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Viral Facebook status updates falsely claim that Grade 10 Filipino students can now “directly attend college” after graduation as the K to 12 curriculum has been scrapped. This is false.
In a statement on Tuesday, the human rights body said it welcomes DepEd’s reminders to schools to conduct blended learning to protect students from extreme heat during face-to-face classes.
After a House measure was filed tweaking the duration of basic education, an organization of teachers has called on the government to shorten high school back to four years and scrap the K to 12 program altogether.
As a response to senior high school graduates’ difficulty finding employment, Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Pampanga) has filed a bill making grades 11 and 12 mandatory only for students entering college, effectively returning secondary education back to four years in basic education.
Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian said Tuesday that the government itself is defeating the purpose of the K to 12 law as it continues to lump together senior high school students with graduates of the old high school curriculum in its job hiring process.