Thursday, May 24, 2012

OFWs Face Additional Costs with K+12 Program


Filipino parents in the United Kingdom, who are sending their children to school in the Philippines, are not all keen on the Department of Education’s (DepEd) new K+12 education program.


Some of them are criticizing the additional costs that they need to pay for their children’s extended years in school.

The government will implement the K+12 education program starting in June. The High School level will now consist of Grades 11 to 12 for 2016 to 2017 and 2017 to 2018 academic school years. And 2 years will be added to Kindergarten before a child can be qualified to start Grade I.

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