Congress Ready To Pass ‘K-To-12’

Congress has assured that the “K-to-12” bill or the measure seeking to institutionalize the 12-year basic education cycle would be immediately passed on third and final reading when it buckles down to work next month.

Speaker Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte Jr., one of the principal authors of the House Bill 6643, expressed the 284-man Lower Chamber’s readiness to pass the bill on third and final reading before Congress goes on Christmas break, which starts on Dec. 21 despite the strong opposition of party-list groups from the Makabayan bloc of the House.

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Classroom Shortage Forces Triple Shifting

 As school year 2012-2013 opened on Monday, the call to stop the implementation of the Department of Education’s (DepEd’s) “K to 12” basic education program began to gain support in the House of Representatives over concerns the government is ill-prepared to pursue the program.

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K-To-12 Kicks Off

For the parents of the close to 2 million children who will start kindergarten classes on Monday, the key phrase is “K-to-12.”

K-to-12 is the government’s bold new education program it is launching this school year. It re-structures the curriculum, incorporating kindergarten, six years of elementary, four years of junior high school, and two years of senior high school (SHS).

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School Merges Farm And Classroom

It’s a school where a student spends equal time in the classroom and the farm.

The Family Farm/Rural Schools (FFS/FRS) concept has been around for quite a while, but with little fanfare it has helped changed the lives of rural youths and their families.

Impressed by the success of FFS/FRS, the Department of Education (DepEd) is considering weaving the K to 12 Basic Education Program into their curriculum.

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Breakthrough Education

The K-12 challenge begins with education, at home, in school and in the community all pouring concerted, conscious and continuing efforts into a review and reformulation of the educational systems.

There is no stopping global development. It can only be met and welcomed with new ways of thinking which in turn must be nurtured through new ways of learning. Both the thinking and the learning must be equal to the challenges the opportunities unforlding in the global village.

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DepEd to assess English skills of grade school teachers

The Department of Education (DepEd) will assess the English skills and other proficiencies of Grades 1 and 2 teachers in public schools to map out a training program to prepare them for the implementation of the Kindergarten to 12 (K-12) basic education curriculum (BEC).

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K-To-12 'Does Not Assure Work'

Education Secretary Armin Luistro said on Thursday that while the curriculum for the Enhanced K to 12 Basic Education Program will be sufficient to prepare students for work, it is not an “assurance” that the graduates will have jobs after six years of high school.

“We don’t want to give false hopes or empty promises,” said Luistro in an interview. “Assurance of job is not just a function of the Department of Education (DepEd) but also of the students themselves and the environment,” he said.

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Science Teaching Enhanced In K To 12 Curriculum

Education Secretary Br. Armin Luistro FSC said that while Science as a subject is formally introduced in Grade 3, it remains integrated in all learning areas to steadily develop the students’ skills in understanding more complex subjects.

“The focus of early education (Kinder to Grade 2) should be the fundamental skills and literacy of the pupils to develop better comprehension for more complicated subjects such as science,” said Luistro.

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DepEd drops 'Science' for pupils

The Department of Education (DepEd) has decided to drop “Science” from the roster of subjects taken up by incoming Grade 1 pupils in line with its efforts to decongest the Basic Education Curriculum and to make learning more enjoyable to young learners.

Education Secretary Armin Luistro said that the move to exclude Science in Grade 1 subjects starting this coming school year is based on the design of K to 12 curriculum. “The overall design of the new curriculum to be introduced and implemented this coming June to both Grade 1 and First Year high school students is based on the idea that we should be taking the students where they are,” Luistro said in an interview.

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DepEd limits tests

The Department of Education (DepEd) Monday prohibited all regions and divisions in the public school system beginning school year 2012-2013 from using assessment tools aside from the National Achievement Test (NAT) when gauging students’ performances.

Education Secretary Armin Luistro said that discontinuing the conduct of all scheduled Regional Achievement Tests (RAT) and Division Achievement Tests (DAT) is in line “with the transition phase in the implementation of the K-to-12 Basic Education Curriculum.”

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Implementation strategies for K+12 mulled

The Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) and the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA) are in earnest discussion regarding how to ensure the smooth transition from the 10-year education cycle to the K+12 basic education curriculum.

In a recent conference in Cebu City, the agencies raised the need to forge public-private partnerships with higher education institutions and private schools.

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