Lawrence A.

Payumo August 23, 2018

GAS-E | EAPP

Reaction Paper: K-12 Curriculum in the Philippines

K-12 is the new education system in the Philippines where there will be an

additional two years between high school and college, and is called “Senior High School”.

In these two years, the students will choose a certain track that suits them and will hone

their skills where they are good at.

A lot of people argues with this issue, debating whether K-12 really needs to be

implemented or not. Teachers, students, parents and others who are affected by K-12

have their own perspective and point about this issue. For me, K-12 has its own

advantages and disadvantages.

For the advantages, it will produce globally competitive graduates as it is now on

the same level with the international standards. According to ASEC. Jesus Mateo, only

three countries around the globe do not offer K-12 program. This will increase the

competency of the students and will have better global opportunities due to this being the

internationally accepted standard. Another advantage is that the curriculum will be

decongested as there will be more time for the students to learn the courses. And lastly,

it will also reduce the unemployment rate of our country as more teachers will have

opportunities to teach. This will also boost the economy and the quality of life of the

Filipinos as a whole as not only education of the Filipinos will improve, but also enables

more opportunities for them when they work.

 For the disadvantages, first of all, parents will be affected as they will have to shell

out more money for the education of their children. According to Prof. Rene Tagle, the

Philippine government was not ready to do this, resulting to lack of establishments and

the necessary things that will be needed. Another possible consequence of this is the

increased in drop outs from those who can’t afford the education. As we know, the

Philippines is still a developing country so the rate of poor people who can’t afford

education are still on rise.

In conclusion, K-12 is mandatory and really a must. For us to catch up with the

world, we need to implement this and the setbacks are just the initial payment for the

change but will benefit us in the long-run and in the future.