{"id":25041,"date":"2019-10-22T16:38:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-22T16:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=25041"},"modified":"2019-10-22T16:38:43","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T16:38:43","slug":"k-12-education-programs-phil-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/k-12-education-programs-phil-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"K-12 education program, for assessment by the PHL Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The adoption of the K-12 education program will depend on whether the <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.congress.gov.ph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Philippine Congress<\/b><\/a><b> accepts it or not.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The effectiveness of the K-12 program is being questioned, and this is the reason why this approach has been necessitated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>K-12 education program\u2019s productivity debated<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Salvador, the presidential spokesperson, Congress will have the mandate of deciding whether the education program is viable.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>His sentiments come at a time when there are substantial concerns about whether it is living up to its expectations.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Congress Speaker, Alan Peter Cayetano, recently acknowledged that the K-12 education program is enshrined in many issues. For instance, students were availed with the option of enrolling in technical and vocational subjects for future employment preparedness.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>K-12 education program\u2019s review welcomed by DepEd<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b>The Department of Education or DepEd revealed that it supported a review of the K-12 education program based on the concerns aired pertaining to its effectiveness.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nepomuceno Malaluan, the education undersecretary, asserted that the DepEd welcomed the review process as it would be instrumental in determining the gains and difficulties.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<b>The DepEd and Congress have been making notable steps in addressing some of the concerns aired about the K-12 program. This has been witnessed since the last budget hearings.\u00a0<\/b><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result, a dedicated and comprehensive review will be pivotal in tackling the concerns presented. Nevertheless, the DepEd has not shown any signs of being worried that Congress may scrap the program.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaker Cayetano has been questioning the viability of the K-12 education program in accomplishing its objective of expanding the knowledge base of senior high school students in being employable irrespective of whether they pursue a college degree upon completing high school.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to a recent government announcement, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/k-12-curriculum-digital-literacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the Philippines K-12 curriculum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will become more focused on digital literacy.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>The transition towards better digital education will be facilitated by the newly adopted Digital Thumbprint Program (DTP).\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DTP was developed by the telecommunications giant Globe, which has a company goal to help boost education in online behavior and overall create a safe and enjoyable online environment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The adoption of the K-12 education program will depend on whether the Philippine Congress accepts it or not.\u00a0 The effectiveness of the K-12 program is being questioned, and this is the reason why this approach has been necessitated.\u00a0 K-12 education program\u2019s productivity debated According to Salvador, the presidential spokesperson, Congress will have the mandate of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":25045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25041"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}