We will study about the new curriculum program of the government on how it will affects each family , and this is our objectives:
1) To study the advantages and disadvantages of K to 12 program to the smallest unit of the community.
2) To know which is more favorable in different kinds of family, if it is the old curriculum or the K to 12 program.
3) For us to know if the parents can support the needs of there children in additional 2 years of their studies.
The K to 12 program covers kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (6 years of primary education, 4 years of junior high school, 2 years of senior high school) to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills develop life long learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education middle-level skills development, employment and entrepreneurship.
The K-12 education system is the public education system that most people are familiar with today. Comprised of 13 grades, kindergarten through 12th, it refers to the public school system in all of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and parts of Europe as well. It is difficult to pinpoint the exact history of education, as it has been occurring in some form for centuries in all parts of the world.
Today, K-12 education represents the compulsory education required of all children in the US. Though this type of education can be attained from either publicly or privately funded institutions, children who have reached compulsory school age (ranging from age six to eight, depending on the state) are required by law to attend school. Compulsory education in the United States began over 150 years ago when Horace Mann established a statewide system of education in Massachusetts, which became the first state to pass school attendance laws in 1852. By 1918, children were required by law to receive an education in all states.
Kindergarten was actually developed prior to compulsory education. Though it is