DepId welco nes l(-12 reuiew

THE Depaitnent of Edu- concerns about f}te pro_

cation (DepEd) wel- ize the K to 12 program,s University's corrnence-
gram arrd plot out corre_ overat goal _honeholisti_
come6 the plan of the sponding solutions. men[ exercises last vear.
House of liepresenta- caliy developed Filipino ResidentRodrigo D;terte
With an additional Iearners with 21st cen h ,tu
uve6 to review the effec- P650 million in the oro said that his daughter,
tiveness of the K to 12 posed 2020 budset ioe_
skills. : v eroruca, doesn,t want the
Basic Education pro_ cifically for the i oroi,e- K-12 and had asked him
gram. Rcvlcw okrv
On Sunday, Sneaker
ment of the 12-ye; basic prlecc -
-
to scrap the proqram.
education proer"-_ Malacaiang will not
However, in tils second
Alan Peter Cavetaio sairt DepEd commiis to"coori State of the Nation Ad-
that the Lower House stopa review ofthe K to 1 2 dress on July 24, 2017.
dinateandcollaboratewith or l2-year basic education
agrees that the K to 12 the members of the Con_ Duterte affir;ed his com _
Programhastobereyiewed gress in stra tegi zing effec_ Program. mihnent to implement the
to identify its achieve_ Presidqrtial spokesoer_ K-12.
tive implementatio; of rhe
menls and dEllenges since son Satvador p;eb ;i.t "We have sustained
lrs rmplementation in S. y.
Program in adlErence to fi is af ter SpeakerCayetano .
rnvestmentsin higheredu_
Republic ActNo. 10533 or said on Srmday ddt thev
2012-2013. the Enhanced Basic Edu_ ca Eon and committed to
Congress ard DeoEd would resiew the effediv; the full implementa tion of
cation Act of 2013 for the ness of the K-12, citins that
have worked closeli t* benefit of the leamerc. "*le House [is] of the"cotr_
the K to 12 basic leduca_
gether since the preJiorrs tionl program,,, hi said.
budgethearings toaddreqs
Likewise, DeoEd sensus that K-12 is not liv_
hopes the outcome oi the The Department of
ttre issues ofihe K to 12 ing up to its promise.,, Education his a proposed
review will spurrenewed SdttghtYo'r cornment.
Program. A dedicated te- corrmitment alrd initia- budget of p551.2 6i|jon
lrew session will provide Panelo said, "]r'{e will leave
tives among lawnalers, for 2020, P650 rnillion of
an appropriate venue to it to the wisdom of Con- which is allocated for the
advocates, and other
comprehensively discuss stakeholders to help rea]_ 8ress." K to 12. Adene Rivera.
In a speechatSan Ha EMontano
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