K-12

Program
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What is K-12?
K-12 Stands for?
 When K-12
Program started?
 When K-12
Program started?
 Republict Act No. 10553
ENHANCED BASIC EDUCATION ACT OF 2013

This law provides that the enhanced basic education program encompasses;
✓ At least one (1) year of kindergarten education-
✓ Six (6) years of elementary education, and
✓ six (6) years of secondary education, in that sequence.
 Republict Act No. 10553
ENHANCED BASIC EDUCATION ACT OF 2013

❑ Secondary education includes;

✓ Four (4) years of junior high school and
✓ Two (2) years of senior high school education.

❑ Kindergarten education shall mean;

✓ one (1) year of preparatory education for children at least five (5) years old
as a prerequisite for Grade I.
 Republict Act No. 10553
ENHANCED BASIC EDUCATION ACT OF 2013

❑ Elementary education
➢ Refers to the second stage of compulsory basic education which is
composed of six (6) years.
NOTE: The entrant age to this level is typically six (6) years old.

❑ Secondary education
➢ Refers to the third stage of compulsory basic education.
➢ It consists of;
✓ Four (4) years of junior high school education and
✓ Two (2) years of senior high school education.

NOTE: The entrant age to the junior and senior high school levels are typically
twelve (12) and sixteen (16) years old, respectively.
 K-12
CURRICULUMN
The DepEd shall adhere to the following
standards and principles, when
appropriate, in developing the
enhanced basic education curriculum:
 K-12 Curriculumn

• The curriculum shall be

learner-centered, • The curriculum shall be • The curriculum shall be
inclusive and relevant, responsive gender and culture
developmentally and research-based. sensitive.
appropriate.

• The curriculum shall be • The curriculum shall use pedagogical approaches that
contextualized and are constructivist, inquiry-based, reflective, collaborative
global. and integrative.
 K-12 Curriculumn

• The curriculum
The curriculum shall adhere
shall be
to the principles and
flexible and
framework of Mother
localize,
Tongue-Based Multilingual
indigenize
Education (MTB-MLE) which
and enhance
starts from where the
the same
learners are and from what
based
they already know
proceeding from the
known to the unknown.
 Advantage and Disadvantage of K12

Advantage Vs. Disadvantage

• Many parents disagreed with this
new system of education because
• Enhancing our minds and skills
they have to disburse more money
for the education of their children.

• The drop-out rate will increase

because of the two added years. It
• Preparedness in stepping into
is because of lack of money to fund
tertiary learning
their children to send them to
school.

• Being ready to join the • Lack of classrooms, furniture and

workforce equipment and free textbooks.
 WHY Push For K-12 Basic Education Program?

Old System Vs. K-12 Education System

• The K-12 program offers a

• Students lack mastery of basic decongested 12-year program that
competencies due to a congested gives students sufficient time to
ten-year basic education curriculum. master skills and absorb basic
competencies.

• Students of the new system will

• Graduates of the old curriculum graduate at the age of 18 and will
are younger than 18 years old and be ready for employment,
are not legally ready to get a job entrepreneurship, middle level
or start a business. skills development, and higher
education upon graduation.
 WHY Push For K-12 Basic Education Program?

Old System Vs. K-12 Education System

• Foreign countries perceive a ten-

year curriculum as insufficient. • The K-12 program accelerates
They do not automatically mutual recognition of Filipino
recognize Overseas Filipino graduates and professionals in
workers (OFWs) as professionals other countries.
abroad.

• The K-12 program accelerates

• Kindergarten is mandatory for five-
mutual recognition of Filipino
year-old children, a pre-requisite
graduates and professionals in
for admission to Grade 1.
other countries.
 WHY Push For K-12 Basic Education Program?

Old System Vs. K-12 Education System

• The new curriculum gives students

the chance to choose among three
• Old education system offers a tracks (i.e. Academic; Technical-
broad curriculum that does not Vocational-Livelihood; and Sports
include enough practical and Arts) and undergo immersion,
applications. which provides relevant exposure
and actual experience in their
chosen track.
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● K-12 Basic Education Curriculum| K12 Philippines

● (14) K to 12 Basic Education Program in the Philippines – YouTube
● K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum | Department of Education (deped.gov.ph)