THE militant student group League of Filipino Students (LFS) on Monday urged anew the Aquino administration to immediately stop the K to 12 program and confer the graduation of Grade 10 students in March 2016.
Citing data from the Department of Education (DepEd), LFS national spokesperson Charisse Bañez said that at least 2 million Grade 10 (4th year) students will not graduate from high school next year due to the full implementation of K to 12.
President Aquino’s flagship education, or the K to 12 program, will add two years of senior high school (Grades 11 and 12) to basic education.
“President Aquino should not bar millions of young Filipinos from entering college and deprive them of their right to tertiary education and a shot at a better future,” Bañez added.
Following the implementation of the K to 12 program, Bañez said that the number of high-school students who took the University of the Philippines College Admission Test (UPCAT) last Monday plunged to 6,000 from 87,000 in 2014.
“UPCAT is done. Most of the country’s top universities and colleges would have finished their admission tests before the year ends,” she said.