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Included in this larger agenda is the overhaul of the country's K-12 system. [18] The removal of Philippine History in high school became one of the reasons to call for the suspension of the K-12 system by the Suspend K to 12 Alliance, an umbrella movement affiliated with ACT-Teachers and other left-wing groups of the Makabayan Bloc. [10]
The Philippine government since the Arroyo administration on May 20, 2008, through the Omnibus Education Reform Act of 2008 filed by Mar Roxas, justified the 9-year implementation process of K–12 which included the effectivity of the new curriculum on April 24, 2012 during the administration of Arroyo's successor Benigno Aquino III as part of ...
The government obliged parents to enrolled their children in the schools. The student age should be 5 to 6 years when admitted in class 1. Besides Government Schools there are many Private Schools who provide Primary, Secondary and Higher Secondary education at a higher cost.
ACT Teachers Partylist is also an active proponent of the Supreme Court cases against the Philippine government's K to 12 system, co-filing at least two K to 12-related cases in 2015, [7] [8] and successfully securing a temporary restraining order (TRO) against a government order that abolishes Filipino language subject in college. [8]
In March 2022, Amhara Regional Government Education Bureau sent a team to the agency to request an explanation from the Ministry of Education about grading "errors" in the national examination. 20,000 complaints have been filed against the result of the grade 12 leaving examination, in which the government selects students to join 43 universities across the country.
Under the 1987 Philippine Constitution, the Secretary exercises supervision and control over the entire department and performs the following functions: Advises the President on matters related to education. Establishes the policies and standards for the operation of the Department pursuant to the approved programs of the government.
The Department of Education (abbreviated as DepEd; Filipino: Kagawaran ng Edukasyon) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for ensuring access to, promoting equity in, and improving the quality of basic education. [4] It is the main agency tasked to manage and govern the Philippine system of basic education. It is ...
In 1996, the Department of Education initialized a 10-year modernization program, which included a computerization project and the School of the Future project. The modernization project aimed to implement information technology in the improvement of teaching and learning processes, as well as in educational management and operations.