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Despite being affected by super typhoon Carina and Habagat, teachers and parents at Bagong Silangan Elementery School in Quezon City clean classroom, paints arm chairs and prepare the classroom on Sunday, July 28, 2024, a day before the first day of School Year 2024-2025 tomorrow July 29. Maria Tan ABS-CBN News/File

Despite being affected by super typhoon Carina and Habagat, teachers and parents at Bagong Silangan Elementery School in Quezon City clean classroom, paints arm chairs and prepare the classroom on Sunday, July 28, 2024, a day before the first day of School Year 2024-2025 tomorrow July 29. DepEd said that over 1,000 chools in Metro Manila, Ilocos region, Central Luzon and Soccsksargen region have opted to postpone the opening of classes. Maria Tan ABS-CBN News

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Vivienne Gulla

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173755829412120240728-school preparation-MT-12.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Despite being affected by super typhoon Carina and Habagat, teachers and parents at Bagong Silangan Elementery School in Quezon City clean classroom, paints arm chairs and prepare the classroom on Sunday, July 28, 2024, a day before the first day of School Year 2024-2025 tomorrow July 29. Maria Tan ABS-CBN News/File"/>Despite being affected by super typhoon Carina and Habagat, teachers and parents at Bagong Silangan Elementary School in Quezon City clean classroom, paints arm chairs and prepare the classroom on Sunday, July 28, 2024, a day before the first day of School Year 2024-2025 tomorrow July 29. Maria Tan ABS-CBN News/File</div>MANILA — A bill seeking to amend the K to 12 basic education program and allow students to choose from two education pathways after graduating from Grade 10 or 4th year high school has been approved on second reading by the House of Representatives.During the plenary session on Wednesday, House Bill 11213 or the proposed Education Pathways Act was approved via viva voce or voice voting.The measure proposes to give students, who completed junior high school, the option of taking either the two-year University Preparatory Program if they intend to pursue college education, or the Technical Vocational Program. It also provides for an advanced placement exam, which Grade 10 students may voluntarily take, and if passed, will give them eligibility to enroll in their chosen college degree the following school year, without having to complete Grades 11 and 12 under the University Preparatory Program.“We will graduate students at Grade 10. Those who wish to pursue university or college, will have to go through Grades 11 and 12. But Grades 11 and 12 will no longer have strands or tracks. All the mandatory subjects will all be the general subjects in first year college. So that the student, who wishes to pursue his college degree will already be able to get advanced placement examinations and credit those subjects, and hopefully reduce the number of years in college by one year or at least one semester,” House Committee on Basic Education and Culture Chairperson and Pasig City Representative Roman Romulo explained.“Sa Grade 10 po ay magbibigay na rin tayo ng honors exam. Lahat ng papasa ng honors exam na gustong pumunta ng kolehiyo, ‘pag pumasa ka ng honors exam, accelerated ka na, exempt ka na sa Grades 11 and 12, and you can go straight to first year college,” he added.“For those who wish to use the tech-voc track, 30% of Filipinos right now use the tech-voc track, we will ask that they be under the TESDA, but with an industry driven curriculum, meaning it is enterprise-based immediately,” Romulo noted.Proponents of the bill had said that the K-12 program failed to deliver on its promise to produce “job-ready” graduates. Some parents also complained of the expenses for the two years added to basic education under the current curriculum.“The reality of the job the market has not aligned with these expectations… Many senior high school graduates face challenges in finding employment, as the private sector continue to favor students and graduates of colleges and universities, over those who have solely completed the K-12 program,” Romulo said.“We’ve learned now from the many years that it’s been carried out about all of the failings of the implementation,” Pampanga 2nd District Representative and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who co-sponsored the bill, also said.

A bill seeking to amend the K to 12 basic education program, and allow students to choose from two education pathways after graduating from Grade 10 or 4th year high school, has been approved on second reading by the House of Representatives.

A bill seeking to amend the K to 12 basic education program, and allow students to choose from two education pathways after graduating from Grade 10 or 4th year high school, has been approved on second reading by the House of Representatives.

House OKs on 2nd reading a bill amending the K-12 basic education program

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House OKs on 2nd reading a bill amending the K-12 basic education program

Vivienne Gulla,

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Published January 22, 2025 11:15 PM PHT

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