MANILA: Senator Ralph Recto lauded the signing into law of the measure institutionalising the “K+12” education that would align the country with the global standards in education.
Recto said a longer learning period would keep the country at par with other countries and effectively improve the country’s quality of education.
“Our graduates would no longer be discriminated by their length of campus stay and would be measured by their talent, proficiency and world-class skills,” said Recto, one of the principal authors of the Senate version of the ‘K plus 12’ bill.
Recto noted that the signing comes in the wake of a successful mid-term elections. “This refocuses our poll-distracted lenses to give a 20-20 vision to our children’s future and to the much-needed reforms in education,” the senator said.
President Aquino has signed the bill into law yesterday.
Recto, a Liberal Party (LP) stalwart, said the signing into law of the “K plus 12” bill provides an impetus for the incoming members of the new Senate to take up reforms in education as part of their legislative agenda.
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