K+12 Enhanced Basic education Program

What is K+12 Enhanced Basic Curriculum Program?


The education chief recently announced his plan to implement President Noynoy Aquino’s agenda of increasing the basic education cycle from the current 10 years to 12 years, a plan that he referred to as the “enhanced K+12 basic education program.”

  “K” refers to “Kindergarten” while the number “12″ refers to the sum of  6 years of grade school and six years of high school.
 It is a reform  to our Basic Education program which will aim to ensure that future high school graduates are ready to be productively employed even without completing college.

The new K+12 curriculum will be offered to incoming Grade 1 as well as First Year Junior High School students by June 2012.The DepEd intends to implement Senior High School education by school year 2016-2017.High school graduates will become ‘employable’The K+12 program specifies six years of high school education composed of four years of junior high school and two years of senior high school.Students will receive a diploma after finishing junior high  school. They will be given another diploma upon finishing senior high school.The two years of senior high school aim to provide students with skills and competencies that will help them become employable upon graduation.The curriculum will provide “specializations” based on the career that a student wishes to pursue.”We will make high school graduate employable, so that a tertiary education is not a necessity to get a job,” he said.

Is Additional HS Years will replace college Education?
Luistro clarified that the two years of senior high school will not replace tertiary education.
He explained that the K+12 program will actually allow more students to enroll in tertiary education.
“If senior high school [graduates] can be employable, there should be more self-supporting, working students,” he said.
He added that senior high school graduates do not have to enroll in college immediately after graduation but may choose to work for a few years to save enough money for a college education.
The Education Secretary said the department will work closely with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to align the new basic education program with the existing programs of CHED and TESDA.

HOw K+12 system could enhance quality of education?

Luistro countered that the additional school years under the K+12 system will address the problem of deteriorating quality education in the country.

He cited the problem about a congested curriculum, which crams 12 years worth of basic education into 10 years.

According to him, the new program will spread out the subjects that students are taking. It will allow them to take electives that will develop their skills in music and the arts, literature, and entrepreneurship.

He also said that in the current basic education program, high school graduates do not possess the basic competencies and emotional maturity that one needs in the workforce.

Currently, graduates of high school at 15 or 16 are not mature enough to handle higher education disciplines, he said.

Luistro also said that the program will have positive effects on the country’s economy.

He cited studies showing that improvements in the quality of education increases a country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by as much as 2 percent.

The education secretary also expressed confidence that the department has enough time and resources to implement the K+12 program.

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EDSA People Power Revolution

  

Yess.. today we are commemorating EDSA people power revolution. Today, every Filipino gathered and unite as one to launch protest against Marcos Tyrant rule. I was only 8 years old that time but.. I knew it was not only in EDSA. Prayer rallies and protest also happened in Provinces. It was a synchronized activity of thousands of Filipino that put an end to Marcos dictatorship for 21 years.. Wow! No other President broke that record.


This day is really worth to remember. It reminds our culture of bravery. Our parents had paid the prize for this freedom. Every Filipino become a part of it. It was only in the Philippines that bloodless revolution took place that other countries now tried to emulate.

Sen. Benigno says : “ The Filipino people is worth dying for” , and he sacrificed his life. Hope PNoy will follow the footstep of his father and impose his power with political will, eradicate corruption and do his function without self interest and with honesty in the heart by providing genuine service to the public. Otherwise, all of these effort will be in vain. Mabuhay ang bawat Pilipino!

     AFP chief Angelo Reyes broke his silence with a gunshot on his chest after he had been named as one of the corrupt military chiefs in the on-going probe into the plea bargain deal of former Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia .
     It was so shocking to know a brave soldier escape his controversy by committing suicide. During his interview he promised to face his critics fair and square. But what he done is the opposite thing. The general public has the right to know the real score. We hope the Department of Justice (DOJ) will not stop their probe because of that incident.
   We deserve justice. May pag asa pa ang Pilipinas. God Bless Philippines..

  
The Hostage crises happend in Manila had brought shame to all Filipinos in the International community. But in anything that happends, the Lord always has a purpose. Perhaps he wants to reveal the intense corruption in our country.
  
The mishandling of hostage crises leads to 9 death. What had happened exposed them. They admitted that thier officials handled the negotiations poorly and the SWAT team stormed in the bus was poorly equiped and trained.

 What happened to our policemen? Perhaps they view their profession as source of livelihood and not to protects lives and maintain peace and order in the country. Thier officials must have to do a lot of explaining why they send untrained men in the battlefield.
  
The media also is to be blame as well. Footage from the stand off may helped the gunmen figure out what the police and the hostage negotiators were up to. When Mendoza saw his brother escorted by the police, then he started firing the victims.

 PNoy must also consider the limitations of media especially in sensitive cases like this. We just hope and pray it wont happend again.

I used to savor sound sleep when I was single. But when i get married and became mom, nights have not been as breezy as they used to be.


Further, it was also a point in my life when the demands of my profession required me to tripple my time. Soon i found my self bringing bulky reports home.

In the middle of late night work and droopy eyelids, I would eventualy fall asleep with lights still on. After sometime a crying baby would make me up. Other times I wake up with soaked clothes due to diapers dripping wet with pee from baby.

It took me to realize that i was having difficulty making the night day and loosing a lot of zzzz, my children also took a big chunk of the stress adjusting to my modern definition of "daytime".

Sleep is necessary for health and vigor. It is when the individual is sound asleep that his strength and total well being are restored. To get the benefits out of sleep there must be four to five full sleep hours.

But urbanization, many have been deprived of sleep. Artificial lights have extended daytime making it possible for people to work even at night. Many spend the early and late night browsing the internet, watching the television or working in the computer among other things.

Eventually this modernization has changed the way of life and sleep patterns of humans-infants and children included.

   I really envy to have a body like Katrina Halili, Angel Locsin or Marian Revera. Thin arms  and gaunt faces of celebrities always reminds me that thin is best. If only I can have that body, that hair, that skin, that life, I will be very happy.

   I am so obsessed about loosing weight. It was a lonely struggle like anybody else. We used to battering ourselves around, punish it through starvation.

   In our culture, the standard of beauty is thinnest to the point of anorexia. It took me a year healing my obsession about food. Well.. I learned my lesson about it . The answers to any life problems is always you dont know, you dont have and you dont need to buy. Just be kind to your self and do what is best for you.

   Self acceptance is what more needed fo all these. If you learn to accept yourself, you dont need to desire to be like someone else.

   It does'nt matter if we dont  meet social standard about success or beauty. After all , there is such thing that need to be develop more than physical beauty. It is the spirituality. Its one of the requirements were people can see us,  hear us, love us  for who we are.

 The Malacanang Palace
The official residence of the President of the Philippines. The highest position of the land.

   I watched Reporter's Notebook last night . That was an old documentary reports and their expository information opened my mind. On the things that seems we dont care but it has relevance that affects us directly or indirectly somehow.
   The things that made our heart saddened is the constant corruption that happends in our country.
   Commission on Audit (COA) stated the total expenses of Malacanang in 2006 reached to P2,360,211,050.53 personal expenses alone hit P533,153,699.57. Over P7 million a month budget for food only, Annual budget of P18,522,701 water expenses,P64, 868,464 electric bills,P15,708,481.55 telephone bills,P11,474,706 cellfon bills,P398,447,538.30 foriegntrips, P83,629,357.29 on the local trips with the total of P 482,076,940.59 total trip expenses in 2006. If you think about those figures well you will think how luxury living they have inside the palace using public funds.
   A few distance from the palace is a contrast picture of luxurious living. A picture of poverty. Number of squatters grow like mushroom and multiply very fast.
   Usec Gil Beltran said RP budget deficit reached to P 876 Million daily. The office of the President made an Administrative Order 103 directing the continued adoption of austerity measures in the government. She promised to set herself as an example but how if her office herself violates those rules? A total of P615,293,968.80 unliquidated expenses that the COA wants her office to explain.
   On December 2009, our total debt from the World Bank reached to 5 trillion pesos which means every filipino has a debt of P54,347.
   Well many said the Philippines is very rich country. It is true. The Philippines is blessed with natural resources. Mindanao is the worlds biggest coco oil exporter.
source: Phil. Coconut Authority Regional Mngr.Lornito Drilane.
   In April 2005 huge deposit of oil and natural resorces have been identified in at least 3 areas in Mindanao. Its the world's largest deposit of deuterium ( Hydrogen fuel) that the other countries dont have.
Source: Department of Energy.
   Canadian petrolium engineers illustrated in 1985 the extent of fuel deposits underneath Butuan City is the source of all petrolium deposits of the world.
   9 million hectares are high potential sites for copper,gold,nickel,chromite,etc. If mining projects will be implemented properly, a total of 70 tons of gold and copper production will reach to 500k tons annualy by 2013.
   The Philippines is the epicenter of marine biodeversity with the richest concentration of marine life of the entire planet. Our soil is very fertile and , abundant rain and sunshine.

 But its very heart breaking to think about the present condition in the Philippines.
-70% of filipinos are landless.40% are urban squatters in Metro Manila.
-Most killings in 2004 according to Guinnes Book of Record.
-World's most dangerous to journalist overtaking Iraq after the Maguindanao massacre.
-Top 8th in the Worldwide pornography.( source: Reporter's Notebook 3/12/09)
-RP the least peaceful country in SouthEast Asia.
-A country lead by the thieves.
-Nation of servants.
-5th in the World's hunger survey.
- 30% un employment rate.
   The present condition of our country pierced our heart. The question is are we lacking wise leaders? We tried all.. Lawyer, teacher, general,actor, economist but still we are drowned in poverty and debt. Maybe the real causes is that we allow into office to lead us those people who does'nt have  fear in the Lord and lack of compassion to the poor.
   I appeal to all of you my dear beloved. This coming election choose wisely. A leader that has a ginuine heart to serve. This is our last window of opportunity to be release from the bondage of ignorance and bring back our dignity..