K-12 in the Philippines

In the Philippines, we only have 10 years of education (college is not counted). Kindergarten, Prep, Grade 1-6/7 (normal Philippine education has only until Grade 6, but in some schools, we have Grade 7, like mine) and 4/5 years of high school (if there is Grade 7 in the school, then you only have 4 years of high school. If the school has only until Grade 6, then they have 5 years of high school). Usually, the education you're familiar with is Grade 1 until 12. The President of our country recently launched the K-12 program, which means we will have Grade 1 until 12 too.

Everyone has their opinions about this. Some say it's good, some say it's bad. Some say it's a mix, like me. Why? Well, first of all; the good thing about it is we could learn better. The fourth graders and eighth graders in my school are using iPads now, but it doesn't mean that the rest will have iPads too. It's just some sort of test to see if it will be effective in making us learn or if they are responsible enough for them to be "holding" it, which means that it shouldn't get lost. Second; I think the government should first address the other educational problems of this country. Some schools are lacking chairs, the buildings were burned down or destroyed by the typhoons, not enough school supplies, etc. If this K-12 program is supposed to make us learn better, then how would others learn when their schools lack a lot of stuff?

Anyway, my school is not yet following K-12 because I think they launched it after the enrollment, but my school sort of already had K-12, it's just that we have to change the names of our grade/level. Right now, I'm in the sixth grade and I'm graduating this year. Next year, I will be in the eighth grade because we will be changing the level names next year, which doesn't really make a difference. It's just the name. Everyone will be skipping a level next year.

And I hope the new education program will teach me how to end blog posts like these! Haha. Have a great day, everyone x

P.S. On behalf of most of us here, I apologize if we don't post as often because our school just started! Haha, I hope the others would update as well (cough cough). :-)