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The K to 12 Curriculum

The 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
[SHS] 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. Moreover, K to 12 education here in the
Philippines started to implement from year 2011 particularly there was an addition of
two years in the secondary level also called the Senior High school which covers the
grade 11 and 12 than the previous which only ten years of education and also changes
in the curriculum guide. Regarding the curriculum guide, K to 12 main goal of learning
was categorize in Contextualization and Enhancement, Spiral Progression, Mother
Tongue-Based Multilingual Education, Senior High School and College and Livelihood
Readiness, let Century Skills. This actually demonstrate that the competencies offers in
the K to 12 education become broader and vast, there was changes and addition of
subjects, the way of teaching of the teachers become different as they act as the
facilitator of learning rather than they spoon feed the information to the students, there
always must have an interaction between teacher and students wherein students at big
role in learning as they are also responsible to their learning and grades as the K to 12 is
learner-centered curriculum which they must cooperate in the class. Regarding the
grading system unlike the old curriculum in which extra-curricular activities were added
to grades now in K to 12 it was not counted. The grading system was described as a
standard and competency-based grading system which will be based on the weighted
raw score of the learners’ summative assessments with fewer components such Written
Work, Performance Tasks, and Quarterly Assessment.

This implementation of K to 12 education play significant role in our educational

system and have got big impact to Philippine education and Filipino students. The
advantages of implementing K to 12 curriculum is that students acquired advance
knowledge and information when they studied subject or competencies particularly in
their Senior Highschool year for them to be prepared and they can use it when they are
study in college however there was an disadvantage in some areas as stated earlier
there are subject that tackle in Senior High that also tackle in college as a whole which
may result to repetition of subject or lesson and can be a waste of time. Another
advantage is that K to 12 students and graduates from Senior Highschool are more
advance when it comes to technology as they are have more access to information
rather than in 10 year basic education, also as this K to 12 curriculum is a learner-
centered which helps the development of the students to be more competitive and
responsible for learning that will make them globally competitive and succeed in their
career as what former President Benigno S. Aquino III said "Naninindigan pa rin po tayo
sa ipinangako nating pagbabago sa edukasyon: ang gawin itong sentral na estratehiya sa
pamumuhunan sa pinakamahalaga nating yaman: ang mamamayang Pilipino. Sa K to 12,
tiwala tayong mabibigyang-lakas si Juan dela Cruz upang mapaunlad—hindi lamang ang
kanyang sarili at pamilya—kundi maging ang buong bansa". On the other side there was
disadvantage in the NC II of K to 12 which said that Senior High graduates specifically
those under in TVL will have their NC II but sad to say that this was not implemented for
the past year of graduates in Senior Highschool also it depends on the School if they will
allow to give the students their NC II.

To sum up everything that has been stated so far, K to 12 education helps filipino
students to be more equipped in knowledge, skills and information and be more
prepared in tertiary level. For me, K to 12 is relevant in our educational system, the
particular reason for this circumstance is that students become more competitive as
they teached in a learner-centered way that helps them to develop themselves in many
aspects.

References/Online source

https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/k-12/#:~:text=The%20K%20to
%2012%20Program,prepare%20graduates%20for%20tertiary%20education%2C
Advantages And Disadvantages Of K-12 Education. (2016, Sep 16). Retrieved from
http://studymoose.com/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-k-12-education-essay
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