reflection #6

 Campaigns!

Yes! K to 12 Campaigns! This is a shout out for all of us to awaken and be in line with the advance and not a decongested curriculum. We have long been burdened with the previous curriculum of 10-year educational program in which this system had led us to many jobless Filipino people, multiplying street children and out-of-school youth.

With the new (only in our country) K to 12 educational program, it offers a more balanced approach to learning that will enable children to acquire and master lifelong learning skills. This will also help releasing parents of the burden of having to spend college just to make their children employable. Not just this is a better program but that this will help in ensuring employment for our graduates.  This new k to 12 basic education curriculum will be sufficient to prepare students for work. It will enable students to acquire Certificate of Competency (COCs) and national Certifications (NCs) that will be in accordance to TESDA training regulations. This will allow graduates to have middle level skills and will offer them better opportunities to be gainfully employed. 

Additionally, these K to 12 Program will be offered for free in public schools and its graduates will have higher earning potential since they will be more competent and skilled compared to graduates of the current 10-year system. Therefore, this is not at all an additional cost to parents.

Plus, this program will also help students intending to pursue higher education because this curriculum will be in accordance with the college willingness standards from CHED which sets the skills and competencies of the k to 12 graduates who wish to pursue higher education.

What more is that this K to 12 Program will help working students in college level by having DepED in collaboration with CHED to provide more opportunites for working students to attend classes. DepED is also working with the Department of Labor and Employment to ensure that jobs will be available to K to 12 graduates and that consideration will be given to working students.

The good thing is that the curriculum will be learner-centered, enriched, and responsive to local needs. It will also allow students to choose electives that suit their interest. This should partly address those who drop out because of lack of interest. DepEd will also continue to offer programs such as home schooling for elementary students and the dropout reduction program for high schools. These programs the learning needs of marginalized students and learners at risk of dropping out.

What better curriculum could we ask for? This educational system is our most awaited system. The DepEd’s goal of EFA, Education for All, will now be taken into action. So, YES for K to 12 Curriculum!