{"id":55164,"date":"2015-07-10T22:53:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T14:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=55164"},"modified":"2015-07-10T22:53:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T14:53:56","slug":"up-adapts-admission-process-curriculum-to-k-12-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/10\/up-adapts-admission-process-curriculum-to-k-12-program\/","title":{"rendered":"UP adapts admission process, curriculum to K-12 program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_55165\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55165\" style=\"width: 383px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/1463735_650097905013107_1299397380_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55165\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/1463735_650097905013107_1299397380_n.jpg\" alt=\"University of the Philippines (UP) logo\" width=\"383\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/1463735_650097905013107_1299397380_n.jpg 383w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/1463735_650097905013107_1299397380_n-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">University of the Philippines (UP) logo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA \u2013 With the K to 12 program fully implemented in the basic education program, the University of the Philippines (UP) initiated revising its admissions process and general education curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe process has already started. We reviewed the admission process, including the design of the UPCAT (UP College Admission Test) because if we\u2019re getting more mature students, then we really have to revise it,\u201d UP president Alfredo Pascual said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is part of the university\u2019s goal of democratizing admission to the university,\u201d he added, mentioning the UPCAT has been undergoing revision to be able to measure more of the student\u2019s aptitude than achievements.<\/p>\n<p>Pascual disclosed that changes in UP\u2019s education curriculum had already started.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a common understanding now that the GE program, which used to total 45 units will be reduced to 21 to 36 units depending on the degree program,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reduction of the requisite subjects under the GE program will allow students to strengthen learning in major subjects or we might introduce minors or dual degrees,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA \u2013 With the K to 12 program fully implemented in the basic education program, the University of the Philippines &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":55165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[604,16,95],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-55164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-education","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-rewrite","mauthors-cyra-moraleda","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55164","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=55164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}