1.5M students enter Grade 11 in PH K-12 full implementation

Despite opposition from affected college education workers, it is all systems go for this year’s full roll out of the Department of Education’s (Deped) K-12 program. About 1.5 million students will enter Grade 11 in 11,029 public and private senior high schools nationwide. The labor woes of college workers are among the many reasons cited by petitioners in seeking for the suspension of the K to 12 program before the Supreme Court (SC). The SC has yet to render its final decision, but it already dismissed the petitioners’ pleas for a temporary restraining order, and the conduct of oral arguments. The nationwide rollout of Grade 11 coincides with the transition period of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte’s administration. But the incoming administration has already thrown its support for the K to 12 program despite the challenges.

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