The disadvantages of the K-12 program are the lack of classrooms and the bloating of the curriculum – you simply stretched the 10 years of the current curriculum to 12 years of curriculum – there is no improvement in content – and lack of teachers.
There are no advantages. An extra 2 years deprives a family of income in a society where the issue of poverty has not been addressed.
If I may add, there is no disadvantage today. Most of those who finish college will find that they need massive corporate training to keep up with the demands of professional life. In technical fields, you might be slow but you will learn as you go along. One cannot be thoroughly prepared in 10 or 12 years of education.
The goal of education in the Philippines must be defined. Does the Philippines want to become like the United States as a technology center? Unless there is something compelling it may take another generation to surpass the United States. Learning in the United States has one simple principle: access to many fields of interests through a multitude of media, and experts available to help kids in high school. These are the better issues to address now. Without a significant transformation of the support needed for kids to attain excellence, K-12 is just a a waste of time.
We do realize that there are many college graduates who are launched quite early in the employment game and they are often without jobs. But this all the more argues for the strategy that the employment problem must be resolved. K-12 graduates will only face the same problem.
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