms of formal education in the world. In the Philippines, the academic school year begins in June and conc