The Department of Education announced recently that the K12 program will be in full swing come school year 2012-2013. With this announcement, it is expected that there will be various reactions from different sectors - parents, teachers, students, school officials, curriculum experts, and others.
With this new program, it aims to deliver a better education system to the Filipino students. The question is, are we ready for this? Do we have enough teachers, competent teachers in this matter? Do we have enough classrooms, school facilities, and books?
How about the curriculum? For sure, there are improvements since additional grades or levels will be included in the curriculum. For sure the competencies in HeKaSi still highlights former President Corazon Aquino as an icon of Philippine democracy during the EDSA revolution in 1986 as one of the famous people and events. But I wonder if it will include other famous women in history like Gabriela Silang, Josefa Llanes Escoda, Melchora Aquino, and others. Moreover, I think it is high time that the curriculum also includes topics or competencies that would let the young learners be familiar with the Filipino national artists in different categories just like the people in the west talk about the famous native American celebrities and famous volleyball players.
I want to see what improvements will be integrated to English, Science, and Math competencies.
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