Vibal unveils new textbooks aligned to MATATAG Curriculum.

CEBU CITY -- Vibal Group launched its newest lineup of textbooks in response to the Department of Education's (DepEd) release of the MATATAG Curriculum. The launch was held during the 2023 Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines National Convention last October 17-20 at the Cebu Waterfront Hotel.

'Vibal has always been in support of DepEd's educational programs by coming up with well-written, well-produced textbooks aligned to the curriculum,' said Vibal Group President and CEO Kristine E. Mandigma. 'We gathered excellent educators, writers, and editors for these MATATAG books, and we hope that these contribute to the present administration's goals - and our mission - of making Filipinos more intelligent through books and technology.'

According to DepEd, the MATATAG Curriculum aims to decongest the current K to 12 Curriculum by focusing on foundational skills like literacy, numeracy, and socio-emotional skills. The revised curriculum follows the current administration's educational agenda of 'Bansang Makabata, Batang Makabansa.' The goal is to produce 'competent, job-ready, active, responsible and patriotic citizens' through its programs and reforms. With this in mind, Vibal Group's latest line of textbooks are curriculum-compliant, pedagogically sound, and enriched with text, activities, and learning materials.

Vibal's new textbook series, aligned with DepEd's MATATAG Curriculum. These titles focus on areas of study such as English, Filipino, Mathematics, Science, and more.

Vibal Group's latest textbook series carries the following titles and focuses on six corresponding areas of study:

The English series TRAILs (Text Reading and Acquisition of Languages) explores the MATATAG English curriculum's three organizing domains-literacy, language, and text. This series aims to improve the learner's basic, critical and applied literacy through reading, analyzing, and creating various text types, including literary, academic, and informational texts. TRAILs ultimately promises to inspire a lifelong love of reading and learning.

The series Talas: Tungo sa Mapanuri at Malikhaing Pag-iisip (Filipino) aims to produce learners who are equipped with literacy skills, can confidently use the Filipino language in different social contexts, and can understand, critically evaluate, and produce various types of texts. At the same time, it also develops 21st-century skills among the learners to get them ready to...