K12 for pot
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K-12 SYSTEM : A relieve or burden? “The right to quality education and the right to quality life”, this is one of the basic rights of every Filipino child which is in line with the 1987 Philippine Constitution. Years before, a new educational system was proposed to be implemented in our country. Year 2013, President Aquino signed the proposed reform in the current curriculum and was introduced to all the public and private schools in our country in the same year. Many of us opposed and are still questioning. Many of us as well pursued to make it happen and are keep on supporting it. But, are we really aware of what K-12 curriculum means? Will it help increase the poor performance of Filipino students in national examinations? Or will it just be an additional burden for our country especially for the students? According to DepEd, K-12 means “Kindergarten and the 12 years of elementary and secondary education”. Kindergarten points to the 5- year old child who undertakes the standardized curriculum for preschoolers. Elementary education refers to 6-years of primary schoo (Grades 1-6) while Secondary education means 4 years of junior high school ( Grades 7-10) and an additional 2 years allotted for senior high school ( Grades 11-12). In short, “K-12 means extending basic education by 2 years. The K-12 aims to provide a quality 12-year basic education program that each Filipino is entitled to, which happens first, by making the curriculum relevant to learners wherein they are taught to acquire in-depth knowledge, skills, values and attitudes through continuity and consistency across all levels and subjects. Secondly, k-12 ensures integrated and seamless learning wherein subjects are taught from the simplest concepts to more complicated ones. This second feature of K-12 gives ample time for the students to master knowledge and skills which means that students’ learning
Transcript of K12 for pot
K-12 SYSTEM : A relieve or burden?“The right to quality education and the right to quality life”, this is one of the basic rights of
every Filipino child which is in line with the 1987 Philippine Constitution.
Years before, a new educational system was proposed to be implemented in our country. Year 2013, President Aquino signed the proposed reform in the current curriculum and was introduced to all the public and private schools in our country in the same year.
Many of us opposed and are still questioning. Many of us as well pursued to make it happen and are keep on supporting it. But, are we really aware of what K-12 curriculum means? Will it help increase the poor performance of Filipino students in national examinations? Or will it just be an additional burden for our country especially for the students?
According to DepEd, K-12 means “Kindergarten and the 12 years of elementary and secondary education”. Kindergarten points to the 5- year old child who undertakes the standardized curriculum for preschoolers. Elementary education refers to 6-years of primary schoo (Grades 1-6) while Secondary education means 4 years of junior high school ( Grades 7-10) and an additional 2 years allotted for senior high school ( Grades 11-12). In short, “K-12 means extending basic education by 2 years.
The K-12 aims to provide a quality 12-year basic education program that each Filipino is entitled to, which happens first, by making the curriculum relevant to learners wherein they are taught to acquire in-depth knowledge, skills, values and attitudes through continuity and consistency across all levels and subjects.
Secondly, k-12 ensures integrated and seamless learning wherein subjects are taught from the simplest concepts to more complicated ones. This second feature of K-12 gives ample time for the students to master knowledge and skills which means that students’ learning become broader as they go further, or, follows the pattern of expanding spiral.
The third feature of K-12 is the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education says that students’ proficiency is built through language. It is where the students are being taught using their mother tongue or the dialect they can understand better and prefer to use. Furthermore, K-12 allots time for discussing on issues regarding environmental awareness and technological advancements.
Lastly, with the additional 2 years in high school, students may choose a specialization depending on what they are apt to do and what their interest are. At this stage, the students are starting to open their career tracks.
People may say that our country is not yet ready for this big shift in the country’s basic education curriculum, if then, when is the right time? I know a lot of schools in our country do not have adequate conducive to learning facilities, but at this time the first batch of students under the new curriculum for high school is in Grade 8 perhaps in 4 years time, the inadequate number of classrooms in different schools will be alleviated. Regarding the issue of the readiness of the teachers, there will be no much problem in dealing with this because different seminars were
conducted and are planned to be conducted. Moreover, teachers are known for being versatile. They know how to deal and adapt to whatever change in the curriculum may be.
We adapted this K-12 curriculum not to conform to other countries that have been using it for years, but to uplift the quality of education we have right now. Yes, k-12 has its flaws but we still have to look on the brighter side it can bring us. It is not a secret to everyone that everything has its positive and negative results but despite the issues that hinder, this is already implemented. Together with its implementation is the hope that K-12 curriculum could help students acquire knowledge, values and skills that are essential in having a better future and a chance of better job opportunities. Indeed, the implementation of K-12 curriculum is the first step of having a reform in the system of education we have. K-12 is what we’re waiting for to provide the quality education and quality life to every Filipinos.
-by Rhea Ferlyn E. dela Peña3SED-EN
