K to 12 ‘right step’ for better education, says Palace
AMID being challenged before the Supreme Court, Malacañang on Thursday maintained that the “K to 12” program of the government would best address concerns in the education sector.
“We believe that implementing K to 12 is the right step in giving our children better education,” deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte told media.
She said “there are challenges that remain in the implementation of K to 12,” but that “it can be addressed especially if all stakeholders get behind it.”
According to Valte, the Aquino administration has resolved many of the previous backlogs pertaining to shortages in classrooms, textbooks and teachers.
She said 60,000 classrooms were constructed in the past couple of years.
On Wednesday, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, Magdalo Representatives Gary Alejano and Francis Ashley Acedillo filed before the high court a petition seeking to declare the “K to 12” program unconstitutional.
The petitioners claimed that the program, enacted through Republic Act 10533, violated the Constitution by failing to consult students, teachers and other personnel most affected by the changes. AC
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