...Enhanced K+12 Basic Education Program as the Trending Issue in the Philippine Education Christelle Jane C. Alto University of the Philippines Los Baños, Laguna Abstract This research paper discussed the reasons why Enhanced K+12 Basic Education Program is seen as an inappropriate implementation in a developing country like the Philippines. The current status of the education in our country is declining. Few noticeable facts about our educational system are broad elementary education, limited secondary schools, and unstable collegiate education. We take pride in the fact that 30% of our annual budget is allocated for education, mainly elementary education. But beyond this level, the national government participation and support is diminishing sharply. The support from the national government is negligible. The main reasons why K+12 program is inappropriate to be implemented in the Philippines are the education budget shortage, poverty, and incompetent teachers. It can be concluded that the national government influences the capability of the Philippines to adapt to the implementation of K+12 program. The government must allocate more educational budget to be able to achieve quality education. Enhanced K+12 basic education system as the trending issue in the Philippine education Despite the necessity of improvement in quality education through implementing...
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...Introduction One of the greatest reforms in the Philippine Educational System today is the implementation of the K to 12 programs. The enhanced K to 12 Basic Education Program seeks to provide for a quality 12 – year basic education program that each Filipino is entitled to. The goal of the enhanced K to 12 Basic Education Program is to create a functional basic education system that will produce productive and responsible citizens equipped with the essential competencies and skills for both life – long learning and employment. The program will enhance the basic education system to full functionality to fulfil the basic learning needs of students. Topic: The K to 12 Program covers Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education (six years of primary education, four years of Junior High School, and two years of Senior High School [SHS]) to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills development, employment, and entrepreneurship. DepEd proposed this program to enhance the learning capabilities of the students. Also awareness among parents, students and teachers about K12 education should be promoted for its implementation given that most of these people see it as a burden rather than a help to improvement for our educational system. It provides students, as well as the country, many privileges with more time for students to study and understand their lessons;...
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...THE PERCEPTION OF YS-10 LEARNERS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE K-12 CURRICULUM A research presented to In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for CAE, Economics and Mathematics 11 CHAPTER I PROBLEM AND ITS SETTING I. Introduction Education is a basic human right and a significant factor in the development of children, communities, and countries. (Herz, B. and Sperling G.B., 2004) It is valued by a lot of Filipinos mainly because it is the start of economic improvement and it is the key to a brighter future. The Philippines was one of only three countries in the world and the only one in Asia that still had 10 years in basic education. This has always been seen as a disadvantage for the learners who are competing in an increasingly global job market and also reason of having a high number of unemployment in the country. The government asserts that with the implementation of K12 program, the problem of unemployment in the country will be resolved. In as much as employment in the Philippines is concerned, the K12 education also responds to the fact that most countries in the world already have the same plan in their educational institutions. With this, the standards of these countries go a notch higher than what the country has, thus, creating an expansion in the global competency. (DepEd, 2010) President Aquino aforementioned that we needed to add two more years of basic education in the country. Those who can afford to pay up to fourteen...
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...The Enhanced K – 12 Program as Perceived by the Parents of Grade Six Pupils of Manalog Elementary School, Hinunangan District The Graduate Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Subject Requirements in Agendum 1 to the Teacher Education Department of SLSU- Tomas Oppus San Isidro, Tomas Oppus, Southern Leyte CECILE C. DELUTA CHAPTER I The Problem Introduction Faced with stiffer economic competition and worried about the skills of the future work forces, the government lead by the President of the Philippines and his Department of Education Secretary are trying to connect education from preschool through postsecondary so that more students are prepared for further study and work. In October 5, 2010, the recent program on Philippine Education as part of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s Educational Reform Program was the instituting of the K – 12 Education Plan. From his 10 point Educational agenda he cited: 12 – Years Basic Education Cycle I will expand the basic education cycle, from a 10 year cycle to a globally comparable 12 years, for our public school children. At present, those who can afford basic education get into the best universities and the best jobs after graduation. Universal preschooling for all public schools children will have preschool as their introduction to formal schooling by 2016, and we will make this available to all children regardless of income. The Pnoy Administration believes that adding more years to basic education in the Philippines...
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...shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all”, and latter by Republic Act No. 6655 or the Free Secondary Education Act. Education in the Philippines is managed and regulated by the Department of Education, commonly referred to as the DepEd in the country. The Department of Education controls the Philippine education system, including the curriculum used in schools and the allocation of funds. It also regulates the construction of schools and other educational facilities and the recruitment of teachers and staff. From 1945 until 2011, the basic education system was composed of six years of elementary education starting at the age of 6, and four years of high school education starting at the age of 12.Further education was provided by technical or vocational schools, or in higher education institutions such as universities.It is also in the year 2011when the country started to transition from its old 10-year basic educational system to a K to 12 educational system, as mandated by the Department of Education. President Benigno “Nonoy” S. Aquino singed the K to 12 education into law in the year 2013. The new K to 12 curriculum guide requires all Filipino students to have one year of kindergarten, six years of elementary...
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...on K - 12 Curriculum K to 12 Basic Education Program in the Philippines aims to have a graduate that is an empowered individual who has learned, through a program that is rooted on sound educational principles and geared towards excellence, the foundations for learning throughout life, the competence to engage in work and be productive, the ability to coexist in fruitful harmony with local and global communities, the capability to engage in autonomous critical thinking, and the capacity to transform others and one’s self. The K to 12 Basic Education Program is not new for this was already made a few years ago although it is at present that we are trying to implement for the improvement of our educational system in our country. The K to 12 was not only made by the DepEd Central office but through the collaboration of the CHED, TESDA, DEPED and the different stakeholders like the parents of the children in schools. The complete human development of every graduate is at the core of the Enhanced K to 12 Basic Education Program. Every graduate holds an understanding of the world around and a zest for life-long learning, which addresses every child’s basic learning needs, including learning to learn, the acquisition of numeracy, literacies, and scientific and technological knowledge as applied to daily life. I realized that we teachers must have the 5C’s to make this said program successful. The Commitment, Competence, Creativity, Compassion and Character helps the K to 12 program...
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.... 1 CHAPTER I The Problem Introduction Faced with stiffer economic competition and worried about the skills of the future work forces, the government lead by the President of the Philippines and his Department of Education Secretary are trying to connect education from preschool through post secondary so that more students are prepared for further study and work. In October 5, 2010, the recent program on Philippine Education as part of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s Educational Reform Program was the instituting of the K – 12 Education Plan. From his 10 point Educational agenda he cited: 12 – Years Basic Education Cycle I will expand the basic education cycle, from a 10 year cycle to a globally comparable 12 years, for our public school children. At present, those who can afford basic education get into the best universities and the best jobs after graduation. Universal preschooling for all public schools children will have preschool as their introduction to formal schooling by 2016, and we will make this available to all children regardless of income. The Pnoy Administration believes that adding more years to basic education in the Philippines could help solve the problems of unemployment, keep with global standards, and help Pilipino students to have more time to choose the career that best suits their skills. 2. 2 Psychologically speaking, the short education program affects human development of the Pilipino children. A Pilipino is legally a child before he or...
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...PREFERENCE ON THE PROPOSED K+12 BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM “If you want to plan for a year, plant a tree; for a decade educate people.” It is an old maxim that talks about the importance of education where it plays a major role in the progress and welfare of a nation. Thus, every nation has a high regard in educating its people. According to Nelson Mandela, one of an African foremost statesman said that “education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” It is supported by one of the approaches of curriculum which is known as reconstructivism where the long term purpose of education is promoted. They are trained to be professionals in the future that in the end will reform the society. Everyone has the right to education as what the Universal Deceleration on Human Rights stated. It is supported by the 1987 Philippine Constitution Section 1 of Article XIV that announces that “the state shall protect and promote the right of all citizen to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all.” This creates an avenue for the children to have quality education so that they will have a bright future and a better quality of life that most parents want to achieve and this will be beneficial and helpful to the nation itself. In the Philippine Journal (2006), Moises R. Tamandong cited different ingredients for quality education. He stated the following: 1.Curriculum which caters to the needs of the learners...
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...Ready for K-to-12? Specifically, are we ready for Grade 11, the first of the two new senior high school years that have been added to the curriculum by virtue of the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013? By the start of school year 2016-2017, millions of students across the country who would have otherwise graduated from four years of high school would make up the first batch to enroll in Grade 11. After Grade 12, when they graduate in March 2018, they would constitute the first batch of high school students to finish the K-to-12 program. What does this mean in practical terms? It means, for one, that by next year, public schools would have to find extra classrooms, restrooms, teachers, textbooks, etc. to accommodate the new Grade 11 population that should have gone on to freshman college studies in the earlier setup, but which would now remain for another two years in the school. The old school system replaced by K-to-12 leaned for decades on the annual turnaround of graduating students to make way for incoming batches from the lower years to use existing school facilities. This time, the first year of implementation of the added senior high school under K-to-12 gives secondary schools the problem of where to put their Grade 11 classes. The burden is even more acute in public schools, which are mandated by law to carry the extra two years, even as they are more typically deprived of the resources and facilities that private schools enjoy. Private junior high schools, while...
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...Online Learning for Educational Productivity U.S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology Prepared by: Marianne Bakia Linda Shear Yukie Toyama Austin Lasseter Center for Technology in Learning SRI International January 2012 This report was prepared for the U.S. Department of Education under Contract number ED01-CO-0040 Task 0010 with SRI International. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or policies of the Department of Education. No official endorsement by the U.S. Department of Education is intended or should be inferred. U.S. Department of Education Arne Duncan Secretary Office of Educational Technology Karen Cator Director January 2012 This report is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce this report in whole or in part is granted. While permission to reprint this publication is not necessary, the suggested citation is: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, Understanding the Implications of Online Learning for Educational Productivity, Washington, D.C., 2012. This report is available on the Department’s Web site at http://www.ed.gov/technology On request, this publication is available in alternate formats, such as Braille, large print, or computer diskette. For more information, please contact the Department’s Alternate Format Center at (202) 260-0852 or (202) 260-0818. Technical Contact: Bernadette Adams Senior Policy Analyst Office of Educational Technology bernadette...
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...CHAPTER I The Problem Introduction Faced with stiffer economic competition and worried about the skills of the future work forces, the government lead by the President of the Philippines and his Department of Education Secretary are trying to connect education from preschool through post secondary so that more students are prepared for further study and work. In October 5, 2010, the recent program on Philippine Education as part of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s Educational Reform Program was the instituting of the K – 12 Education Plan. From his 10 point Educational agenda he cited: 12 – Years Basic Education Cycle I will expand the basic education cycle, from a 10 year cycle to a globally comparable 12 years, for our public school children. At present, those who can afford basic education get into the best universities and the best jobs after graduation. Universal preschooling for all public schools children will have preschool as their introduction to formal schooling by 2016, and we will make this available to all children regardless of income. The Pnoy Administration believes that adding more years to basic education in the Philippines could help solve the problems of unemployment, keep with global standards, and help Pilipino students to have more time to choose the career that best suits their skills. Psychologically speaking, the short education program affects human development of the Pilipino children. A Pilipino is legally a child before...
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...comprehensively each question below. 2. Cite/theories/research/examples/to substantiates your discussion/explanation. 3. Illustrate/draw/design a matrix if necessary. A. The Philippine educational system is currently undergoing curricular changes through the implementation of the K - 12 curriculums. In relation to this, make a thorough discussion about the education reform by answering the following question: 1. Discuss different perspective surrounding the implementation of the said curriculum including the Washington and Bologna accords. The first and foremost perspective that surrounds the implementation of the K to 12 programs is that to provide every Filipino child with education he/she needs to...
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...Public Education in the Philippines INTRODUCTION Section 1, Article XIV of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states that “the State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels, and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all”. Truly, the state must provide an accessible and quality education to all the citizens of this country regardless of their social status and also the education the state must provide is free at all levels. This means that the government must provide all the facilities, equipment, and teacher force to educate its citizens. However, nowadays, Philippine educational system earns its prestige having produced a low quality graduates due to some factors. Thus, the current administration decided to upgrade Philippine educational system to a k+12 basic education curriculum thinking that it is the years we have studied that we learn a lot not knowing the fact that public institutions’ facilities are in scarcity. No.5, section 5 of the article XIV of the 1987 Constitution also states that “The State shall assign the highest budgetary priority to education and ensure that teaching will attract and retain its rightful share of the best available talents through adequate remuneration and other means of job satisfaction and fulfillment”. But what this that I heard that the budget for the tertiary level of education will be cut off? Does it mean that tertiary education is no longer a priority...
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...education is the one implemented the K to 12. K to 12 is a curriculum designed to enable high school graduates to join the work force and suitably prepare students who want to attain higher education. The new curriculum is requiring students here in the Philippines to take two more years of high school the so-called senior high school or grades 11 & 12. Prior to the implementation of K to 12 curriculum, the Philippines was one in three countries in the world and the only one in Asia that still had only 10 years in basic education. Now let us look on the education system of our country in our present time. Fourth picture shows an International School that offers an advance quality education, which also has an advance school facility for learning and usually have an expensive tuition fee. Fifth picture shows the Affordable Private Education Center ( APEC). APEC is a chain of private schools which offer quality private education based on international standards at an affordable price. Sixth picture shows a crowded classroom in public schools with limited educational resources that can result in poor learning outcomes. Seventh picture shows a street child doing some school stuffs in front of McDonalds. Obviously, it depicts that poverty is not a hindrance in learning. Eighth picture shows a scenario wherein teachers are conducting a rally to increase their salary. To summarize, these panorama pictures, it shows the status of educational system of our country. Now the question is...
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...represents a substantial loss of opportunity for both individuals and society. With increasing emphasis being given to work- and skills-based solutions to economic competition and poverty in the developing world, comes a renewed focus on technical and vocational education and training (TVET) as a means to expand opportunities for marginalized youth (Tripney, et. al., 2013). Enhancing the quality of basic education in the Philippines is urgent and critical. In line with this, one of the discussions of DepEd which incurred on October 2010 is to enhance the basic education program of the country in a way that is least disruptive to the current curriculum, most affordable to government and families, and aligned with international practice through the K-12 policy. The poor quality of basic education is reflected in the low achievement scores of Filipino students. Many students who finish basic education do not possess sufficient mastery of basic competencies. One reason is that students do not get adequate instructional time or time on task. This quality of education is reflected in the inadequate preparation of high school graduates for the world of work or entrepreneurship or higher education. High school...
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