8/13/2019 Reaction Paper ConstiII

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Alegado, Gem Loren S. Constitunal Law II

11186534 Atty. Ricardo Sunga

Reaction Paper

ANC CVC Law Debate RE: K + 12 Education Reform

One of the topics on ANC CVC Law Debate where DLSU competed against NCU is about

the K + 12 Education Reform. The DLSU Law sides with the negative. K + 12 Education

Reform adds two more additional years in the basic education of the students which

according to the Department of Education, will benefit not only the Filipino youth, but also

the Philippines as well. This proposal is part of the reform programs under Aquinos

administration. They assert that with the implementation of such program, it will help the

problems of unemployment and it will also aid us in keeping at par in terms of the standard

of education and level of global competency in other countries. But does this program really

help the Philippines promote a better education system? Or would this project just make the

lives of the Filipino worse?

In my opinion, the K + 12 Education Reform should really be set aside first since there

are other pertinent issues concerning education that the country needs to deal with. Primary,

most of our public schools lack classrooms, school buildings and teachers. It is very

important to consider these things since adding two more years entails the use of more

classrooms. Not only that, the government also fails to provide school materials such as

books, and textbooks for students. The government should supply first adequate classroomsthat are conducive for learning and sufficient materials for them to gain knowledge. Another

inadequacy that they need to deal with is the number of the teachers in public schools. It is

very important that they maintain the right ratio of teacher per student to ensure effective

learning. Nowadays, teachers prefer to go abroad than to teach here in our country due to

the very low compensation that they receive. Thus, there is a shortage of who to educate

our students. Another issue that the K + 12 Education Reform needs to face are the plight of

the parents, that adding two more years means spending more. The additional two years

means two years of additional tuition fees, allowance, school supplies, uniforms, and other

fees that are school related are quite heavy for them especially to those who earn below the

minimum wage. Instead of expecting their children to graduate in 10 years, and being able

to help them in their household expenses, they still have two more years to study.

There is nothing wrong in aiming for such improvements, in fact, it will really help our

country in different ways but I think that the government needs to address certain scarcities

first, especially in our public schools, and consider if we really need to apply such program,

especially with our situation today. Education is one of the most top priorities of our

government, and this step may really help our country produce more global and competitive

graduates, but I think that we have to work on with the quality of our education first before

adding two more years to it.