Department of Education (DepEd) Assistant Secretary Jesse Mateo addressed parents’ and guardians’ issues with additional expenses and the lack of facilities upon the implementation of K-12.

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In an interview on ‘Good Morning Kuya’ (GMK), Asec. Mateo explained the benefits of K-12 to clear out the complaints about the disadvantages of implementing K-12.

According to the hosts of ‘GMK’, some parents’ interpretation of K-12 is two more years of school, two more years of expenses.

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“Ang General Education, ‘pag binaba sa Senior High, magiging libre, kasi most schools na may K-12 ay public schools, tapos ‘pag college na sila, hindi na nila kailangan kunin ang General Education,” Asec. Mateo pointed out.

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He also said that in senior high, they will add guidance or career counselling. There would be less drop outs and will avoid shifting of courses.

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“Ang curriculum kasi dati, hindi angkop sa interes ng bata,” he said.

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“Sa implementation of K-12, magiging mature ang bata bago pumasok ng kolehiyo,” he added.

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The hosts of ‘GMK’ mentioned the concern of implementing K-12 when there are still facilities that are still lacking. Concerns like 1:1 book-student, ratio of teacher to students, and the lack of classrooms.

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“66,000 ang kakulangan sa room sa K-10 palang, kaya tatapusin muna natin ang pangagailangan ng K-10 bago ang Senior High,” Asec. Mateo explained.

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He also said that DepEd provided 128,000 teacher items. Ratio of teacher student in Kinder is 1:25. For grades 1 and 2, the ratio is 1:40, grades 3-10 is 1:45, and for Senior High, 1:25.