It was HELE before or Home Economics and Livelihood Education. Then T.H.E. or better known as Technology and Home Economics. Now, as the new generation of students becomes more innovative and requires a more helpful and effective way of learning, the standard of education they have to undergo has to level up. In addition to this, the demand of getting job overseas also increases. Thus, these demand served as one of the reasons to giving birth to a new standard of education. From HELE, T.H.E.; it became T.L.E. or Technology and Livelihood Education.
This selective learning area aims to unlock the students’ skills to open up a window to bigger and better opportunities. Now that the K-12 program has been implemented in all schools in our country, more chances and more opportunities for every K-12 program student will be given.
The T.L.E., through K-12 offers different choices of exploratory mini – courses which the students can choose from such as Industrial Arts, Home Economics, Agri – Fisheries and ICT
(Information and Communication Technology). These exploratory mini courses will be fulfilled by the students in 4 years before they proceed to the next level. The 2 added years of the new curriculum will be allotted for the specialization of the courses that the students have chosen. In here, they will be taught on how to use and maintain hand tools, how to perform mensuration and calculation, how to prepare and interpret technical drawing and plans and on how to apply occupational health and safety procedures.
The teachers will be given K-12 Learning Modules to help the students perform and do better.
One of the advantages of the K-12 program is that it offers practicality. After graduation, the students will be given TESDA Certificates for the completion of the 2 years that is allotted for the specialization courses. This certificate will allow the students to get job after High School – a better option for those families who cannot afford sending their children to college. The opportunity is not just limited locally because each K-12 program graduate can also find a job abroad.
The world today really is changing our country has already taken another step towards modernization… a step that would make our country more globally competitive. Through K-12 program, the quality of education that students will undergo will be higher.
By: Giniely V. Venturina | Teacher I | MNHS-CABCABEN | Mariveles, Bataan
