“PERCEPTION OF GRADE 10 STUDENTS IN KVNHS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF K-

12 PROGRAM”

A Research Study

Presented to Kasiglahan Village Senior High School

District 2 of Rodriguez

Rizal

By

GROUP 7

Dagala, Meybelyn

Amparado, Nica

Garcia, Jannel

Diaz, Joeylyn

Researcher

G-12 GAS
 CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

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 to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts
and skills, develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary
education, middle-level skills development, employment, and
entrepreneurship.

K-12, a term used in education and educational technology in the

United States, Canada, and possibly other countries, is a short form for the
publicly-supported school grades prior to college. These grades are
kindergarten (K) and the 1st through the 12th grade (1-12). (If the term were
used, "13th grade" would be the first year of college.) Most communities in
the United States and Canada (and wherever else the term is used) are just
beginning to provide modern information technology at the K-12 levels.

According to Cornell, 2010, almost everybody knows about the current

education system that regulates the public schools. This system is already
popularly known as the K-12 education. There are thirteen grades that make
up the K-12 system starting from kindergarten up to twelfth grade, thus the
name K (kindergarten) to 12 (12th grade). This kind of education system is
not just applied in United States. Even those who are living in United
Kingdom, Canada, and other parts of Europe use the K-12 at the same time.

The future of the Filipino children, as cited by Magsino (2009), is marred

by various forms of uncertainties considering the critical conditions of the
Philippine socio-economic and political situations. while the rich become
richer and the poor ,poorer it is evident that there is a growing need to
minimize or control the rising unequal distribution of wealth and opportunities
for success among the Filipino constituents, from which the children are
greatly affected. Premised on the foregoing, education is deemed one of the
best ways to neutralize the growing inequality and make the Filipino way of
life less to poverty threats to individual, the family and society as a whole.
Nevertheless, education itself is undergoing transitions and adaptations to
modern technology and to that of globalization which creates inevitable
problems that imply the need for effective teaching in all levels from pre-
elementary to post tertiary. The dynamic forces and agents of change make
obsolete the previous variables deemed effective in the past. Hence, the
teaching of different subject areas also undergoes various changes at one
time or another in response to curriculum modifications set and implemented
by educational authorities.

Educational is important in our life, it is said to be the key to our own

success. all the knowledge we adopt came from educational institution which
it has systems and programs. An educational program is a program written by
the institution or ministry of education which determines the learning progress
of each subject in all the stages for formal education. This program gives
feedbacks and helps students to improve and build their own confidence. One
of the Program of DepED is K-12 Program which is the High School
extended.

Based on the forgoing discussions, the researchers was prompted to

conceptualize and conduct a study on the extent of implementation of K to 12
program particularly in graduates in kasiglahan village senior high
school(KVSHS), among with the issues ,concern and reactions of the
students, parent and community on this implementation. This study hopes to
provide an objective evaluation of the variables included in the study for the
purpose of synchronizing both positive and negative issues and concerns and
enlighten the minds of the masses on the genuine purpose of the
implementation of the said program despite the glaring reality that it connotes
additional expenses on the part of the parents, and a longer time period of
schooling on the part of the students.

Before considering how law is interpreted and the role it plays on

society we need to be clear about what we mean when we refer to ‘law’. What
is ‘law’, how do we know it exists and how is it defined? By asking you to think
about what you mean when you use the word ‘law’, we are asking you to
draw upon your own knowledge, views and experience.

The ‘law’ is rarely out of the news and is often the focus for fictional
drama. It is something that touches our lives on a daily basis, it governs what
we can and cannot do, it is used to settle disputes, to punish and to govern.
There are laws which are widely accepted and laws which generate
controversy. Laws play a central role in social, political and economic life.
 Many people think they know what the law is when they see it and your
individual viewpoint will affect how you define law. Many lawyers feel that a
society cannot be properly understood or explained without an understanding
of its law and legal.

C [REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10533]

AN ACT ENHANCING THE PHILIPPINE BASIC EDUCATION SYSTEM BY

STRENGTHENING ITS CURRICULUM AND INCREASING THE NUMBER
OF YEARS FOR BASIC EDUCATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines

in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be known as the “Enhanced Basic
Education Act of 2013”.

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. — The State shall establish, maintain and

support a complete, adequate, and integrated system of education relevant to
the needs of the people, the country and society-at-large.

Likewise, it is hereby declared the policy of the State that every graduate of
basic education shall be an empowered individual who has learned, through a
program that is rooted on sound educational principles and geared towards
excellence, the foundations for learning throughout life, the competence to
engage in work and be productive, the ability to coexist in fruitful harmony
with local and global communities, the capability to engage in autonomous,
creative, and critical thinking, and the capacity and willingness to transform
others and one’s self.

For this purpose, the State shall create a functional basic education system
that will develop productive and responsible citizens equipped with the
essential competencies, skills and values for both life-long learning and
employment. In order to achieve this, the State shall:

(a) Give every student an opportunity to receive quality education that is

globally competitive based on a pedagogically sound curriculum that is at par
with international standards;
(b) Broaden the goals of high school education for college preparation,
vocational and technical career opportunities as well as creative arts, sports
and entrepreneurial employment in a rapidly changing and increasingly
globalized environment; and

(c) Make education learner-oriented and responsive to the needs, cognitive

and cultural capacity, the circumstances and diversity of learners, schools
and communities through the appropriate languages of teaching and learning,
including mother tongue as a learning resource.

Background of the Study

The issue of adding two years of primary education . Not all public schools
adapt the different strands of the K-12 program that being signed last May 15 2013,
So the government gave deduction or discounts to public school students to cover
part of the costs that private schools set for Grades 11 and 12. Even if it were free,
the cost that two additional two years need is still a serious issue for several parents.

The spreading of lesson for the added two years to lengthen the program of K-
12 such as books or module are not distributed well to all schools because other
schools do not have enough books to distribute to their students, so their students
need to photo copy their module , and they release money for that and its expensive
if every grading or module are needed to photo copy. The number of teachers in our
country our not fully prepared on this curriculum.

The added 2 years in basic education will turn out of low enrollees in Colleges
and Universities in the Philippines because some of the graduates students in Senior
High School are not planning to enroll in college because some thinks that they can
get a job because they completed the 12 years required to apply a job, which is not
wrong but if they will continue their studies in college the citizen in Philippines will
have a better or great future so that they don’t need to go to other country to work,
because we all know that education is the key to success for everyone if students will
pursue to enroll in college their future are secured for better even our country will be
great because we don’t need to be slaves in other country just to get the amount or
salary that we want.

K-12 Education plan was published on October 05,2010 DepED Discussion

Paper (2010). Ninoy Benigno Aquino sign the enhance basic education act 2013 into
law, the p-noy Administrations believes that adding two years to Basic education in
the Philippines can help to solve the problem of unemployment ,keep up global
standards and help the Filipino student to have more time thinking about what career
they should have, though the opinion and reaction of the citizen are divided some are
not favor in k-12 curriculum program. There are some issues that is related to K-12
which are financial capacity of parents, availability of school and classrooms, the
number of books and teachers and the books and other school supplies.

The enhanced k to 12 basic education Program is said to be an answer to the

country’s educational reform. This matter is being discussed anywhere by educators
and stuns anyone who hears this new proposal. School administrators are even
bothered on new things to be considered for the programs implemented.

In Kasiglahan Village National High School ,particularly in the schools of

senior high where the study was conducted ,there were issues encountered and
concern to be attended by teachers and school heads along the implementation of k
to 12 Program. As a researcher in one of these schools, the researchers herself felt
the need to reconcile both positive and negative issues hurled at most by the
students , the parents and even by other teachers. This situation prompted the
researchers to conduct a study relative to these issues and concerns on the
implementation of k to 12 which is now a law signed by the incumbent President
Aquino.
Statement of the Problem

This study aims to know the perception of grade 10 students of Kasiglahan

Village National High School in the implementation of K12 program

Specifically, it seeks answer to the following questions:

1. Advantages and disadvantages of the K-12 Program based on the grade 10

students?
2. What is the observation of grade 10 students in the pervious senior high school?
3. What are the perception of grade 10 students about the K12 program?

Hypothesis

There is no significant relationship in perception of grade 10 students to the

implementation of k-12 program.
 Chapter 2

Related Literature

The K - 12 Basic Education Program is the flagship program of the

Department of Education in its desires to offer a curriculum. This is the
implementation of the reform of Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda, a package
of policy reforms that seeks to systematically improve critical regulatory, institutional,
structural, financial, physical, cultural and information conditions effecting basic
education provision access and delivery on the ground. The department seeks to
create basic education sector that’s capable of attainting the country’s Education for
all Objectives and the Millennium Development Goals by the year 2015 and
President Noynoy Aquino’s 10-point Basic Education Agenda by 2016. This program
are expected to introduce changes necessary to further accelerate, expand, deepen
and sustain the department’s effort in improving the quality of basic education.
(Esther & Ethel, 2012) The K-12 education system is the public education system
that most people are familiar with today. 13 grades composed of kindergarten, junior
high and the added 2 years which is senior high, it refers to the public school system
in all of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and parts of Europe as well.
It is difficult to pinpoint the exact history of education, as it has been occurring in
some form for centuries in all parts of the world. The K12 Program has been started
by the Aquino administration where students will have to undergo a new system of
education.

Education

Shahani( 2015) in her article The Philippine Start “ The Challenges of basic
educations: dealing with K-12”. She discussed about the nature of K-12 curriculum
and how it differs from the previous 10 year s basic education curriculum. She also
mentioned some problems of the program in terms of content such as lack of
teachers, classroom, facilities and equipments and the additional cost to parent for
food and transportation expenses to send their children for two more years of high
school.

Education Program

Oteyza (December 2012) in her Enhanced K to12 Basic Education Program:

opportunities and challenges” she simply defined and explained what K12 is.
According to her, the change is two-fold. It will give focus not only to the curriculum
enhancement but also to the transition management as well. The intention of K12 is
not merely to add two years of schooling but more importantly, to enhance the basic
education curriculum. The researcher also cited about the challenges: issue and
concern the K-12 program has been facing on. “Critics argued that it is merely a
superficial solution and does not truly address the more fundamental problem of the
educational system. “ And the opportunities waiting for us as a whole country which
DepEd strongly believes that K-12 program is the best solution to our main problem.
K12 science Program

The international Journal of education and Research, Montebon (2014) in her

journal “K12 science Program in the Philippines: Students Perception on its
Implemention” it determines the perception of students on the new science
curriculum in terms of the concepts they learn, the skills thye acquire, and the values
and attitude they deveelope. This journal also aims to assess how judicious science
teachers implement the new curriculum and seeks to evaluate if the goals in the
different learning domains in the new science curriculum are being met as perceived
by the students.

Senior high school

Moreover, in the article of Quintas & Miasco (2016) “K to 12 Are we ready for
senior high school? (Conclusion” talked about the readiness of the Philippine
education towards K-12 Senior High. They referred K-12 curriculum as a “Half-
baked” curriculum. Our system has not solved problems, according to them, like lack
of classroom, shortage of teacher, lack of books and chairs, no comfort rooms in
schools, no water system etcetera. Our educational system should solve first all
these problems before it will implement such curriculum, they also discussed abot the
voucher that the private schools are the ones benefitting from it.

Curriculum

Cabansag (2014) in her journal “ Impact Statements on the K-12 Science Program in
the Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum in Provincial School” she describe the
statements on the initial implementation of the science program in the K-12
enhanced basic education curriculum in provincial schools. The journal discussed the
views of the teachers, students and parents on the implementation of the science
program in the K-12 enhanced education curriculum.
Related Studies

According to Marston (2011),his study is about the Perception of Students

and Parents involved in Primary to Secondary School Transition Programs.
Transition programs, of different formats and complexities, based on both Australian
and international research, have been introduced in some schools to facilitate
transition. The aims of this research were to investigate and compare the perceptions
of students, parents and teachers involved in several of these programs and to
examine the extent to which transition programs can alleviate issues associated with
transition between primary and secondary schools. Although executive staff and
teachers also provided valuable information and perceptions. This study is related to
the researcher’s study for this also focuses on the perception of parents but differ
because it focuses on both the perception of students and parents regarding the
transition programs from primary to secondary school.

According to Nartates (2011), the Effects of Broken Homes among Early

Teenagers to their Academic Performance this study cited by the researchers have
also shown that the country’s education program is equivalent to the 12-year
educationcycle followed abroad except that it is being completed in only 10 years.
These researches analyze and study what will be the effects of the K+12 educational
systems to the country, parents, and students. This study becomes related to my
study in the sense that it is concerned on the effects of K – 12 programs to the
parents. The only difference is that thisstudy is focused on the effects of K – 12
programs to the students whose parents are workingabroad, and how it affect to their
academic performance.

According to Zellman (2012), the implementation of the K – 12 Education

Reform in Qatar’s Schools, this study is a reform of education for a new era, because
it views education as the key to the nation's economic and social progress. This
study, one of a number of RAND studies that trace and document the reform process
in Qatar, was designed to assess progress made in the first years of the K–12
reform's implementation in Qatar's schools and the perception of the parents on the
Implementation of the K – 12 program. This study has a relation to the researcher’s
study because it also get the perception of the parents on the K – 12 implementation.

According to Waugh (2013), high standard of living, is an important part of

culture and values. The education system has a significant and direct impact on the
quality of our workforce our economic productivity and ultimately, our ability to
prosper as businesses, as people, and as a nation rely on our public schools to
provide highly skilled and educated talent. K to 12 is a solution to create opportunities
that will help all children from the time they enter the classroom to when they join the
workforce.
 CHAPTER 3

Research Methodology

The main focus of these research is to know what are the perception of grade
10 students in Kasiglahan Village National High School in the implementation of K-12
program

Research Design

This study is a quantitative research utilizing descriptive method of research

was use in conducting this study in perception of grade 10 students in Kasiglahan
Village National High School to the implementation of K-12 program.

The researcher used a survey questionnaire as the instruments. Based on the

result of the survey conducted we able to determine the details of this study.
Checklist question we use to provide clearer understanding of the data presented as
answers to the problem of the study.

Garcia (2010) cited that descriptive research aims to describe the

systematically functionally, accurately and objective a situation, problem or
phenomena.

Calmorin and calmorin (2003) cited that descriptive research focused at the
present condition, the purpose of which is to find new truth. Descriptive research is
also valuable in providing facts on which scientific judgments may be based.

This method is appropriate because

Sample/subject/respondent

The respondents of the study the grade 10 Rizal and Mabini students in
Kasiglahan Village National High School

From the target population, the researchers selected 15 students from Rizal
and Mabini the overall of our respondents is 30 students in Kasiglahan Village
National High School.

Source of data

This study used survey questionnaire which is checklist the respondents in

KVNHS will provide the answer they will check it if their perception is strongly evident
(1), moderately evident (2), evident (3), non evident (4), non applicable (5).
Data Collection Procedure

A. Developing a Questionnaire

The researchers make a questionnaire to be given on the respondents to

determine their perception.

B. Validate

The researchers validate the questionnaire to the validator to determine if

there is some parts that need to change

C. Distributing the survey questionnaire

The researchers distribute the survey questionnaire to the respondents in

Kasiglahan Village National High School.

D. Collecting Data

The researcher collect the survey questionnaire to determine the result.

Plan for Data Analysis

The Researcher get the mean of the answer of the respondents determine
their verbal interpretation.
 CHAPTER 4

Presentation and Analysis Data

In this chapter gathered from grade 10 students in Kasiglahan Village

National High School in relation to the research objectives this chapter discusses the
result of the survey questionnaire by 15 participants in 2 section Rizal and Mabini the
overall respondents is 30.

Section Frequency Percentage

Rizal 15 50
Mabini 15 50
Total 30 100

This table above shows the distribution of the survey questionnaires to the 30
respondents according to their section in grade 10 students and the total percentage
is 100%.

Advantages and Disadvantages of K-12 program

V.I
MEAN
Enhance knowledge and
skills of the students 4.73 Moderately Evident
The implementation of K-
12 program can help to 4.53 Moderately Evident
improve skills
Boost the self confidents
of students 4.67 Moderately Evident
The K-12 program has
more advantage and 4.17 Moderately Evident
disadvantage

The table 1. Shows that the advantage and disadvantage of implementing the K12
program determines the respondents moderately evident.
Observation of grade 10 students in pervious senior high school

V.I
MEAN
Graduate will be prepared
for higher education 4.43 Moderately Evident
Graduate can be given
recognition to work in 4.63 Moderately Evident
abroad
The added 2 years for
senior high school can 4.7 Moderately Evident
level up knowledge of
students

Table 2. shows that the observation of grade 10 students is moderately evident.

Perception of grade 10 students about the K-12 program

V.I
MEAN
In favor of implementing
K-12 program here in the 4.67 Moderately Evident
Philippines
The implementing of K-12
program can help to 4.53 Moderately Evident
improve skills
K-12 program enable
graduates to work legal 4.43 Moderately Evident
age

The table 3. Shows that the perception of the grade 10 students about the
implementation of K12 program is moderately evident.
 CHAPTER 5

Presentation and Analysis Data

Conclusion:

Based on the finding of the study, the following conclusions were

draw:

1. The advantage of having the k-12 program is seen on the table that having
k-12 program can help the students to think or plan for their college. And on the
survey there are students that are not in favor of implementing the k-12 program.

2. On the survey the researchers saw the observation of the Grade 10

students about the k-12 program. Based on their answer on the questionnaire there
are students that are on favor and others are not.

3. The students encountered some difficulties about their perception.

4. In testing the relationship between the perception of grade 10 students in

the implementing of k-12 program is clearly revealed that there is relationship
between the perception of grade 10 students about the implementation of k-12
program.

Recommendation:

Based on the conclusion, the following recommendations are proposed:

1. The schools might maintain to bring a higher level to the students

respondents in perception of the implementation of k-12 program through their
improving of preparing themselves for the globalization

2. The student might be productive be more creative by their selves to their

educational trends to gain more knowledge and be resourceful

3. The school might be maintain a good assessment in terms of the teachers,

Students and parents to guide their children among the curriculum of the K to 12
program.

4. The teachers and the school head should find enough time to conferring
the students with their parents by institutionalizing a regular orientation.
Name:

Section:

Direction: Put a ✓ if you Strongly Evident, Moderately Evident, Evident, Non Evident and Non
Applicable with each of the statements regarding in Perception of grade 10 students in KVNSH in
the implementation of senior high school.

Strongly Moderately Non Non

Question Evident
Evident Evident Evident Applicable
1.In favor of
implementing
K12 program
here in the
Philippines.
2 Enhance
knowledge and
skills of the
students.
3. The parents
are agree to
support the
K12 program.
4. Graduates
will be
prepared for
higher
education.
5. The
implementation
of K12
program can
help to
improve skills.
6. Graduates
can be given
recognition to
work in
abroad.
7. Boost the
self confidents
of the
students.
8. K12
program
enable
graduates to
work at legal
age.
9. The added 2
years for
senior high
school can
level up
knowledge of
students.
10. The K12
program has
more
advantage
than
disadvantage
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