I myself am not a great fan of K to 12. I know it’s now law and is on its second year. The Department of Education says the implementation is getting better, as schools get to iron out the kinks of last year. But whether it is or not, I don’t know that the program will really make a huge dent in the huge problem of education.
Let me be clear: I believe in education, I’m big on education. If there’s one thing I think will bring us out of the rut of poverty, it is education. If there’s one thing I think will make us less desperate, benighted and hopeless, it’s education. If there’s one thing that’s going to stop us from thinking in terms of surviving and climbing out of the pit and start thinking in terms of forging ahead and being better than everybody else, like Singapore, it’s education.
But before all of that let me tell you all about the advantages and disadvantages of this so called “K-12”
Advantages:
The program aims to uplift the quality of education in the Philippines in order for graduates to be easily employed. The program also aims to meet the standards required for professionals who would want to work abroad. Most importantly, the system aims to fully enhance and develop the students in order for them to be well-prepared especially in emotional and cognitive aspects. Through this, graduates will be able to face the pressures of their future workplace. To achieve universal primary education, and objectives of education for all (EFA) the inclusion of preschool, currently known as kindergarten in the basic education cycle, making it free and compulsory is presently being considered at the policy level. Kindergarten education or the K+12 will prepare 5 year old children physically, socially, emotionally, and mentally for formal schooling.K+12 will increase the children chance of surviving and completing formal schooling, reducing dropouts’ incidence and insuring better school performance. The universal Kindergarten education will the