Opinion About The K+12 Basic Education Program
"We need to add two years for our basic education. Those who can afford pay up to fourteen years of schooling before university. Thus, their children are getting into the best Universities and the best jobs after graduation. I want at least 12 years for our public school children to give them an even chance of succeeding."
~ President Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III
K to 12 is a curriculum which starts from K-Kindergarten and ends up to Grade 12. This means that after 13 years of basic education, a student who undertakes this curriculum will be completing 4 certificates or diploma. For me, it is a very nice idea of our President who agrees to add two years for learning.
The K+12 basic education curriculum will prepare the students for work. This short program will affect the development of Filipino children. Graduates of K+12 basic education program will become:
- Globally competitive
- more emotionally mature
- Prepare for the word of work or entrepreneurship or higher education
- Acquire mastery of basic competencies
