Globalization 

is the word used to describe the growing interdependence of the world’s economies,
cultures, and populations, brought about by cross-border trade in goods and services, technology, and flows of
investment, people, and information. Countries have built economic partnerships to facilitate these movements
over many centuries (PIIE 2021).
Since the Philippines needed to produce Globally competitive professionals and skilled individuals, the
educational system was change from Basic Education Curriculum to K-12 Curriculum in which an additional 2-
year schooling in Highschool have to be implemented to augment the need to produce intellectual assets of the
country. It is an ambitious attempt of the government to coup-up with the latest trends in the global community
to give rise on our competitive human resource.
K-12 curriculum have been in the educational system since 2011. Before the country only offers Basic
Education Curriculum (BEC) which makes the Philippines is the last country in Asia and one of only three
countries in the world with a 10-year pre-university program. The K-12 program offers a decongested 12-year
program that gives students sufficient time to master skills and absorb basic competencies.
In this new curriculum, students can gain employment in entrepreneurship, middle level skills
development after completing grade 12 and can continue on higher education.
The new curriculum gives students the chance to choose among three tracks (i.e. Academic; Technical-
Vocational-Livelihood; and Sports and Arts) and undergo immersion, which provides relevant exposure and
actual experience in their chosen track. However, there are numerous, major and unacceptable issues that
emerges during the implementation of the program until today.
One is the lack learning facilities and resources such as books, teachers and their specialization
classrooms, learning facilities i.e. home economics room, industrial arts, computer and science lab etc. In a
press release from Manila bulletin last June 2019 from the article of Merlina Hernando Malipot that there are
lack of books for over the past six years in nearly all subjects and in all levels. This shows the “dismal state of
public education” (ACT).
Second is the availability of classrooms and learning facilities specially in senior highschool which the
curriculum offers. According to Jonathan Llanes in his report on Sunstar Philippines last March 2018, “THE
DEPARTMENT of Education (DepEd) - Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) has admitted that there are
still not enough classrooms and teachers for senior high school students in the Cordilleras.” This is just one of
the many schools that has the same experience to cater their students in senior high school. If the new
curriculum gives students opportunity to enhance their skills and knowledge (i.e. Academic; Technical-
Vocational-Livelihood; and Sports and Arts) and undergo immersion, why does the government did not prepare
on this matter.
At present, we are experiencing a global health crisis. But this crisis also devastated the world economy
in every level even in education. Due to lockdowns and restricted face to face learning, our school might not
produce globally competitive and ready individuals. The K-12 especially the tertiary level, are still the
differences in capability, resources and training between such institutions and the majority.
Going to school is the best public policy tool available to raise skills. While school time can be fun and
can raise social skills and social awareness, from an economic point of view the primary point of being in
school is that it increases a child’s ability. But can we estimate how much the COVID-19 interruption will
affect learning? Not very precisely, as we are in a new world; but we can use other studies to get an order of
magnitude (S. Burgess and H. H. Sievertsen, 2020).
It need hardly be said that how much a country spends on education helps decide the quality of school
facilities and its teachers, and therefore the quality of its students. Despite the digital age, many public schools
still lack not only computers but even books, desks and blackboards. There is also a shortfall in the supply of
public school teachers, due in part to their being among the lowest-paid among government employees despite
their qualifications and many responsibilities.
These problems point out to the possibility that schools may not effectively transmit the literacy and
numeracy skills required at the basic level, to the collegiate level. (L. Teodoro, 2020).

https://www.piie.com/microsites/globalization/what-is-globalization
http://k12philippines.com/
https://www.teacherph.com/10-reasons-why-the-k-to-12-program-should-be-
suspended/
https://www.bworldonline.com/philippine-education-in-crisis/
https://voxeu.org/article/impact-covid-19-education