June 8, 2016 at 3:23 pm

One country is considered as on those countries which education curriculum lags behind compared to European countries, the US, and the rest of the nations. The Department of Education has started implementing the K to 12 curriculum which covers the education process of school goers to take its education for 12 years to be considered as a graduate of basic education.

K to 12 curriculum develops the students’ education preparation from kinder of one year, six years for basic education,  4 years in junior high school, and 2 years in senior high school. Thus making it for the students to have enough knowledge and skills to pursue their collegiate courses or degrees.

June 8, 2016 at 7:18 pm

in our country, we don’t call them K to 12.

Instead age 4-6, kids attend Nursery School, K1 and K2, there is no K3

Then at age 7-12, would be Primary 1-6

After that Secondary 1-5, for age 13 to 17

That ends for the complete compulsory education for all students.

Age 18 and above, it is up to the students results to enter college or institute to study for diploma, 3 years

Most students could make up to 3 years of diploma, only a handful would further studies for degree which is another 3-5 years.

Scholarship would be beneficial for students applying for diploma.

That also depends on the results too.

July 1, 2016 at 9:13 pm

In my opinion, our country is not ready for new educational system K12, especially in public schools. It was a drastic move of the government to let the DepEd implement this. There are so many parents are complaining about the changes. Another thing that makes the DepEd trying to implement is the usage of the native tongue of the pupils or students. I think it would be a downside for being a good speaker in the English language.

July 2, 2016 at 10:07 am

In my time, when I was studying in elementary sometime in 1960, we had a local dialect taught to us and we had a book for that language. Because of that mother-tongue published textbook, I was able to read. Reading the Hiligaynon or Ilonggo translated book had developed my confidence and the desire to read more books, not only in the said dialect but the English textbook too.

K to 12 actually is not a problem. It is even the implementation of the traditional approach to the development of the child’s education. The private educational institution had a pre-school curriculum which the public before hadn’t realized it. Not in this latter days, the educational reform has been introduced. The additional two years curriculum of the high school is not also a question, for they had been categorized before as elective courses for the high school.

K to 12 is a curriculum of the formal implementation of what has been considered as the traditional education system of the Philippines. Well, that is always the normal reaction of an individual once there is a change in the system. The educators have considered that as a “positive reaction”.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by  Gil Camporazo.

July 2, 2016 at 1:54 pm

@nakitakona13 and @Shavkat, Many teachers got now job this time. In our department 4 teachers no load and they were not part of those teachers trained to teach senior high school. Our faculty office this time is lonesome from 42 to 28.I hope this K9 and K12 will be ordered to stop, useless, many complain , no rooms. What must be done to have quality graduates will be teachers to be trained four times a year, and change the curriculum. For me the high school curriculum is very far from the curriculum in the previous years.

July 2, 2016 at 4:25 pm

@cely Personally speaking, I don’t like the K12 program. It is definitely burdened to Filipinos. The government didn’t anticipate the great impact of sudden implementation of this. They should have conduct research and practical ways before the transition. It is plainly the movement of ex-president’s approval to have so called an achievement.

July 3, 2016 at 6:01 am

@lovern, your concern to stop K to 12 because of some shortages in the classrooms,  and the teacher’s general concern which they’re not or they couldn’t discharge their duties as teachers effectively. For your information, K to 12 has already started since 2012, and to be specific, it is almost 4 years in the making.

Curriculum concern has already been addressed by the Department of Education. Grades from Kindergarten to Grades 5 have already been adapting their curriculum through a series of seminars and workshops. They have been trained so that they could function as what being expected from them.

It is “useless” which is not as what you have presented it here, but it is useless if this K-to-12 curriculum wouldn’t be fully implemented to cover the entire grades which only grade 6 is to be covered soon after a workshop for teachers is conducted.

What will happen then if this controversial curriculum wouldn’t be implemented? It would be another problem in the making since it has already been started. It is 92% which already been implemented. Those problems like lack of classrooms, instructional materials, among others could be remedied. So what’s the problem then? The problem is the attitude of the teachers to willingly support the system.

July 3, 2016 at 12:18 pm

@Shavkat, many do not like the K9 and K12. Many teachers complain, no rooms. The parents also do not like for the program adds burden to them. I do not believe there is big impact of theses program.Me too, do not like the K9 and K12, wasting time and money.

July 3, 2016 at 12:24 pm

@nakitakona13, Let us just wait and see as to how these programs get through under the new administration, though the new president was convinced by the new head in the department of education.

July 3, 2016 at 12:58 pm

@lovern, In the academe or in the education sector, we never wait and see but we are committed to implementing this K to 12 curriculum for we know this one of the solutions to make our graduates ready to do their role effectively in the world of work. They are being taught to be gainful, to be efficient, to be an expert in their chosen field of endeavor.

As mentioned above, we are doing series of seminars, workshops to teachers, to school administrators, to stakeholders on their role and on their invaluable support which is religious expected for this 21st-century curriculum of education. We never sleep. We never leave these learners be left behind especially the youth for they are the future leaders of the country.

K to 12 is almost about to be completed. President Duterte before his inauguration has been visited by the top brass of the Department of Education. And he was quoted saying, “I was convinced by these bright people in the DepEd to support K to 12.” And he agreed.

July 3, 2016 at 3:38 pm

@cely I do agree on this. Our government should think not only twice before implementing this new educational program. I can still remember when it was being launched. Some of the teachers are still in the series of training in connection to K12. Textbooks are not also available.