Education in the Philippines have changed due to K-12 which have been strongly implemented and

applied just as of the year 2012. With this new law in our system of education, a more competent
students are expected for jobs not just locally but also internationally. Preparations were made and a big
sum of money is allocated to the Department of Education (DepEd) ever since the law was implemented
for it to be successful. Thus, the implementation of K-12 in the Philippines is still struggling due to some
problems.

First of all, the lack of school's facilities handicap the students whenever lectures and activities are done.
The incomplete supplies is the common problem of different schools especially the public schools in rural
areas. Teachers' delayed books and inadequate equipment for the visual learning seems to be missing.
Even the Mother Tongue Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) approach implemented,
educational materials are still in english or filipino language. In the last three years, Grade 7 students of
Caloocan High School had to buy workbooks for their Filipino subject as there were no learning materials
issued by the Department of Education delivered to their school. While a Grade 7 Filipino teacher in
Caloocan High School, Yen Paunan, said they are utilizing Kayumanggi, a textbook used in the
previous curriculum, in their classes due to the absence of reference materials from DepEd. Insufficient
classroom are also evident wherein a too large class size would be crowded in a room just for the students
to learn. Again, in Caloocan City, as many as 78 students were squeezed into classrooms that should only
hold 45 persons. Luz Almeda, regional director for the National Capital Region (NCR) office of the
Department of Education (DepEd), attributed the overcrowding to the dense population in cities. She said
they had to adopt the double shifting scheme in Caloocan City to accommodate all enrollees. The first
shift is from 6 a.m. to 12 noon and the second is from 12 noon to 6 p.m.

Then, other than the facilities, teachers are another thing. Teachers lack of training for them to be equip as
the new academic system failed to pave its way since some of them are also displaced by the institution to
adapt the new education system. In addition, a different approch_spiral approach and the zero fail or
drop-out policy under K-12 made it more complicated. Bureau of Elementary Education (BEE)
education program specialist Galileo Go said that the trainers attended a seven-day program yet Leversia
Rivera, an English teacher at Manila Science High School for the last 14 years, said the training had
improved but it was still not enough. Another five days of training is admittedly not enough, Go said,
especially since teachers in the lower grade levels usually handle most if not all of the subjects in their
grade level. Also, the problem of teachers ever since, low salary. Cash incentives and bonuses are not
entirely given even though the service is well given especially to those teachers who are already in
practice for a long period of time. The Coalition for K to 12 Suspension, headed by Professor Rene Luis
Tadle, said the program would cause some 80,000 people (56,771 of 111,351 college teachers and 22,838
non-teaching staff) to lose their jobs as a result of zero college enrollees starting Academic Year 2016-
2017. In fact, just last year at least 500 public school teachers in Bacolod City and in Negros Occidental
joined on Saturday a sit-down strike to reiterate their call on salary increase.The Alliance of Concerned
Teachers (ACT) has called on President Benigno Aquino III to approve House Bill 245 that seeks to
increase the minimum salary of teachers from P18,000 to P25,000, and for non-teaching personnel, from
P9,000 to P15,000.The sit-down strike was held simultaneously by teachers across the country, including
Davao, Cebu and other major cities.
Lastly, students have the right to have their education to be a good citizen of our nation. Even with the
desire to go to school and to be a college graduate, they now are in deep trouble as to how to finance the
additional two years considering the not only tuition, supplies and miscellaneous expense but also to buy
their basic needs for living like food, necessities and transportation especially when they want to attain
the best education there is therefore they tend to go to private schools. Between one to 1.2 million K to
12 senior high school students will be forced to enrol in private schools because they cannot be
accommodated in public high schools, said Ben Te, chairperson of the militant League of Filipino
Students (LFS) chapter in UP Diliman which is against Filipino youths constitutionally guaranteed right
to free public education. K-12 means more tuition and other fee increases in the coming years, Te
added. Another is the schools in our county not being able to cater all the youth out there for they have
reach their maximum already. With lack of facilities and lack of teachers there is, overpopulation of
students is also one of the problems along with poverty. Five percent of schools in highly urbanized areas
including Metro Manila will have more than 55 students and considered overcrowded, DepEd-National
Capital Region Director Luz Almeda said. She also told radio station dzBB that 35 schools nationwide
will have more than 55 students per class. Just last year, DepEd said 770 schools in Metro Manila, Cebu,
and Davao would be overcrowded. According to Almeda, there will be a number of schools that will have
double shifts. Almeda said the teachers could make use of the school lobby, library or office of the
guidance counselor as temporary rooms. There are also kiddie tents, which she said are a suitable
alternative classroom for kindergarten pupils.

Along with the passed law, a series of problems occurred. Our government aims for the development of
our education failed to see the whole scenario after the implementation. Schools all over the world was
not given enough time to prepare their facilities. The government expected a higher employment rate yet
a lot of teachers and non-teaching staffs have to lose their job along the way. In fact, some parents were
not fully informed of what the law is really all about since orientations were only held in schools for the
teachers and students. The government adapted to other countries' system of education not minding what
is the situation of our nation. The implementation to all schools in the Philippines caused another set of
problems to our society. It seems that it would be better if the law was not implemented unless the
people,schools and government are fully prepared.