Jhonamay Quilbio

Persuasive Speech:

My stand on K-12 Education system

A warm welcome to all present. As we all know Department of Education
had implemented a new curriculum called K-12 education system under
the administration of P-Noy which I guess is very crucial step of
his administration. Today I Jaspreet Sohal will discourse about what K-12
Education system has in store for us. The K+12 System will basically include
the universal kindergarten, 6 years of elementary, 4 years of junior high
school with an additional 2 years for senior high school. This program is a
product of Globalization actually which was proposed by DepEd to improve the
quality of education and graduates of Philippines.
According to the survey of World Bank Philippines had highest youth
unemployment rate. The ultimate target of K-12 would be to reduce the youth
employment rate .The two years of senior high school would provide time for
students to consolidate acquired academic skills and competencies. The
curriculum will allow specializations in science and technology, music and arts,
agriculture and most importantly, the system aims to fully enhance and develop
the students in order for them to be well-prepared especially in emotional and
cognitive aspects. Through this, graduates will be able to face the pressures of
their future workplaces and the high school graduates can also pursue their
education abroad.
As we all know that Philippine's largest export is its OFWs, the manpower
itself. There are occurrences that Filipino citizens abroad would want to
continue their education abroad but often get rejected because of the lacking
two years. The K-12 system will help vanish the disappointment and Filipinos
instead of only sticking to labor force can also become foreign students abroad.
The lower middle class of our society will definitely be benefited because
their children can join labor force after they graduate their school but the
only trade off would be the additional two years.K-12 education system will not
bring the qualitative education but will also match our education system with the
global standards of education .These additional two years can bring wonders to
our economy the GDP will rise, unemployment will decrease and there would
be numerous opportunities for students. I think this is the time for us to support
the decision of government rather than criticizing it because according to Albert
Einstein "Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he
learned in school."

Thank you for your patient listening!