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K+10+2 curriculum proposed by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

The K to 12 Basic Education Program is the flagship program of the Department of Education in its desire to offer a curriculum that is attuned to the 21st century. This is in pursuance of the reform thrusts of the Basic Education Sector Reform Agenda, a package of policy reforms that seek to systematically improve critical regulatory, institutional, structural, financial, cultural, physical, and informational conditions affecting basic education provision, access, and delivery on the ground. The Department seeks to create a basic education sector that is capable of attaining the country’s Education for All Objectives and the Millennium Development Goals by the year 2015. These policy reforms are expected to introduce critical changes necessary to further accelerate, broaden, deepen, and sustain the Department’s effort in improving the quality of basic education.

Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 27) — Senior Deputy Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is proposing a “K+10+2” basic education program to replace the current K to 12 curriculum which, she claims, has failed to attain its goal of producing job-ready students. House Senior Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has filed a bill that seeks to change the current K to 12 education program into what she calls the K+10+2 system. Under the K to 12, Kindergarten and 12 years of education are mandatory to graduate with a diploma. However, in the K+10+2, Kindergarten and 10 years of basic education are compulsory, while the last two years are only for students seeking to proceed professional degrees.

In the explanatory note, the Pampanga representative said that the bill seeks to replace the present K to 12 education program in the country as it failed to prepare students for employment. Arroyo said, that Grades 11 and 12 were added to the country's basic education program with the assumption that these two years will equip senior high school (SHS) graduates with enough knowledge and skills for employment, should they choose not to pursue college. However, she said, the private sector prefers college or university graduates over those who finish the K-to-12 program. The additional two years are called post-secondary or pre-university education for those who will take up degrees such as accounting, engineering, law, or medicine.

If and when this proposal becomes a law, Section 4 of R.A. No.10533 or the K-12 law will be revised as: "The enhanced basic education program encompasses at least one (1)year of kindergarten education, six (6) years of elementary education, and four (4) years of secondary education, in that sequence. Provided that, there shall be an additional two (2) years of post-secondary, pre-university education as preparation for professional studies."

The proposal has already gained support from some education experts and lawmakers, who believe that it could help improve the quality of the education in the country. However, some critics have raised concerns about the potential costs of implementing a new curriculum, as well as the impact on teachers and students.

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Ramos, Beth Sharmel A.

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