K-12 Education Good or Bad Idea?

To increase the quality of education in the Philippines DepEd would like to introduce the 12 Year education model.

DepEd's proposed model is the K-6-4-2 Model, which involves:

one year of kindergarten;

six years of elementary school (Grades 1-6);

four years of junior high school (Grades 7-10), and 

two years of senior high school (Grades 11-12)

According to the news we are the only Asian country implementing a 10 year education program. In this proposal the curriculum from kindergarten to Senior High School will be change. The aim is to let Senior High School students improve on their skill and competencies and be legible to work after graduating. The curriculum will provide specialization on whatever course they are interested to pursue. 

I know there will be different reactions on this. Some will think that this is just an extra expense for the parents. But since tertiary education is not a necessity to get a job, we can have more self supporting students. With the change in the curriculum, minor subject will be spread in elementary and senior high school. Junior High School will be start of enhancing the student skill on what major course they want to get. In college, student can focus more on the specialty that they wanted. For me some minor subjects during my 1st year and 2nd year in college is just a waste. The curriculum should take away subjects that are no longer related to the course like El Filibusterismo for Engineering Students. To read more about this news, click here.