Your Tutorial Center Launches Summer K-12 Bridging Programs
March 30, 2015Education, K-12, Press Release, Your Tutorial Center, YTC,
"The world is undergoing
unprecedented changes brought about by rapid advancement in information and
communication technologies, trade liberalization, globalization."
– UNESCO, 2010
Change is
inevitable and adapting to change is another thing. In its pursuit to improve
the Philippine education system, the Department of Education (DepEd) has
implemented a major education reform known as the K-12 Curriculum.
The
education program includes mandatory preschool education for five-year old
children before entering the six-year elementary school as well as going through
additional two years in high school or
secondary education. Aside from this new structure, the medium of instruction
from Kindergarten to Grade 3 will now be mother tongue-based. This means that
the K to 12 student will be taught the core learning areas using his first
language. The National Achievement Test, popularly known as NAT, will still be
administered as an end-of-Grade 6 assessment but this time will serve both as an exit examination from
elementary and entrance examination for
Grade 7. Grade 10 students will also go through an assessment to qualify for
senior high school and their chosen track. The end of Grade 12 examination will not only
be the end of K to 12 exam but also serve as entrance exam for university.
These
significant changes, initially, may be difficult for kids. As parents, there are a
number of things to help your child or teen to prepare and embrace this
transition. Parents can help their child to mentally organize and emotionally
process the child's feelings such as fear of the unknown. By being a support
system to your teens, you could help them cope with "anticipatory change
jitters." Aside from these tips, there are private educational sectors
who can also help you and you kids adapt to the new K to 12 curriculum.
“This is not a perfect
curriculum. There is much for us to work on. There will be learning curves that
we will need to meet and challenges to be resolved. But with everyone’s help,
we will be able to roll out the program
that we can keep improving over
the next couple of years.”
-Bro. Armin Luistro, FSC Deped Secretary
Your
Tutorial Center (YTC) is a 3-in-1 education center which
offers Tutorial, Review and Language programs. YTC primarily
provides ACADEMIC TUTORIAL programs from preschool to college all
throughout the year.
This
summer, YTC will be offering bridging
programs focusing on developing and strengthening the coping skills of kindergarten until grade 10 students in
order to smoothly transition from the old to the new curriculum.
"Aside from the basic
literacy tools of reading, writing and numeracy, tomorrow’s individuals will
need them knowledge and skills that will equip them to participate productively
in their societies. "
– ADB 2008
YTC is one with the K-12 curriculum to produce Filipino graduates who are holistically-developed with 21st
century skills through its program and services geared to prepare kids and teen
for higher education, middle-level skills development and entrepreneurship.
Check www.yourtutorialcenter.com or
call any YTC branch for more information on Summer K-12 Bridging Programs.
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