There’s no better time than now!

Until now, the issue circulating about the implementation of the K-12 program is currently speculated by different critics and their stand on it. This issue has been on the news since about four years ago. Some people would say that it was implemented too early that the government isn’t even ready yet for such major change in our educational system.

I was one of the high-school students who luckily graduated high-school without undergoing an additional two years in senior high. It was a relief for my family knowing that the more years we study, the more money they will have to spend for our education. We were lucky, or so I thought.

In other Asian countries where discrimination is not tolerated, we are caught up between not being discriminated and being discriminated by them. This is because our credentials will always be “lacking” with two more years compared to the global standard of education. That is what made the ASEAN urge our country’s government to do something about our education system, by adding two more years in our standard high-school program. That way, there will be no reason that we will eventually be discriminated because of our credentials.

I personally get jealous over those youngsters whom I consider the real “lucky” ones who had the opportunity to become world-class and internationally-recognized professionals in the future. As they say, the youth of today, are the leaders of tomorrow. We reap what we sow, and if we sow enough competitive individuals for today, we will reap the same progress of our country in the near future.

Another issue that lies beneath the K-12 implementation is its costs. Some schools, especially the small private institutions, are having a hard time adapting to the new curriculum that they are not able to cope up easily especially in building new structures to be used for the additional years and for the additional students. Not only that, a few more years means a lot more bills, and some parents and benefactors will be carrying this financial burden. They only think of how much they could spend not the benefits and advantages that would serve their children. Money is just money compared to the progress that our children will benefit. Nevertheless, our government is doing its best to help the senior-high students by giving them subsidy for their tuitions and other expenses.

As my Professor said, transition is only hard in the beginning, soon it will be stable and everyone will see how much progress we had achieved. The call for action should not be delayed, for the time wasted will never be regained. There is no better time than now!