INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

K-12 curriculum was implemented last 2012 by the Department

of Education, under the administration of President Benigno

Simeon Aquino III. This entails the institutionalization of

Kindergarten and the addition of two more years of high school

in the basic education cycle, which are Grade 11 and Grade 12,

consisting of three tracks, Academic (GAS, HUMSS, STEM, ABM),

Technical-Vocational (HE, IA, ICT), and Sports and Design.

The K-12 basic education program is the flagship program of

the Department of Education in its desire to offer a curriculum

which is attuned to 21st century. The department seeks to create

a basic education sector that is capable of attaining the

country’s education for all objectives and millennium

development goals (Hawsnetph, 2016). According to President

Aquino (2012), Philippines need to add two years on the basic

education where the students will have to undergo a new system

of basic education. Enable to prepare the students to be

globally competitive. This system aims to fully enhance and

develop the students in order for them to be well-prepared to

join the work force right after high school and suitably

prepared for a higher level of education (Theasianph, 2015).