CHALLENGES IN CHANGES

PRECY S. BUGAYONG

During the recent years, Philippines faced one of the biggest revolution in terms of education. The K-12 Education program from the former 10-year program. Despite the protest and the apparent unpreparedness of the country, the program pushed through. Five years into the program, there are still changes being made, lessons neglected and even errors found the learner’s material provided by the government.

In Grade 10 Mathematics, most of the lessons tackled are actually preparations for the next level, which is senior high school, most especially the ones taking the STEM 9Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) strand. Thus, it is important that the students understand and comprehend these lessons well, and since the learner’s module is a huge contributor in the learning process, it is imperative that the module is correct, reliable and complete.

However, there are some instances in which the module’s contents are lacking in information and may cause the students to be misled. For example, in one of the lessons on the book which is the formula for the percentile rank, the formula that was shown is the one used for the cumulative frequency of the percentile. as a mandatory guide for the teachers and students to use, it is important that errors would be corrected and that there would be no information gaps.

Indeed, one cannot deny that K-12 Program has good intentions. However, we must also consider if the country is ready for such big changes. Big changes require careful planning and gradual implementation. Being hasty would only lead us to mistakes, as seen from the errors found in the system and the modules distributed.

The quality of education lies not only on equipment, or system of education. It is in the attitude of the students and the effectiveness of teachers as educators.

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The author is Teacher III at Pampanga High School