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They say that the quality
of our education is below expectation and compared to other countries we’re far
behind from being internationally competitive. The addition of two years in the
education system in our country was seen by the Department of Education as the
solution to address this problem. This prompted
them to introduce the k+12 program curriculum. Three weeks ago, on the 4th
of June was the start of the school year in the Philippines. It was also the
start of implementing the new education curriculum of the Department of
Education. Many questioned the effectiveness of
the program while some simply supported it. There was a split of opinions: Some
were in favor of the program and some were not.
The implementation of the
k+12 program was like the boxing match result of Pacquiao and Bradley wherein there was an exchange of boos between
the pro and anti k+12 program. According
to DepEd secretary Luistro, the aim of k+12 program is to improve the quality
of the deteriorating education system in the country. It will be a tool in improving the competencies of our Filipino students
where they will be competent enough to make a name for our country in the
international arena. The pro k+12 view it as a saving grace for the
Philippine education. Those who were in favor believe that having this kind of
education system will help our country
catch up with other countries in producing globally-competitive professionals
and skilled workers. It will greatly help the
economic status of our government because there will be hiring of a lot of
Filipino workers overseas and taxes from the remittances that they will be
sending to their families will increase the revenues of the government. They
also believe it would alleviate poverty because there will be no more
unemployed due to the high demands of our graduates to work inside and outside
the country. On the other hand the opposing party views the program in another
way. They consider the program as a burden in the present educational settings
of the country in a sense that the country is not yet ready for this kind of
educational system because we were not yet able to settle the problems of
education like the lack of enough classrooms and scarcity of books to cater all
students. They also criticize the government of deceiving the people of having
jobs after finishing their studies in the said curriculum where in fact, every year, only fourteen out of one
hundred graduates are fortunate enough to be employed. Thus, they stress
that the quality should be improve and not the length of the education. All
arguments laid by the opposing parties were realities and were substantial and might happen as a result of implementing the new
curriculum. It is on the hands of the
government to plan in making the benefits of the said curriculum visible to the
people and to provide ways to cope with the problems the said curriculum will
encounter.
At the
end of day, everything has its own benefits and drawbacks like the K+12
curriculum. Let’s just hope for the best that it will be successful but if it
will go the other way, there may always be a room for improvement.
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