VERA FILES FACT CHECK: FALSE claim on DepEd adding ‘Grade 13’ level circulates anew
There is no announcement from the Department of Education about adding a new level to the K to 12 Basic Education program.
There is no announcement from the Department of Education about adding a new level to the K to 12 Basic Education program.
Two days after the Department of Education (DepEd) launched its revised K to 10 curriculum, a YouTube video falsely claimed that the K to 12 program has been scrapped. This is not true. The new “Matatag” curriculum decongested subjects to help students focus on foundational skills such as literacy and numeracy. Uploaded on Aug. 12, […]
Ilang Facebook (FB) pages at groups ang nagpakalat ng post na nagsasabing puwede nang dumiretso ng college ang mga grade 10 pagtapos mag-high-school dahil binasura na ang K to 12. Mali ito. Hindi inalis ng Department of Education ang K to 12 na bumubuo sa labintatlong taon ng basic education mula kinder hanggang grade 12. […]
Viral status updates circulated by several Facebook (FB) pages and groups falsely claim that Grade 10 Filipino students can now “directly attend college” after graduation as the K to 12 curriculum has been scrapped. This is false. The Department of Education’s (DepEd) K to 12 program which covers 13 years of basic education from Kindergarten […]
A video on YouTube is erroneously claiming that the Senate has passed an “immediate order” to remove the K to 12 education system. This has been debunked several times. On Feb. 9, a YouTube channel published a video that bore the false headline: “KAKAPASOK LANG GRABE! RAFFY TULFO NILUSOB ang DEPED, K-12 PROGRAM ni PNOY […]
Two days after Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte delivered the Basic Education Report (BER) 2023 on Jan. 30, a YouTube video falsely claimed that she, along with President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, abolished the K to 12 education system. The 8-minute and 35-second video posted on Feb. 1, carried the headline: “KAKAPASOK LANG GRABE! […]
Posts circulating on Facebook (FB) claim Sen. Raffy Tulfo has taken action, and with Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio, abolished the K to 12 education system. This is not true. First shared on Jan. 20, the link bore the headline: “KAKAPASOK LANG HALA KA! SEN RAFFY TULFO UMAKSYON NA K-12 PROGRAM ni PNOY […]
Several Facebook (FB) pages circulated a blog link claiming Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio has ordered the scrapping of the K to 12 education system. This is false. First posted on Jan. 14, the blog link carried the headline: “GOODNEWS! MATlNDlNG UTOS DEPED K 12 ni PNOY BUBUWAGIN PIRMADO NA (SEVERE ORDER PNOY’S […]
A fake quote card attributed to Vice President-elect Sara Duterte-Carpio made it look like she would add two more years to the existing K-12 basic education system. The fake graphic is an altered version of a quote card first published on May 15 by Iloilo City-based community paper Daily Guardian that had Duterte-Carpio saying she’s […]
There has been no new pronouncement about an additional grade level.