{"id":49007,"date":"2015-05-11T23:31:36","date_gmt":"2015-05-11T15:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=49007"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T19:18:06","slug":"parents-seek-suspension-of-k-12-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/11\/parents-seek-suspension-of-k-12-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents seek suspension of K-12 program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22333\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22333\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/public-school-teachers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22333\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/public-school-teachers.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Laguna School Systems\" width=\"640\" height=\"447\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of Laguna School Systems<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 Several parents expressed their disapproval and sought for suspension of the Department of Education\u2019s (DepEd) K to 12 program, believing that their children will only become \u2018experiments\u2019 of the education reform program.<\/p>\n<p>The government\u2019s K to 12 program added two years of high school to the previous 10-year basic education program of the country. In partnership with women\u2019s rights groups Gabriela, some parents formed the Parents\u2019 Movement Against K-12.<\/p>\n<p>During the group\u2019s launch in Manila, spokesperson Jovita Montes noted that their groups believed that the DepEd was \u2018ill-prepared\u2019 for the implementation of such education reform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a parent, is it okay with you that your child\u2019s education is subject to experimentation?\u201d Montes said, adding that the new program may not guarantee quality education.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy rybelsus online <a href=\"https:\/\/slowittravel.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/png\/rybelsus.html\">https:\/\/slowittravel.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/png\/rybelsus.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur fear is the quality of education.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy augmentin online <a href=\"https:\/\/slowittravel.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/png\/augmentin.html\">https:\/\/slowittravel.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/png\/augmentin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> Yes, it\u2019s guaranteed that after two years your child may be able to land a job, but what kind of job would that be?\u201d she continued, fearing that the program may only result in the production of \u2018cheap labor.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy priligy online <a href=\"https:\/\/slowittravel.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/png\/priligy.html\">https:\/\/slowittravel.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/png\/priligy.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Montes also raised the issue on the reform program\u2019s four track options. She said that the incomplete offers of academic, technical-vocational livelihood, sports, and arts and designs choices in some schools were a problem for several parents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 Several parents expressed their disapproval and sought for suspension of the Department of Education\u2019s (DepEd) K to 12 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[604,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-education","category-news-ph","mauthors-jane-moraleda","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280999,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49007\/revisions\/280999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}