Education reforms

EDITORIAL

Implementation of the proposed K to 12 reform and the many changes in the educational framework of the country this coming school-year is being met by parents and concerned sectors with apprehension.

            But according to legislators like Sen. Edgardo J. Angara who himself was in the academe before he joined politics, these should not be the case as the new curriculum would provide a world-class education and abundant job opportunities for graduates.

            Angara, chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, Arts and Culture, Committee on Science and Technology, said the proposed K to 12 reform is not only timely, but long overdue.

            “We must not allow these worrisome trends to continue if we hope to provide good jobs and income to our people,” said Angara.  He said the call for educational reforms was sounded off three decades ago, back when he chaired the Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM) which recommended the “trifocalization” of the system into the Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).”          The lawmaker said that the country cannot afford to delay the implementation of K to 12 any further.

            The National Statistical Coordinating Board (NSCB) has warned that over the past decade, the number of college students who graduate each year has not increased fast enough to meet the growing needs of our population.

            The quality of graduates as a result of the new curriculum would speak for itself.