Three Factors Contributing to the Failure of K-12 Education

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Yesterday, I managed to read Moontrader and Jijisaur's opinions about the news that the incoming administration is planning to review the implementation of the K-12 program. Although some misunderstood this, thinking it would be immediately removed, thanks to several fact-checkers for clarifying this. 

To make Filipino students more competitive in the international job market, the K–12 system seeks to enhance their knowledge of mathematics, science, and linguistics. The Department of Education says that the strands of the new curriculum will give students a better education.

Despite the incompetence of the education system, the Aquino administration pushed the K-12 curriculum in the Philippines. According to former President Aquino, this will empower the next generation of learners and improve Filipinos' education credentials in other countries. I also read that one of the reasons why Aquino pushed for this was the announcement by the European Union that they would no longer receive workers who didn't take the K-12 program. 

If I am not mistaken, the Philippines was the only country at that time that had an outdated curriculum. As a result, we often get discriminated against by other nationalities. 

Hearing that news for the first time got me confused because I was just an innocent child who had no idea what was happening in the world. But I am aware that many are against it, saying that it is anti-poor and another burden to parents. 

I began to understand what k-12 meant as I grew older. It's an additional 2 years of secondary education that focuses on the career path the student will take in college. I support its primary goal of producing globally competitive students. However, as one of the students who have been part of this, I can't sense that there's something wrong with its implementation. 

The K-12 failed to guide its students.

Before graduating from junior high school, we undergo a series of career seminars to help us choose what senior high school strand best fits us. Our adviser also helps in explaining what each strand means. However, after that, we are left to decide on our own. As a student who struggles with his identity and has trouble with what he really likes, those activities didn’t contribute that much to help me.

For me, K-12 is lacking in something. The next administration should provide a more comprehensive program to help the students choose what’s right for them. In my experience, we only had a career orientation at the end of our semester, weeks before our graduation. This won’t give students an ample amount of time to think. Career planning should start in the middle school years, and teachers should focus on helping students develop their skills and strengths.

The K-12 system failed to make the students competitive. 

This new curriculum promised that students could already work after graduating from senior high school. But our situation right now is far from our expectations. Even after 9 years after its implementation, companies still preferred college graduates instead of senior high school graduates. 

But I can't blame the corporations. With the current status of our education system, they are unsure if these new graduates are equipped with the right skills. If I am the owner of a business and someone applies to me with a poor educational background, he/she won’t have a chance. 

I watched a YouTuber back then, and we were the same age. We both graduated from senior high school. But the amazing thing is that he’s already working in the IT field. Here in the Philippines, these kinds of jobs require a college degree. I'm still wondering why we were so far behind, hahaha. I think former Vice President Leni Robredo is correct; there’s an educational crisis and we need to act on it. 

K-12 failed to provide better and additional educational facilities. 

During the first year of K-12 implementation, there are few to no public schools that are ready to accept grade 11 students. As a result, parents have no choice but to enroll their children in private universities. Though the government gave a tuition subsidy, the students still had a hard time adjusting because even the private schools had insufficient classrooms and laboratories to accommodate the influx of students. 


Despite the problems I observed in the K-12 curriculum, I still support it. If implemented correctly, this can help to bring success to our country. Knock on our new DepEd Secretary's door; this should be the priority, not mandatory ROTC.


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Education is the most important to everybody. So, all K-12 curricula must be upgraded to tally with equivalent international academic curricula in developed countries.

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2 years ago

I think wala namang problema doon sa K-12 Program, kasi yung purpose is to make us competitive internationally din. Ang problemang nakikita ko is hindi handa yung bansa natin doon. Like, walang mas maraming trabaho, at kung meron man, mas priority yung may college degree. Marami nga dyan college graduate pero hirap makahanap ng work, ano pa kaya yung mga K-12 graduates diba? Also, kulang din sa assistance. Tama ka, like sa facilities pati na rin sa financial.

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2 years ago

Ang problema kasi dito sa Pinas pag ng hahanap ka ng work kailangan my degree kang natapos at my 2 years experience kana. Bakit ba kasi ang taas ng standard ng mga employer dito sa Pilipinas Kaya tuloy mga taga dito Mas pinipiling mg abroad nalang. Anyway about k2.-12 for me okay naman siya kaso Lang paano naman yunt hikahos sa life na di na kayang tustusan ang pang college kasi kahit my school na free na ang tuition Paano naman Yung daily expenses at Yung projects gastos din.

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2 years ago

Kaya po need talaga ng government na pondohan ang education sector natin para hindi mahirapan ang mga naghihikahos. Like pag ooffer po ng allowance sa mga indigent students. Kaya naman po yun basta popondohan lang

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2 years ago

Sana nga matugunan nila or bigyan nila ng pansin ang education

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2 years ago

I totally agree na yung iba, they are just jumping on things that they see posted on social media. Hindi naman tatanggalin yung program. Of course, they have to review it muna. It was a bit of a mess kasi the k-12 was introduced dahil sa kulang sa preparation.

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2 years ago

Yes, medyo nadala ng emosyon yung iba hahaha. Pero sana nga hindi tanggalin. Baka mamaya galit si marcos kay aquino, magkaroon ng conflict of interest at tanggalin yan 😅.

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2 years ago

Okay naman talaga sana ang K12 curriculum if talagang na equip amd students sa necessary skills. Lalo lang ako nagulo sa career na gusto ko nung nag k12 lol 😆

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2 years ago

Same hahahha. That shows how ineffective our curriculum is. Sana talaga ayusin para magamit natin sa advantage natin

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2 years ago

I agree with you kli4d. This kind of curriculum is lacking something. It needs to be improved and develop. I heard a lot about K-12 kli4d.

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2 years ago

Agree ako ate, need po talaga iimprove

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2 years ago

Oo kli4d. Sana magawan ng way.

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2 years ago

I salute you for this, Yes I'm a teacher under DepEd but everything you mentioned is all true and hoping that this thing should be addressed first for the next administration, I am not against also to this curriculum, but what you have said, these concerns must be looking forward to its betterment and for the learners to be more globally competitive in the future.

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2 years ago

Indeed. Removing the K-12 is additional backward progress in our education po. Kaya sana po mapondohan yung education sector natin

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2 years ago

We need to keep up with other countries or else our graduates will be left behind. There has been an educational crisis since then, most of us just fail to accept it. Our educational system is so toxic that it prevents teachers from failing students just because they pity them. As a result, we have a lot of half-baked graduates.

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2 years ago

Exactly. I don't why that happen. Parang mas takot yung teachers sa parents pag binagsak yung student. Mas firm na decision siguro tapos mas tutok na program pra sa mga babagsak na student

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2 years ago

Beyond that, I learned that K12 program allows student to become aware of what is really feels like to enter college. Although this pandemic was hard and we know how severely it affected the entire education system.

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