The introduction of the new educational system has caused a lot of changes.  K-12 was designed to make the Filipinos competitive with the rest of the world.   Being the only country with a ten-year college preparatory course, the Department of Education opted to fully implement the K-12 curriculum in the hope of catching up with the rest of the world which has outshone the country in various academic evaluations.  No concrete achievement has been established yet with the new curriculum still in its infancy.  It is hoped that positive results will eventually be achieved regarding this bold move of the department.

 

Now comes  another proposition to implement a change in the school calendar.  How viable this is, no one still knows.  But the proponents  of the calendar change can only cite the global weather phenomenon as the chief argument for this.  However, it is not safe to assume that the emerging global weather pattern will be on the side of the proposal.  The ever-changing pattern can alter the effects cited by the advocates.  With the months of October  and November still visited by typhoons, it is not safe to assume that these are safe months for the pupils. 

 

Changes in the educational system will always be welcome.  But it  must always be construed as beneficial to the stakeholders.  An in-depth planning on whatever changes to be implemented should be the order of the day. 

 

No one is against change.  We have to step into the changes of the times.  But at the end of the day, what should be emphasized is that these changes are for the improvement of the educational system and the development of a new order which will push the country on top of the heap in the international community.

By: Ana Paz D. Guevarra | Teacher III | Daan Pare Elementary School | Orion, Bataan