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(http://monitor.icef.com/2013/08/philippines-creates-opportunities-in-overhaul-
of-k-12-education-system/)
schools.
Better textbooks;
With the new 12-year curriculum in place, future Filipino students will be ready
and better equipped to join overseas universities at the undergraduate level.
And with a K-12 student population of 20.67 million, which will only increase
over the next 20 years (see ICEF Monitorsarticle New 2035 enrolment
forecasts place East Asia and the Pacific in the lead), the Philippines is
shaping up to be an attractive recruitment destination.
(LGUs);
students in the basic and lower years to facilitate and expedite learning.
This fabulous interactive map of all public schools in the country could be a
two winning consortia which will undertake the construction of close to 10,000
classrooms.
personnel, furniture, textbooks, classrooms, plus the water and power supply of
(PSIP) will give schools the physical space they need and provides the private
maintenance of classrooms.
The move to the K-12 policy comes as part of the 10 Point Education
Philippine Education Secretary Armin A. Luistro has said he hopes that by doing
Agenda which was set out by the current government administration. The K-12
tongue languages are but three of the ten points Aquinos administration want to
But making more room for students is only half the solution; someone has to
teach them and as of early last month, the Department of Education still hadnt
region.
In January of this year, the Philippine Bureau of Immigration reported that of
the 203,753 foreigners in the country, 47,478 are studying in schools and
universities across the country (which is 14% higher than the 41,443 foreigners
who applied in 2011). The bulk of those (31,000) are under the age of 18 and
students, 13.26 million elementary students, and 5.64 million high school
course.
students.
For foreign education providers, this lack of qualified teachers could mean an
emerging as a new educational hub in the Asia-Pacific region. More and more
foreigners are coming here to study and it demonstrates recognition of the
opportunity to partner with institutions in the Philippines to develop a teachertraining programme or qualification.
Some of those students chose the Philippines to study English, and the
vocational and technical education in high schools, which has been designed to
key component in tackling the high youth unemployment rate in the Philippines.
Some advocates are calling for the adoption of the German model of
allows holders to stay for up to six months plenty of time to spend studying on
a language course.
The Philippine Business for Education (PBEd) wants the country to incorporate
Last year, ICEF Monitor reported that for international students studying English
Germanys system of dual technical-vocational education into the K-12 basic
education programme.
It is hoped that adopting the German model would help address the skills
saying,
mismatch between Filipino graduates and the jobs available. Ramon del
Rosario, chairman of the PBEd, has said now is the time to implement the
destination for studying the English language. Aside from its large English-
time because of the development of the senior high school curriculum and that
and faculty, the Philippines has a rich cultural heritage, offers diverse tourism
attractions and activities, and warmth and hospitality not found anywhere else
in the world.
One thing is clear: the Philippines is looking ahead. With a growing population
and a budding economy, demand for quality education is high. Many Filipino
parents welcome the basic education reforms and are looking forward to more
opportunities for their children in vocational and higher education. We explore
both in this follow-up piece.
Public schools began having half-day classes for grade one students, with the
mother tongue as the medium of instruction. Private schools also made
(https://ph.theasianparent.com/advantages-new-k-12-curriculum/3/)
The adaptation of the K 12 curriculum guide means that students will graduate
starting in 2011. President Aquino signed the K 12 education into law in 2013,
a bit older compared to those who graduated under the 10-year education
cycle.
The new K 12 curriculum guide requires all Filipino students to have one year of
Far from being disadvantageous, however, DepEd states that young adults
junior high school (grades 7 to 10), and two years of senior high school (grades
education.
11 to 12).
The rationale
This has always been seen as a disadvantage for our students who are
competing in an increasingly global job market. The longer educational cycle of
the K 12 curriculum is seen as critical in giving Filipino students a higher quality
of education.
As a result, Filipino students have trailed behind students around the world in
the areas of math, languages and science. The new curriculum is aimed to fix
that.
The K 12 curriculum is designed to enable graduates to join the work force right
after high school, and suitably prepare those who want to go on to higher
education.
Remedial classes during the first year of college will no longer be needed, as
the high school curriculum will already be aligned with the Commission on
Higher Educations (CHED) guidelines.
Graduates of the new educational system will already be equipped to join the
workforce right away with the help of the electives to be offered during grades
11 to 12.
The electives, or areas of specialization, will include academics for those who
wish to pursue higher studies, technical-vocational for those who want to
acquire employable skills after high school, and sports and arts for those who
are inclined in the two fields.
Change is never easy, especially when it is about a big undertaking such as the
implementation of the new K-12 curriculum guide in the Philippines. It is high
time, however, that we join the rest of the world and improve the quality of our
basic education system and our graduates.
The new curriculum will also support college graduates seeking work abroad.
(http://www.rexpublishing.com.ph/basic-education/teacherslounge/basic-
education/k-to-12-Primer/)
education for all. Now decongested, it will give students ample time to master
The transition began in 2011, when the universal kindergarten was introduced.
Starting in 2012, schools already implemented the curriculum decongestion
mentioned in the DepEd briefer.
This has been affirmed in the study conducted by SEAMEOInnotech where it noted that Philippine basic education is congested
compared to the curriculum of Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia and
Singapore. Specifically, it stated that elementary education is
congested especially in Mathematics, Languages and Sciences.
Our high school graduates are not adequately prepared for the
world of work. Most of the basic education graduates are too young
to legally enter the labor force (below 18). This implies that those
who will not go to college would either be unemployed or be
vulnerable to exploitative labor practices. Those who may be
interested to set up businesses cannot legally enter into contracts.
The Philippines is the only country in Asia and among the three
remaining countries in the world that has a 10-year basic education
DepEd, however, says that it has closed the gap of 66,800 classroom shortage
in 2010 and has built 86,478 classrooms between 2010 to 2014. This year, an
additional 27,499 classrooms are on line to be constructed to cover the SHS
implementation in 2016.
But, besides student and teacher concerns, there is a third factor: the additional
cost to parents for food and transportation expenses to send their children for
two more years of high school.
DepEd has announced that it will be hiring 39,000 additional teachers in 2016 to
private schools.
meet the personnel requirements of the program. This demand for SHS
teachers is proposed as mitigation for the faculty lay-offs in higher education
institutions. This is an important point, since many junior faculty look to their
teaching careers for funding to pursue higher academic degrees. Thus, the
roughly 50 percent cut in pay that comes from the move from college to SHS
teaching is particularly bad news.
All these complaints are valid. Until recently, our school system has suffered
much neglect in many areas, including a chronic shortage of classrooms.
Likewise, the almost criminally low pay our public schoolteachers receive is
scandalous. There is a very serious loss of junior college teachers as well
many of whom are pursuing higher degrees that will benefit the nation. That
they should be forced into lower paying jobs even as they struggle to advance
needs to be dealt withit is an all-too-typical example of how neoliberal
pressures such as privatization can gut the aspirations of a developing country
and force it into the race to the bottom that has become a linchpin of
globalization.
Among teachers, there are deep-seated anxieties about the new duties
expected of them. DepEd has been conducting numerous teacher trainings to
address these concerns, but there is a sense that things remain confused and
unsettled. Most likely, uneasiness and suspicion among teachers will linger until
the new system is in place and they have a chance to actually work through it
and make the needed adjustments. In addition, there still remains the problem
of language: what to do with Filipino, how to sustain its place in the curriculum,
and what will the changes mean for teaching the language in colleges and
universities? For that matter, has the English curriculum been chosen in haste,
as some critics allege? What of the adequacy and quality of some of our
constitutional right. And, sadly, anytime large sums of government money are
being passed out, we come face to face with the ubiquitous problems of
potential corruption.
Likewise, tuition costs for parents whose children have no public SHS available
should not hold those students hostage to the financial capabilities of the
parents. That is not what we mean when we talk about public education as a