Some college courses to be cut by 1 year under new curriculum

[Ronzkie23]

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Some college courses to be cut by 1 year under new curriculum

By Helen Flores, The Philippine Star
Posted at 04/01/2013 7:20 AM | Updated as of 04/01/2013 7:20 AM

MANILA, Philippines - A number of four-year college courses will be reduced by one year once the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) implements the revised General Education Curriculum of baccalaureate programs.
CHED chair Patricia Licuanan said that the Commission’s Technical Panel on General Education (TPGE) approved proposals to reduce the General Education curriculum from two years to one year in line with the implementation of the K to 12 program.
“The GE curriculum has been reduced in half. From two years it has become the equivalent of one year. Yes, it’s approved already. I’m not sure if the CMO (CHED Memorandum Order) is out,” Licuanan said.
The General Education Curriculum would be reduced because the general subjects taught in the first two years in college would be taught to senior high school students in the K to 12 program, which would be fully implemented in 2016.
The K to 12 program adds two more years to the current 10-year basic education program. It introduces pre-college levels of junior and senior high school.
Licuanan said the technical panel and committees representing various disciplines have discussed what to do with their respective curricula.
“I personally say that there are some courses that could be three years,” Licuanan said, adding that the technical panel is likely to come up with the decision by middle of school year 2013-2014.
“We have the list of common subjects. A number of them are new courses in the sense that they are more interdisciplinary. We are not just choosing from the existing ones,” she said.
“For some things it doesn’t need to be a four-year college course. There are many things, many skills that can be developed through shorter programs for middle level skills training in TESDA (Technical Education and Skills Development Authority) for instance,” the CHED chief added.

Source: Some college courses to be cut by 1 year under new curriculum | ABS-CBN News

- Guys, what can you say about this?Any Opinion Pros and Cons??

[balipseyev]

Mugamay na ang ma kwarta sa mga colleges ani...

[mindtrickz]

ok ra basta nice gihapon ang quality sa students

[mybuuz]

ang damgo nako nga mawala na ang mga minor subjects matuman na.
pero unta mapuslan nato ang mga skilled graduates, dili lang degree graduates gyud.
ang ending ani mang-abroad napud.

[lstorya]

This is somewhat of a good news to students and parents alike, I mean, of course mugamay ang gasto diba, and medyo ma lessen ang stress sa students. I'm sure though dili ganahan ang ubang schools ani kay mugamay ang kita, but correct me if I'm wrong with that kay thats juz my presumption. Ako lang kahadlukan ani kay ang quality sa education, I hope shortening the timespan doesn't sacrifice the quality of the education recieved.

[Ronzkie23]

This is somewhat of a good news to students and parents alike, I mean, of course mugamay ang gasto diba, and medyo ma lessen ang stress sa students. I'm sure though dili ganahan ang ubang schools ani kay mugamay ang kita, but correct me if I'm wrong with that kay thats juz my presumption. Ako lang kahadlukan ani kay ang quality sa education, I hope shortening the timespan doesn't sacrifice the quality of the education recieved.

mao sad ni ako gikabalak-an boss specially kato naa'y plan mo abroad ba unya dili madawat sa ila mga employer tungod kay wala ka pasar sa standar education requirements nila dd2 tungod ani pagbag-o sa education system nato.

[dbalagosa]

ok raman ni i three years ang current four-year course bah, basta naa pud one-year na OJT after the three-year study.

[kit_cebu]

good news why?
- lessen the burden of parents
- lessen the burden of students
- money-wise sa government, lessen ang gasto/ipagawas kwarta

why lessen?
- there is NO 100% guarantee of a job RIGHT after college
- there is NO guarantee you'll end up the career you studied in college
- mcdonald's only accepts below ages below 30...

[SioDenz]

so same ra ghapon ang number of years sa pag skwela from elem to college Pero makatipid kay mas makabarato man ug isa ka tuig tungha sa college. imbis sa University ans isa ka tuig, sa Govt high school na which is barato.

[Scott Bernard]

advantage ni sa mga ganahan mag second course.