1.

If a child develops from infant to

adult?
2.If the guy who hated you the most
change his feelings for you?

3.When your wheel of fortune alters?

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Researching

Formulating

Is K-12 Good? Or Bad?

PHILIPPINE NEWS
Curriculum Development

THE WORLDS FAVOURITE NEWSPAPER

2015

ENHANCED BASIC EDUCATION ACT OF 2013

Republic Act 10533,
otherwise known as the
Enhanced Basic
Education Act of 2013, is
the latest educational
reform in the Phillippine
Education signed into
Law by President
Benigno Aquino III last
May 15, 2013.

We need to add two years to our basic

education. Those who can afford pay up to
fourteen years of schooling before
university. Thus, their children are getting
into the best universities and the best jobs
after graduation. I want at least 12 years
for our public school children to give them
an even chance at succeeding.
-Pres. Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III

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
Junior High
Senior High School
[SHS]).
School
(4 Years

Primary Education
(6 Years)
Kindergarten

G
1

G
2

G
3

G
4

G
5

G
6

G7

G8

G9

Basic Education

(2 Years)

G
10

G11

G12

Why K-12?
Insufficient mastery of basic competencies
due to congested curriculum
In international examinations, the
Philippines performed poorly as revealed
in 2003 TIMSS ( Trends in International
Mathematics and Science)

Why K-12?
The Philippines is the only remaining
country in Asia with a 10-year basic
education program

Graduates of Philippine schools are not

automatically recognized as professionals
due to lack of two years education

How will K to 12 help in ensuring employment

for our graduates?
The K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum will be
sufficient to prepare students for work.
The curriculum will enable students to acquire
Certificates of Competency (COCs) and National
Certifications (NCs). This will be in accordance
with TESDA Training Regulations. This will allow
graduates to have middle-level skills and will
offer them better opportunities to be gainfully
employed or become entrepreneurs.

 There will be a schoolindustry

partnership for technicalvocational
courses to allow students to gain work
experience while studying and offer the
opportunity to be absorbed by the
companies.

What would be the assurance that K

to 12 graduates will be employed?
DepEd has entered into an agreement
with business organizations, local and
foreign chambers of commerce, and
industries to ensure that graduates of K to
12 will be considered for employment.

 There will be a matching of competency

requirements and standards so that 12-year
basic education graduates will have the
necessary skills needed to join the workforce
and to match the College Readiness Standards
for further education and future employment.
Entrepreneurship will also be fostered in the
enhanced curriculum, ensuring graduates can
venture into other opportunities beyond
employment.

How will the K to 12 Program help

working students (college level)?
DepEd is in collaboration with the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
to provide more opportunities for working
students to attend classes.
DepEd is working with the Department of
Labor and Employment (DOLE) to ensure
that jobs will be available to K to 12
graduates and that consideration will be
given to working students.

How will the K to 12 Program help

students intending to pursue higher
education?
The K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum is
in accordance with the College Readiness
Standards of CHED, which sets the skills
and competencies required of K to 12
graduates who intend to pursue higher
education.

The K-12 curriculum

Section 5 of the Enhanced Basic Education
Act of 2013, stipulates the following
curricular standards which the curriculum
developers adhere to in crafting the K-12
curriculum:
a)The Curriculum shall be learner-centered,
inclusive and developmentally appropriate

b) The curriculum shall be relevant,

responsive and research based
c) The curriculum shall be culture-sensitive
d) The curriculum shall be contextualized
and global
e) The curriculum shall use pedagogical
approaches that are constructivist,
inquiry-based, reflective, collaborative
and integrative

f) The curriculum shall adhere to the

principles and framework of Mother
Tongue-Based Multilengual Education )
MTB-MLE) which starts from where the
learners are from what they already knew
proceeding from the known to unknown:
instructional material and capable
teachers to implement the MTB-MLE
curriculum shall be available

g) The curriculum shall use the spiral progression

approach to ensure mastery of knowledge and skills
after each level
h) The curriculum shall be flexible enough to enable
and allow schools to localize, indigenize and enhance
the same based on their respective educational
contexts. The production and development of locally
produced teaching materials shall be encourage and
approval of these materials shall develop to the
regional and division education units.

ASSIGNMENT
1.Are the existing realities enough justification
for the implementation of K-12? Why? And why
not?
2.Interview a high school student that is
affected to the k-12 program. Ask whether
she/he like it or not.