FACT CHECK: NO DepEd directive for optional senior high school
A Facebook post claims DepEd has announced that senior high school will be optional starting next school year. This is false.
Tag Archives: k-12
FACT CHECK: DepEd’s order continuing voucher program for Grade 11 students in SUCs, LUCs for SY 2023-2024 needs context
Six months after stopping the issuance of vouchers for Grade 11 students enrolled in state and local universities and colleges for the current school year ending in June 2024, the Department of Education ordered that it be continued.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Order ng DepEd na ipagpatuloy ang voucher program para sa Grade 11 students sa SUCs, LUCs para sa SY 2023-2024 nangangailangan ng konteksto
Noong Hulyo 2023, naglabas ng memorandum ang DepEd na nagsasabi sa mga SUC at LUC na ang mga benepisyaryo ng Grade 11 voucher program ay hindi na tatanggapin mula sa kanilang mga paaralan simula school year 2023-2024, kasunod ng paglipas ng 2015 agreement sa Commission on Higher Education na nagpapahintulot sa SUCs at LUCs na mag-alok ng senior high school upang tumulong sa pagtugon sa mga isyu sa kapasidad ng DepEd.
FACT SHEET: Why is the senior high school program discontinued in local, state universities and colleges?
CHED said there is still a possibility to allow SUCs and LUCs to continue offering the SHS program after a thorough study has been done.
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Bakit itinigil ang senior high school program sa mga local, state university at kolehiyo?
Sinabi ng CHED na mayroon pa ring posibilidad na payagan ang mga SUC at LUC na ipagpatuloy ang SHS program pagkatapos ng masusing pag-aaral.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FB video NEEDS CONTEXT, K-12 not abolished
A video on Facebook talks about the “sudden” CHED memorandum on halting the admission of senior high school students. This needs context.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Claim that Sara Duterte will abolish K to 12 FALSE
Untrue. Sara Duterte-Carpio did not say she wanted the K to 12 system abolished but is inclined to conduct a review of its implementation.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Sara Duterte quote on K to 14 and ROTC FAKE
Sara Duterte-Carpio never said anything about adding two more years to the K-12 program or implementing a K14+ education system.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Robredo quote card saying K to 12 needs two more years is FAKE
The statement in the rehashed graphic is just one of the many fake quotes attributed to Robredo, some of them created to mock her intelligence.
K-12 to use sign language as mother tongue for deaf
By MIKHAIL FRANZ E. FLORES Now that the K to 12 system of education is being enforced in the country and native languages have begun to be used as medium of instruction from kindergarten to Grade 3, deaf children will also get the chance to use their mother tongue: sign language.