Education For All & k to 12 program presentation

Research

1. FOUNDATION OF SPECIAL AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION 2

2. Objectives In the end of this lesson, the students will be able to; Understand the Education for All (EFA) and K to 12 Inclusion Policy. Determine the purpose of Education for All and K to 12 Inclusion Policy. Evaluate the importance of Education for All and K to 12 Inclusion Policy in real-life situations.

3. EDUCATION FOR ALL (EFA) & K TO 12 INCLUSION POLICY Lesson 3 : Historical / Sociological

4. What is Education means for society? Education is the basic building block of every society. It is the single best investment countries can make to build prosperous, healthy and equitable societies. Article 26 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that “Everyone has the right to education.” Today however, 57 million children remain out of school. Education is not only a right, but a passport to human development that opens doors and expands opportunities and freedoms.

5. What is Education For All? The Education for All movement is a global commitment to provide quality basic education for all children, youth and adults.

6. Where Education For All originally come from? The movement was launched at the World Conference on Education for All in 1990 by UNESCO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF and the World Bank. Participants endorsed an 'expanded vision of learning' and pledged to universalize primary education and massively reduce illiteracy by the end of the decade 2005-2015. Ten years later, with many countries far from having reached this goal, the international community met again in Dakar, Senegal, and affirmed their commitment to achieving Education for All.

7. Six Goals of Education for All (2015) Goal 1: Expand early childhood care and education Goal 2: Provide free and compulsory primary education for all Goal 3: Promote learning and life skills for young people and adults Goal 4: Increase adult literacy by 50 percent Goal 5: Achieve gender parity by 2005, gender equality by 2015 Goal 6: Improve the quality of education

8. Why is Education For All important? To ensure equal chances for every individual, there is need for education. Education drives economic growth and productivity; it powers the economy. Education enables people to make choices with information. When people are educated, they find better jobs that break the poverty cycle.

9. Why is Education For All important? Through education, people come to know each other and this makes societies less prejudiced. People who have been educated tend to be healthier than those who haven’t been. So as to promote peace it tries to deal with deep rooted social inequalities and build up mutual understanding through dialogues.

10. What is K to 12 Inclusion Policy? The K to 12 curriculum in the Philippines covers Kindergarten and 12 years of basic education. The program aims to provide sufficient time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education, middle-level skills development, employment, and entrepreneurship.

11. Why is K to 12 importance? Preparedness for tertiary learning Readiness to join the workforce Skill competency in the global job market K-12 system aims to improve Filipino students’ mathematical, scientific, and linguistic competence