BUSTED:

12 Myths
about
K to 12

Its a financial
burden.

K-12 will actually save families two

years worth of expenses. Currently,
students have to have some years of
college just to get employed. This is
difficult for families who cant afford it.
In K-12, the government pays for
the additional two years that will

Ten years of
education is
enough.
Students are forced to absorb in 10
years what theyre supposed to learn
in 12, so mastery becomes tough. Its
like cramming for a test, only its for
your future. This is why we have 15year-old graduates who are simply

Extending schooling
will just increase the
number of out-ofschool youth.
Students leave school because they
lack interest. With K-12, students
choose their electives and
specializations based on their
interests. So if you fancy yourself the
next Christopher Nolan but break out

K-12 promotes
exploitable, semiskilled workers.
Exploitation happens partly because
workers are underage. With K-12,
graduates can start working at 18.
They will have the maturity and the
qualifications to fight unjust labor
practices, empowering them to
demand better compensation and

K-12 will only produce

more overseas Filipino
workers (OFWs).
Labor migration has long existed, even
before K-12. If anything, K-12 will help
OFWs meet the standards in other
countries. In Thailand, for example, Filipinos
are paid much lower than their counterparts.
In Qatar, Filipino engineers are demoted to
technicians despite having the same
competencies, simply because theyre two
years short on basic education. Halting K-12

The program is irrelevant

because most Filipinos
do not go overseas to
study anyway.
You might not need it, but the law protects
every Filipinos right to quality basic
education anywhere in the world. Filipinos
studying abroad face a particular
disadvantage. For example, Filipino postgraduate students in Europe have
experienced receiving only a diploma,

High school is not

enough preparation for
employment. Thats why
theres college.
Actually, high school is preparation for
both college and employment. The tracks
in K-12academic, technical-vocationallivelihood, and sports and artswill immerse
students in practical learning experiences,
preparing them for eventual absorption at
work. Technical-vocational graduates will

Because of additional
subjects, the revised
curriculum will still end
up congested.
Classes will only last 6 hours and 12
minutes every day, thanks to senior
high school. Thats almost a two-hour
difference from the current curriculum!

Shortages must be
resolved by adding more
teachers and better
facilities, not extending
years in schooling.
K-12 isnt just about extending high school. It
actually entails adding necessities such
as teachers and staff, as well as
classrooms, books, and teaching aids.

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At least 80,000 college

personnel will lose their
jobs.
Only an estimated 25,097 college
personnel will be affected (Commission
on Higher Education [CHED]). Also, in 2016
alone, when senior high school operations
kick in, at least 30,000 teachers and 6,000
non-teaching staff will be hired (Department
of Education [DepEd]). And priority will be
given to college personnel.

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High school teachers will

bear additional teaching
load.
K-12 will not overburden high school
teachers because the law still mandates
that teachers only teach up to six hours
a day.

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K-12 is a product of
Filipino colonial
mentality.
The Philippines is one of only three countries
in the entire world to still have 10 years of
basic education. We are quite literally left
behind. Also, proposals to extend basic
education in the country have existed since
1925. Thats even before we had our second
president! And, with a mother tongue-based
multilingual approach in grade school, K-12
will actually promote a singular Filipino

Say YES
to K to 12!!!