Rappler's latest stories on Enhanced Basic Education Act
WATCH: First day high with full rollout of senior high
Outgoing Education Secretary Armin Luistro calls the first day of classes the best school opening thus far despite failing to meet targets for senior high school enrollment
Senior high school: No youth left behind?
All eyes are on the government as it fully implements the K to 12 program Will learners get the best out of senior high school or will some of them end up leaving formal education as critics predicted?
Ateneo de Manila accepts 246 girls into coed senior high school
A total of 331 students make it to the senior high school program exceeding the number of slots originally set for transferees
2015: Protest against K to 12 at its loudest, reaches the Supreme Court
Rappler documents the complaints against the senior high school program that will be implemented in 2016 while Education Secretary Luistro thinks there s more excitement than anxiety about the program
Recto wants more funds for workers displaced by K to 12 program
Recto: This should be augmented because if there will be 50 000 employees affected it translates into about P840 in monthly aid per individual
The K to 12 challenge
Now is not the time to hit the brakes on a national reform we desperately need and have been working towards for the past years
Most Filipinos want to delay, scrap K to 12 – poll
After learning that college workers will possibly lose their jobs more survey respondents want government to defer or altogether scrap the new education program
Aquino: 'Don't think of K to 12 as a burden'
Two years after signing the law President Benigno Aquino III says the country is now ready for K to 12
Negros Occidental schools 'ready' for K to 12
The province expects 46 680 students to enter senior high school by 2016
DepEd: Senior high open to graduates of pre-K to 12 program
The education department will reserve at least 400 000 slots in senior high school for those who graduated under the 10 year pre college cycle before K to 12
Lawmakers file second petition vs K to 12 before SC
The petitioners believe the law failed to comply with the 1987 Constitution as far as consultations with stakeholders are concerned
DepEd target: Build 20,000 senior high classrooms in 2016
Education Secretary Armin Luistro says if Congress approves the budget for it this will be his department s last major classroom construction
UP to 'reinvent' UPCAT for K to 12 graduates
The new UPCAT will be able to assess higher skills of senior high school graduates
UP, PNU to train public school teachers for senior high
State universities plan to adopt smaller schools and train their master teachers on the new senior high school curriculum
Senators want Chinese, Spanish languages in K to 12 curriculum
Educators say however that the government needs to first address the deteriorating English proficiency of public school students
Advocates want SC to stop 'anti-Filipino' new GE curriculum
Petitioners say a CHED memorandum that will exclude national language courses from the general education curriculum in colleges violates the Constitution
K to 12: 80-hour subject on disaster readiness 'too much'?
Senator Pia Cayetano asks: Why does the disaster readiness and risk reduction subject have the same hours as other mathematics and science subjects?
Many schools not yet training teachers for K to 12
Senator Pia Cayetano is worried that schools only acknowledge that training is needed She says people need to see actual trainings happening now
Buses, dormitories for CDO senior high school students
Cagayan de Oro is one of the 10 cities that will pilot the implementation of the senior high school program in June 2015 a year ahead of other public schools in the country
Pia Cayetano: K to 12 has to happen at the 'right time'
The senator cites gaps in the major education reform program that may hinder its effective implementation if not done at the proper time
Expect higher dropout rates due to K to 12 – Trillanes
Senator Sonny Trillanes who is calling for the suspension of the K to 12 program says more students might stop schooling because of additional expenses needed to finish two more years of high school
Ateneo to offer coed senior high school in 2016
The school will open its doors to 300 new students – both boys and girls – who will be chosen from public parochial and select private schools in the Philippines
Group seeks SC TRO vs K to 12
A coalition of educators files the petition on grounds of labor woes and the inadequacy of a P29 billion transition fund for K to 12
Suspend K to 12? But PH ready for it – Luistro
While displacements will likely happen because of the K to 12 program Luistro says the government is working on safety nets for workers in higher education institutions
Worst-case scenario: K to 12 may displace 78K workers
The Commission on Higher Education will ask Congress for a P29 billion transition fund to help mitigate the impact of the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 on the tertiary education sector
Young Filipinos told: Include ASEAN in life planning
Young Filipinos play a role in the development of the ASEAN region
Congress considers fund to help workers affected by K to 12
The House committee on higher and technical education asks CHED for an actual number of affected workers before discussing the proposed P29 billion transition fund
CHED may require use of Filipino to teach some GE courses
The Commission will also propose to Congress a stabilization fund that will cover the cost of maintaining faculty and the cost of lost of enrollment in colleges due to K to 12
No Filipino subjects in college? 'Tanggol Wika' opposes CHED memo
The newly created alliance says it will bring its fight all the way to Malacañang
College professors fear massive retrenchment due to K to 12
A set of guidelines is expected to be released by the end of June to guide employers on what to do during the nationwide implementation of the program
5 leaps in 2013 that make PH education promising
From K to 12 to the collective awareness of the prospects of ASEAN 2015 here are 5 leaps the country has made in education this 2013
PH basic education: 'Cramming' toward ASEAN 2015
The PH schools should be ready both ways – so it can send students to other ASEAN schools and be absorbed easily and to be ready to accept int l students
8 ways PH higher education can prepare for ASEAN 2015
Less than two years before the regional integration most Philippine colleges and universities are still wary of internationalization
Senators ask: Are colleges ready for K to 12?
With only 3 years left senators urge colleges to already come up with a definite roadmap for absorbing grade 11 students in 2016
CHED to colleges: Rethink business model
CHED is already preparing for the two year enrollment gap in 2016 and 2017 as well as the other effects of the K to 12 program on colleges and universities
Aquino signs K-12 bill into law
UPDATE Law adds two years to the education system
