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1. The Global Teachers:
Knowledgeable of K to 12
Program of Various
Countries

2. Basic education is defined as the whole range of educational activities
that are taking place in either informal or non-formal setting with the goal
of meeting the learner’s basic learning needs. It is a fact that no country will
achieve rapid economic growth without investing in education.
Basic education in developing countries is essential to build stable
training partners with developed countries especially that quality education
is afforded to learners to become knowledgeable, skillful and competent
ready for global economy. In coming years, the establishment of ASEAN
Economic Community composed of 10 member states will commence for
the free flow of goods and services including education services. This will
change the educational landscape as a results of the changing world,
transformed by advances in technology, knowledge revolution and global
perspectives.

3. The Present Basic Education Scenario in the Philippines
The mandate of ensuring that no learner shall be left behind and that every
Filipino child will have access to quality education gave way to the
enactment of Kindergarten Education Act in 2012 and the Republic Act
10533 known as Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013. Having
Kindergarten as part of the basic education curricula and having it
mandatory, improves the students’ access to education.
The Philippine Government believes that compulsory kindergarten better
prepares learners who have active minds to the next level of schooling.

4. The Present Basic Education Scenario in the Philippines
Enhanced Basic Education is popularly known as K to 12 started as a
flagship reform strategy initiated also by the Department of Education
Secretary with the objective of producing more productive and responsible
citizens fully equipped with the essential competencies, skills for both
lifelong learning and employment.
There were various proposals, studies and consultations made before
coming up with an enhanced model that is suitable to the Philippine context.
The model Kindergarten, 6 years of elementary education, 4 years of junior
high school, and 2 years of senior high school.
The 2 years of senior high school is a preparation either for college career
or employment by consolidating the students acquired academic skills and
competence.

5. What are the Reasons for coming up with K to 12?
The additional two years hopes to address the deteriorating quality of
Philippine Education System as revealed by the low achievement score of
the Filipino Students in the National Achievement Test (NAT).
Philippine Average TIMSS SCORES
(Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study)
Score International Rank Participating Countries
Average
Grade IV
Science 332 489 23 25
Mathematics 358 495 23 25
2008 Results
Advanced
Mathematics 355 500 10 10

6. The Philippines also had low performance in the Trends in
International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) as revealed
in the 2003 and 2008 TIMSS.
Unpreparedness for employment, entrepreneurship or higher
education of the Filipino High School graduates because of the
congested ten year curriculum.
The years in school are not enough for students to absorb
necessary knowledge and skills to pursue higher education. Those
who cannot go to college still lack the basic competencies and
emotional maturity for employment. The additional two years in
the senior high school will then prepare students for either higher
education or in the world of work.

7. What is K to 12
Education Program?

8.  K to 12 is a term for the sum of primary and
secondary education. It is used in countries like
United States, Canada, Turkey, Australia and now
in the Philippines.
 The expression is a shortening of Kindergarten
(K) for 4-6 year old learners, through twelfth
grade (12) for learners who are 17-19 years old.

9. How do K to 12 Programs of
Various Countries Differ?

10. Philippines
In the Philippines, K to 12 Program covers the Kindergarten
plus the 12 years of basic education (6 years of primary education),
4 years of Junior High School and 2 years of Senior High School.
The additional two years in Senior High School aims to provide
sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, to develop
lifelong learning skills and to prepare graduates for tertiary
education, for mid-level skills and development, for employment
and for entrepreneurship.

11. Salient Features of the K to 12 Program
Universal Kindergarten or the mandated Kindergarten for 5 year old
learners.
Contextualization and enhancement by making the curriculum relevant to
learners.
Mastery of knowledge and skills is done by introducing simple concepts in
spiral progression in subject areas like Mathematics and Science.
The two years of the Senior High School is a specialization based on the
learners aptitude and interest.
Completing the enhanced Basic Education from kKindergarten, elementary
Junior High School curriculum and the specialized Senior High School
Program, a Filipino Entrepreneurship.

12. Brunei Darussalam
Starts with one year primary education and then 6 years of
elementary education. Students take and should pass the end-of-
cycle public examination before they progress to diversified
secondary level.
Secondary level has 2 categories- General Secondary Education
Program (2-3 years) and another 2-3 of Upper Secondary
Education where students are grouped according to their
academe abilities, talents and interest.

13. In the General Education Program, the students take four
core subjects and three complimentary subjects and at
least two elective subjects with Science as one required
elective.
Students who excel academically can take secondary
education in two years. Differentiated and specialized
education responding to the different capabilities and
interests of the learners are the required secondary
curriculum.
Preschool in Brunei is a playschool which aims to impart
socio-emotional and personality development for young
learners in an informal preschool program.

14. Canada
They follow the K to 12 educational curriculum with secondary
schooling or high school structure that varies within a province in
terms of inclusion of middle school or junior high school.
By law, Canadians must be in school starting ages 5 or 6 and
remain in school until ages between 16 and 18 depending on the
province or territory.
All provinces and territory provide universal, free and until
secondary schooling of 12 years with the exemption of Quebec
where it offers education until 11 years.

15. Elementary school includes Grades 1-6 in regions where there are
2 years of middle school or junior high school, but those without
middle or junior high school have elementary until Grade 8. In
Quebec, grade school is 6 years and their students proceed
immediately to High School.
Secondary High School with middle school or junior high school,
begins in Grade 7 to Grade 12 and those without begin Secondary
High School in Grade 9.
Post secondary education includes career college or vocational
school, community college or university.

16. Korea
Their school system follows the 6-3-3-4 education ladder which is 6 years
of elementary, 3 years of middle school and 3 years of high school and 4
years of either junior college or university to complete higher education.
High School are in two categories: (1)General High School and (2)
Vocational High School although there are limited numbers of schools,
which offer both general and vocational training which is known as
“Comprehensive High School”. Korean Kindergarten provides nurturing
learning environment through various pleasant activities and diverse
teaching pedagogy. The Kindergarten or Early Childhood curriculum
includes physical, social, expression language and inquiry life areas.

17. Elementary education in Korea is geared towards the
acquisition of fundamentals necessary for a productive civic life
through nine principal subjects: Moral Education, Korean
Language, Social Studies, Arithmetic, Natural Science, Physical
Education, Music, Fine Arts and Physical Arts.
The Middle School curricula are a combination of 11 basic or
required subjects, elective subjects and extra-curricular
activities.
Blending of education and readiness for occupation is reflected
in the technical and vocational courses which are elective
subjects. Korean students may combine to High School and
admission to High School depends upon the results of High
School entrance examination.

18. Malaysia
Malaysian education begins with Preschool where the medium of
instruction is both Malaysian and English. Preschools that use
Tamil or Chinese as medium of instruction also conduct teaching-
learning process using Bahasa Malaysia and English.
They offer a 2 year optional preschool for learners ages 4-5.
Standards-based preschool curriculum for personality
development of young learners is being followed in Malaysia.
Elementary education is 6 years with a requirement of passing
the public examination as determining factor of the students
readiness to secondary or high school level.

19. Malaysia has 2 level category for Secondary or High School:
Lower Secondary (level 2) and Upper Secondary (level 3).
Lower secondary program offers general and undifferentiated
curriculum for 2-3 years.
In the upper secondary 2 years, students take subjects
according to their appropriate streams (Arts, Science, Technical
and Religious).

20. Singapore
Their educations begins with Kindergarten or Preschool
at the age of 4-6 years old. In Kindergarten, although not
compulsory, a 3-4 hour provision of language
development, literary skills, basic number concepts, social
skills, creative skills and appreciation of music and
movement is being provided to the young learners.
Mother tongue is also part of the Kinder curriculum.
mother tongue language includes Chinese, Malay, Tamil
and Indian.

21. Preschool is followed by 6 years of Primary Education, English
Language, Mathematics, Mother Tongue Language are the
significant subjects in the primary education curriculum.
Primary school has two stages: Foundation and Orientation
Stages.
During foundation stage (Primary 1-4) students are provided
with strong foundation in English, Mother Tongue and
Mathematics. Orientation stage (Primary 5-6) is the stage where
the students are taught Mathematics and Science appropriate to
their level.

22. At the end of Primary 6, all students are assessed on their
academic abilities through the Primary School Leaving
Examination (PSLE). The results of the PSLE will place the
students in secondary school courses that suit their academic
learning pace and aptitude.
At the secondary level, students may either go to Special
(Secondary 1-4 years). Express (Secondary 1-4 years), Normal
(Academic- Secondary 1-5 years) courses depending on the
measured academic ability of the PSLE scores.
These four streamed courses offer highly differentiated
curriculum. Special and Express are four year courses which lead
to Singapore-Cambridge General Certificate of (GCE ‘O’)
Education (Ordinary Level) examination.

23. Students in the Normal (Academic) course take academically
based subjects while those in the GCE ‘O’ level examination at
the end of 4 or 5 years of secondary education can qualify for
Junior College (2 years), a Polytechnic(3 or 4 years) or a Pre-
university center (3 years).
Only those who qualify after passing GCE ‘A’ level examination
at the end of Junior College 2, Pre-University 3 or Polytechnic
Year ¾ can enroll in local university or to the National
University of Singapore.

24. United States
The age of entry to compulsory education in the US varies according
to the state, between 5-7 years old with 6 years old being the most
common as an entry age for Kindergarten.
Kindergarten Certificate is awarded to allow learners entry to
Elementary School/ Primary Education.
The length of Primary education varies from 4 to 7 years depending
on the States or local practice. Certificate or diploma may also vary by
States/ Districts for transition to Secondary School. Based on its length,
elementary education may be followed or not by a number of years of
middle school education which is generally three years (Grades 4-6,
5-7, 6-8).

25. High School (Grades 7-12 or Grades 8-12) length program is 6
years depending upon the laws and policies of states and local
districts.
There are also mandatory subjects in almost all US High Schools
which include Science (Biology, Chemistry, Physics) Mathematics
(Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Calculus, Statistics), English
(Literature, Humanities, Composition, Oral Language), Social
Sciences (History, Government, Economics) and Physical
Education.

26. High school students, usually during their Grade 11
take one or more standardized tests depending on their
education preferences and also as requirements for
admission to most Colleges.
Most common standardized tests taken by US student
are Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and American
College Testing (ACT). High School Diploma is awarded
upon completion of Grade 12 and the diploma covers a
variety of awards for different curricula and standards
like general basic track, vocational ana academic/ college
preparatory.