I wouldn't be aware of the K12 education if my son's principal didn't discussed it during their graduation ceremony. She said it was already approved by P-noy, our president. So what is K12 education anyway? Actually, I wasn't able to catch up with her talk about it simply because I'm busy with my son so I made my research to give me clearer view of it.
K12 is a part of P-noy's Education Program wherein the adiminstration believes that adding more years to basic education in the Philippines could actually help solve the problem of unemployment, keep up with global standards and help Filipino students to have more time to choose the career that best suits their skills.
Specifically it means adding two more years in the secondary level plus kindergarten in pre-school. Such plan is not that easy for it also concerns the financial capacity of parents, the number of schools and classrooms, the number of teachers, and even the availability of books and other school supplies.
If this ambitious multi-billion-peso plan becomes successful, then the Philippine education system can become more competitive among other countries around the world. It is worthy to note that only the Philippines and one country in Africa or in South Asia I believe have 10-year basic education cycle. Most countries have 12 years before their students take any college course. Some more progressive countries even have 14 years for pre-college education.
However, it won't work if the needed elements to make it work aren't present. Such elements, as stated above, include the adequate supply of schools, classrooms, chairs, manpower (teachers, administrators, and staff), books, laboratory equipment, instructional aids, utilities, community support, curriculum approaches, etc. If the government could allot a bigger budget to educational needs, then we could be one-step ahead towards the success of the K-12 program.
Furthermore, parents (especially those who belong in the poor sector) should be properly informed and motivated of the advantages of the K-12 Education Plan. This is very important since parents play a major role in providing the child's school allowances, supplies, and fees for other school projects and activities. Add to that the support of parents towards their children in terms of guidance and teaching.
Once this succeeds, it is best hoped that Filipino students would be more literate, skilled, and competitive to be able to find jobs more easily and contribute to the country's pride as well as the country's economy.
source: Journalism Online Training
This article cleared my thoughts on K12 however I would still love to recall what my son's principal talked about this because she gave a lot of motherly sense to this issue. I guess I would have wait to till my son's school released their Graduation CD Giveaways which I believe is taking a little more time. Perhaps they wasn't able to get the best cd duplicator in town hence the delay for its release.
The negative side of this program is the extra expenses to be faced by the parents, which would be an extra burden to the less privileged folks who already struggle a lot just to put their kids through 6 elementary grades and 4 high school years. I believe Philippines has high enough standards in basic education (Phil students attend classes that go from 7.30am to 4 or 5pm, while kids here in Australia study from 9am to 3pm). I think what needs improvement would be the specialization of tertiary courses.
ReplyDeletethe only problem is that ironically those who finished education are the ones who CANNOT teach.if i had a school i would get a BS Math graduate to teach Math, a BS Chem graduate to teach Chemistry, an AB English& Literature major to teach English and not those Education graduates who are taught strategies and not the content and sad to say i wouldnt HIRE Education graduates to teach.
ReplyDeletePerhaps people should be educated also about education/teaching profession. Teaching is not only the teacher knows content as what you're pointing here kapatid. It's more than that. Remember in teaching you're dealing with people and not with objects. It's sad to know that you have a negative idea about education graduates, I understand you, perhaps you have a bad experience with some of the teachers you have met, and I believe that they should also prove to themselves that they deserved to be called teachers. On the other hand, I think, you also need to check more on the difference bet. education graduates and those graduates that you have mentioned and as far as on the guidelines on how the government and other institutions hire their teachers . Because I believe that if ABGrad, Chem Grad, etc. are the best choice to teach,how come after so many centuries, schools are still hiring education graduates?
Deleteyeah its true that it will help student like us. is there any other way for the student to enhance their skills, knowledge, capacity and capability. yes there is, how? just by making the student not just focus on the theory but also the actual situation of it, give them a lecture with an activity that will enhance their knowledge on it but to learn how it is. student should not just relying on books and lecture they should also be equipped with that lecture because student like us forget this things along forward ask some graduate student if they can still remember their lecture during school days the statistic will show 2 out of 10 can remember their lecture.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what those two anonymous people said. Education graduates (I'm sad to admit, my teachers) are capable of teaching for they know the strategies but the problem is the content of their lessons is very shallow. Whereas a specific subject graduate is more knowledgeable and can expand deeply on whatever topic. It is also practical to not focus on the what, where and when, but also equip the students with the how and why. That way, students will learn how to reason in the future, even not fully remembering the objective aspect of the lessons.
ReplyDeletefor a student like me, i disagree with that education plan. just imagine that i live in this world studying and studying studying studying?
ReplyDeletei'm already a 3rd year student in secondary school and i'm about to graduate next year and expecting to study in college...........
i survived studying in how many years, yet i had to study again ???for another 2 years?????
K-12 only affects those who are in 1st year SY-2011-2012 my friend.
DeleteWe cannot blame our government of coming up with a such resolution due to the declining quality education..if properly observe, you will find out that students nowadays are not as competitive individuals as before.
ReplyDeleteI go for K to 12 so that our students will be globally competitive.
ReplyDeletefor me approving k+12 is good for the students it may help them to become much prepared in reaching the level of college and can be lesser some expenses in college.
ReplyDeletei'am a cons in this k+12 because more students will not go to the school if this will be approve, in our present days we need more budget but the government cannot give that because everything will be affected because of this.
ReplyDeletecan you give the advantages of K12 educational plan ... for our debate .. we need it please help us
ReplyDeletewe don't need an additional year for school..all we need is a dedicated people to teach our young ones with such quality
ReplyDeleteI am a teacher and I agree with the 3rd Anonymous person who commented after Marie.
ReplyDeleteIt is so true that BS graduates have more and deeper knowledge about the specific subjects. But they would probably have a hard time teaching if they are not aware of the strategies. It is very difficult to teach if you do not now how to handle a class and what strategy is applicable for a specific class or student.
BSE Graduates on the otherhand, as mentioned, may have shallow mastery of the content. That is true. BSE graduates study two aspects: the content and the strategy - which make them not focused on the deeper topics of their subjects.
The content and strategy are two very important aspects one should acquire in order to teach properly. I think they should not add additional years in high school anymore since the students will be taking the same lessons. Instead, why not add additional years to college? Especially the BSE courses? Look at Nursing (if I am not mistaken) and Engineering. They have five years which I think will help them master their courses and with that, they can provide better and quality services when they start working.
Just a thought. :)
please..give me any knowledge of any negative effect of k+12
DeleteIt's not the educational system, it's the teachers that have issues. I had an English teacher back in HS that always needed correction, I would often be in heated arguments with her, and I would often bring my own english reading material and research work on the topic to dispute her and the lessons she taught the previous day. I have the material because my mother is a journalist and teaches english in a top university.
ReplyDeletestupid teachers should be fired, they contribute more to the degrading education rather. Give higher salaries to teachers and let the teaching profession be a better professional track than working for a call center, only then will the education be as competitive as those from first world countries.
Philippines is the only country now in Asia that don't have this program in education. I think it is now time to try and enforce this program for our students to be more competitive in the field of education.
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you are really right. the gov did not study the system well enough..
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