LINO D. ALBERCA JR.

BEED 3B Subject: Socisl studies

NEWS ARTICLE ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF KTO 12 PROGRAM

ACT Teachers party-list lawmaker France Castro on Thursday backed

calls for a review of the K-12 program to fully address the “problems” it
created.
She said she would file again in the 19th Congress a resolution urging the
House of Representatives to conduct a review, saying it was about time
the government took notice of the perennial problems in education,
especially those caused by the program’s implementation.
Castro urged Vice President-elect and incoming Education Secretary Sara
Duterte to heed public clamor “to see the realities and effects of
underfunding, low salaries and the shortages brought about by the
implementation of the enhanced basic education program.”

The shortages, according to her, referred not only to facilities and

learning materials, but also to support for adequate salaries and benefits
for teachers and nonteaching personnel that ultimately affected the
quality of education.
She added that the K-12 program did not enhance the basic education
curriculum, but “simply mandated additional two years of high school
and even condensed lessons to the pupils, leaving behind many.”
Castro cited policies such as the removal of subjects such as Philippine
history in high school as well as required units on Filipino language and
Philippine literature in tertiary education that “would worsen the
education crisis in the country.”

Review efficiency of strands

Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) chair Prospero de Vera also
supported plans for a review to determine whether the introduction of
various strands in senior high school (SHS) is effective.
He said during a press briefing on Wednesday that now is the best time to
conduct an evaluation since there was enough data after several years of
the program’s implementation. Under the two years of specialized upper
secondary education or SHS, students may choose from the three main
tracks: academic, technical-vocational-livelihood, and sports and arts.
De Vera said that CHEd was particularly interested in whether the
students were able to follow through with the strand they originally
selected in SHS.
The current CHEd policy, however, allows students to enroll in any
degree program in higher education institutions regardless of their strand
in SHS because some of them were not able to go with their preferred
strand, he added.
De Vera said that CHEd also wanted to determine if general education
subjects at the university level that had been embedded in the SHS
curriculum were also “effectively downloaded.” —WITH A REPORT
FROM JANE BAUTISTA

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Article no. 1
In this article they talk about the shortages and low salaries of all the
teachers in the kto12 program. They ensure to give an facilities and
learning materials in all subject. They said that the k to 12 program did
not enchance the basic education curriculum. And also they all said that
the shs students must be going to strand that they connect in college
degree.
 No law passed abolishing K-12 program

The bottom line: Despite the video’s claim, the Senate has not passed
any bill seeking to abolish the K-12 program. Even if the Senate passed
such bill, that doesn’t automatically make it a law. Bicameral approval
and the President’s signature are needed.

The video mentioned that Senator Raffy Tulfo supports the abolition of
the K-12 program, which was created by a law passed during the
administration of former president Benigno Aquino III. However, as of
writing, Tulfo has not filed any bill seeking to abolish the program.

Senators’ stand: Other senators have also opposed the idea. In a press
release, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian did not agree with “going back to
the 10-year schooling system because the whole world is now K to 12.”
Instead, the K-12 system needs to be reviewed and tweaked to ensure
that senior high graduates become employable, he added.

Senator Alan Peter Cayetano emphasized the importance of increasing

funding for the K–12 program so it could achieve its promise of
providing Filipinos with a high-quality education and jobs.

DepEd’s decision: Education Secretary and Vice President Sara Duterte

also never said that she was in favor of abolishing the K-12 program to
give way to the implementation of mandatory military service, contrary to what the
video claims.

Malacañang press briefer Daphne Oseña-Paez said during President Ferdinand

Marcos Jr.’s Cabinet meeting onJanuary 10, 2023, that “the Secretary VP Inday Sara
Duterte presented the plans for inclusive learning, support for teachers, improving
the curriculum,” with no mention of any kind of military service.

https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/fact-check/senate-no-law-
passed-abolish-k-12-program/

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ARTICLE NO. 2
K TO 12 Program is good for me for my own opinion , Because
it can help to learn in advice to the shs strand that you take .
like Practical research or thesis. but in the other sitwasyon
some of us experiencing when we are applying for a job .
example in 7/11 They want a college graduate with
experience. if ever the mandatory military training will
approve it will big help to us. We can defense our self and
our country to enemy.