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ADVANTAGES OF K-12 EDUCATION

The program aims to uplift the quality of education in the Philippines in order for graduates to be

easily employed. The program also aims to meet the standards required for professionals who

would want to work abroad.

Most importantly, the system aims to fully enhance and develop the students in order for them tobe well-prepared especially in emotional and cognitive aspects. Through this, graduates will be

able to face the pressures of their future workplace.

There may be a lot of factors to consider for the K!" #ducation to succeed. $ut as long as we

open our minds to change and we will take it on a positive way, we will definitely attain our most-

aspired educational standards which will play a great role in our country%s development and will

therefore, uplift us from poverty.

$atas Pambansa blg."&" or the education act of !'() defines elementary education as the first

stage of compulsory, formal education and usually corresponding to si* or seven grades,

including preschool. To achieve universal primary education, and ob+ectives of education for all

#/ the inclusion of preschool, currently known as kindergarten in the basic education cycle,

making it free and compulsory is presently being considered at the policy level. Kindergarten

education or the K!" will prepare 0 year old children physically, socially, emotionally, and

mentally for formal schooling.K!" will increase the children chance of surviving and completing

formal schooling, reducing dropouts incidence and insuring better school performance. The

universal Kindergarten education will the readiness and foundationally skills of the children to be

ready for the primary grades. The other dvantages are presented below1

!. “#nhancing the quality of basic education in the Philippines is urgent and critical.2

". “The poor quality of basic education is reflected in the low achievement scores of

ilipino students. 3ne reason is that students do not get adequate instructional time or time

on task.2

&. 4nternational test results consistently show ilipino students lagging way behind

practically everybody else in the world. 4n the "55( mathematics e*am, for e*ample, we

came in dead last.

6. “The congested curriculum partly e*plains the present state of education.2 Twelve years

of content are crammed into ten years.

0. “This quality of education is reflected in the inadequate preparation of high school

graduates for the world of work or entrepreneurship or higher education.2 4f ten years were

adequate, how come employers do not hire fresh high school graduates7 8ow come most

high school graduates flunk the 9P:T7

). “Most graduates are too young to enter the labor force.2 ;ince most children start <rade

! when they are ) years old, they do not reach the legal employable age of !( when they

graduate from high school today.

=. “The current system also reinforces the misperception that basic education is +ust a

preparatory step for higher education.2 >hy prioriti?e the minority of high school graduates

that go to college7



accounts for a very large share of the total e*penses are free and yet most poor families can still

not afford of what is left for them to spend. it is not that the e*penses are high, it%s +ust their

income is very, very low.

it is this inability to afford the other e*penses that has caused a very high drop out rate among

students.

this plan of the Aep#d to add two more years will of course not solve any of the above

problems. in fact, it will only e*tend all those problems by two more years. a longer basic

education will also mean even higher drop out rates. Then there is the problem of additional

e*penses for the government. as of now, with the !5 year curriculum, there is already

desperate lack of classrooms and schools. the public schools cannot turn the students away

when they show up to enroll. to cope many public schools have crammed as many students as

they can inside the classroom with classrooms crammed with chairs from wall to wall. not

enough, the schools conduct classes in at least shifts, in some instances classes held very

early in the morning till late in the evening.

with two additional years, the schools will definitely need to construct new buildings and

classrooms or <od forbid conduct classes "6D=.

the above is the reality part.

The other disadvantages are presented below1

!. 3pponents of year-round school cite1

Eear-round schools show little to no academic improvement due to the calendar change.

". Multi-tracking, while cost effective in the short term, actually ends up costing more due to

higher utility costs, less or no down time for building maintenance, and the loss of opportunity to

build before the cost of labor and materials rise after population increases force the building of

new facilities. Multi-tracking does not alleviate the need for new school construction, it merely

puts off the decision to build until it is even more cost prohibitive, thus locking comeunities into

overcrowded schools and multi-tracking year-round calendars. Multi-tracking can cause family

and community disintegration. This occurs when siblingsDneighbors are on different tracks.

urther disintegration is seen when e*tended family and church members are on different

tracks, or in the case of single-tracking, different inter sessions.

&. Teachers@ ability to attend college classes in the summer is compromised due to a year-

round calendar. Teachers who have children in a year-round school, but teach in a non year-

round school, or in a year-round school on a different track or calendar, are not able to vacation

at the same time during the year or the summer as their family.

Teachers have more problems with children staying focused before a break, and upon return

due to the more frequent breaks throughout the year.



6. ;tudents on year-round calendars tend to lose out on summer employment to their non year-

round counterparts. ;tudent burnout can increase due to the reduction in down time during the

summer. dvanced placement classes are sometimes removed in favor of year-round

calendars. ;tudents in year-round schools have more opportunities to forget what they learned

due to the added and e*tended breaks throughout the year.

0. ;ummer school, where classes can be taken for credit are replaced with inter sessions.

throughout the year, for no credit. 4nter sessions. tend to turn into play time as inter session

content turns into fluff classes and sometimes taught by community volunteers with no

background check required.

). :urriculum and materials for the normal school year are approved by the board, but

curriculum and materials for inter sessions. are not. :ommunity members who want to maintain

family time and traditions are pitted against those in favor of the change causing community

division.

=. ;chool districts frequently employ deceptive methods to push the calendar through. Many

surveys are framed to yield a predetermined result, yet only the numbers are reported. Aifficultyin scheduling school-wide events such as student assemblies, open-house, or PT meetings

and other functions because at least ! track is out of school at any point in time.

:hild care is more difficult to obtain and some health problems are seen when conducting

school activities and classes in the summer heat and people find it hard to pay attention.

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