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still hound K to 12
implementation
Published June 2, 2014 10:41am
By AMITA LEGASPI, GMA News
During the school year 2013-2014, on the other hand, the workbooks for
Lakan Dula High School in Tondo, Manila, arrived during the 3rd and 4th
quarters. Before these arrived, teachers had to photocopy materials and
distribute these to their students.
“Mga three years na ang K to 12 this school year pero kulang pa rin sa
mga need ng mga bata like books na akma sa curriculum. Sa Filipino,
ang nagiging reference namin ay workbook,” the teacher for 11 years
told GMA News Online.
“Ngayong pasukan, 'di ko pa sure (kung merong librong darating) pero
last year wala pa. Kung meron man, hindi lahat ay angkop para sa K to
12. So basically 'yung mga textbook talaga ang kulang para sa
implementation ng K to 12,” Paunan added.
Teachers’ sacrifice
She added that to do this, the teachers can visit the student at home and
talk with the parents.
Contreras said because of the zero fail or dropout policy under the K to
12 program, teachers need to work doubly hard to give problematic
students a remedial program.
He said to help the teachers follow the K to 12 program, they are given a
five-day in-service training on how to implement it.
He said the training is the easier part of the program and implementation
is the harder part especially with the lack of materials.
“Saang lugar naman ilalagay 'yung mga senior high school kung ngayon
pa lang e puno na ang paaralan? Siyempre may mga bagong
estudyante na papasok sa Grade 7 at andyan pa rin 'yung mga dating
estudyante,” he said.
Lakan Dula High School, which at present has 5,000 students, was
chosen to offer the track on Technical-Vocational-Livelihood particularly
on information technology and culinary skills. The other tracks are
Academic, and Sports and Arts.
Those who will take the Academic track can choose Business,
Accountancy, Management (BAM); Humanities, Education, Social
Sciences (HESS); and Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics (STEM).
On the part of DepEd, Uy said they are still in the process of getting the
recommendations and proposals of their regional directors on which
schools will be tapped to offer the senior high school program and what
specialization they will offer.
“Kung wala kang kwarto, kung wala kang teachers, kung wala kang
reference materials, paano mo mai-implement nang maayos ang
programa?” said Contreras. —KG, GMA News
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