I may be supporting President Duterte but I don't agree with him all the time. I would really criticize him right now for his proposal to remove rather than to amend the K-12 program. I think about it that after doing some self-study on the basics of K To12 program it would be dead wrong to abolish it. It was right for former president Noynoy Aquino to sign the K-12 into law. For one, I wouldn't say Noynoy is entirely wrong given the benefits of K-12.
Here's the benefits of the K To 12 education program according to Asian Parent:
Remedial classes during the first year of college will no longer be needed, as the high school curriculum will already be aligned with the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) guidelines.
The government also encourages parents to think of the K 12 curriculum guide not as having two extra years of high school, but as two years less of higher education.
Graduates of the new educational system will already be equipped to join the workforce right away with the help of the electives to be offered during grades 11 to 12.
The electives, or areas of specialization, will include academics for those who wish to pursue higher studies, technical-vocational for those who want to acquire employable skills after high school, and sports and arts for those who are inclined in the two fields.
Change is never easy, especially when it is about a big undertaking such as the implementation of the new K-12 curriculum guide in the Philippines. It is high time, however, that we join the rest of the world and improve the quality of our basic education system and our graduates.
Graduates of the new educational system will already be equipped to join the workforce right away with the help of the electives to be offered during grades 11 to 12.
The electives, or areas of specialization, will include academics for those who wish to pursue higher studies, technical-vocational for those who want to acquire employable skills after high school, and sports and arts for those who are inclined in the two fields.
Change is never easy, especially when it is about a big undertaking such as the implementation of the new K-12 curriculum guide in the Philippines. It is high time, however, that we join the rest of the world and improve the quality of our basic education system and our graduates.
What President Duterte can do instead of abolishing K-12
President Duterte should consider keeping K-12 and not go with his plan for revised high school Mathematics. I wanted to agree with it but I thought it'd be stupid to just agree with something because it suits me without considering its effect on others. Personally, I think President Duterte is not the sharpest knife in the drawer for that. I may not be a education major myself but I thought about how adopting to the K To 12 similar to that of developed countries like Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia.
What can be done to avoid K-12 from becoming a burden? It's simple: it's more than time to liberate the economy. While Noynoy was right to sign the K-12 into law but he should have stopped believing in the stupidity of the national industrialization theory. Would have he opened up the economy during the time of the Philippine peso deterioration he could have made the Philippines way better than he did. If Noynoy signed economic liberalization into law then he could have shot two birds with one stone: he could have made education more competent and made the Philippines rise higher by allowing higher degrees of ownership to foreign firm.
So how can federalism also help the K-12 education system? One big problem to an effective K-12 program can be laid on the faulty Imperial Manila System. Federalism would mean more decentralization by balancing both the central governments and the local governments. This would allow the whole Philippines to have less congestion. One reason why China's Beijing has heavy traffic is because they are too centralized. The same goes to why Imperial Manila has so much traffic because of a lack of delegation of authority.
How will parliamentary also help the K-12 system? As said, to encourage competence you need to install a competency-based system. The issue of saying, "But Filipinos aren't competent yet for a competent system." is stupid. Let me give you a simple illustration. Should we wait until people learn to behave before we set rules on how to behave? The answer is no. In school, the rules on how to behave are set. The school doesn't wait until all the students behave before the rules are set. On the contrary, the students learn to behave based on the rules set on them. How can you expect competency to be the name of the game if the Philippines is run by a popularity-based system in the form of a presidential system? The only reason why political dynasties are out of control is only because of the popularity-based presidential system. But if there's competency then political dynasties would become much less of a problem.
The president should see the power of improving K-12 with his planned parliamentary, federalism and economic liberalization. If the economy were more open with federalism then there would be more jobs and less congestion in the Philippines. This in turn will allow K-12 to improve competence when there's a competency-based system running the Philippines.
What can be done to avoid K-12 from becoming a burden? It's simple: it's more than time to liberate the economy. While Noynoy was right to sign the K-12 into law but he should have stopped believing in the stupidity of the national industrialization theory. Would have he opened up the economy during the time of the Philippine peso deterioration he could have made the Philippines way better than he did. If Noynoy signed economic liberalization into law then he could have shot two birds with one stone: he could have made education more competent and made the Philippines rise higher by allowing higher degrees of ownership to foreign firm.
So how can federalism also help the K-12 education system? One big problem to an effective K-12 program can be laid on the faulty Imperial Manila System. Federalism would mean more decentralization by balancing both the central governments and the local governments. This would allow the whole Philippines to have less congestion. One reason why China's Beijing has heavy traffic is because they are too centralized. The same goes to why Imperial Manila has so much traffic because of a lack of delegation of authority.
How will parliamentary also help the K-12 system? As said, to encourage competence you need to install a competency-based system. The issue of saying, "But Filipinos aren't competent yet for a competent system." is stupid. Let me give you a simple illustration. Should we wait until people learn to behave before we set rules on how to behave? The answer is no. In school, the rules on how to behave are set. The school doesn't wait until all the students behave before the rules are set. On the contrary, the students learn to behave based on the rules set on them. How can you expect competency to be the name of the game if the Philippines is run by a popularity-based system in the form of a presidential system? The only reason why political dynasties are out of control is only because of the popularity-based presidential system. But if there's competency then political dynasties would become much less of a problem.
The president should see the power of improving K-12 with his planned parliamentary, federalism and economic liberalization. If the economy were more open with federalism then there would be more jobs and less congestion in the Philippines. This in turn will allow K-12 to improve competence when there's a competency-based system running the Philippines.
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