Monday, June 20, 2022

Abolition of K-12 program ‘cannot be decided overnight’, says Sara Duterte

The push to abolish the K-to-12 education system is an issue that “cannot be decided overnight,” incoming education secretary and Vice President-elect Inday Sara Duterte said Monday.


Duterte said the proposal to scrap the K-12 program needs to be discussed.


“That is something na kailangan mapag-usapan. It cannot be decided overnight but initially it is something na napag-usapan namin ni President [Bongbong] Marcos,” Duterte said in a press briefing in Davao City.


(That is something that has to be discussed. It cannot be decided overnight but initially, it is something that President Marcos and I discussed.)


For now, Duterte said Marcos Jr. has instructed her to review the implementation of the K-12 education system.


“He already gave instructions with regard to the review of the implementation of the K-12 program of the Department of Education,” Duterte said.



In 2020, ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro said the K-12 “congested curriculum” was a failure, resulting in Grade 4 students from the Philippines recording the lowest scores among participants from 58 countries in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study 2019.


Similar calls to abolish the K-12 program were also pushed by other groups such as Kabataan Partylist. 


Meanwhile, the Duterte camp earlier denied that the incoming education chief is pushing for a K14+ basic education program.


https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1613352/abolition-of-k-12-program-cannot-be-decided-overnight-says-sara-duterte

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