ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro on Thursday reiterated her support for the review of the Enhanced Basic Education Act or the K to 12 law.

Castro said a review will look into the roots of the various concerns, including the inadequate salaries of teachers and other education personnel, the chronic underfunding for the requirements of basic education and quality of education.

“The K to 12 program has brought with it countless number of problems with shortages in facilities, learning materials, and lacks support for adequate salaries and benefits for teachers and non-teaching personnel which ultimately compromises the quality of education the students receive,” Castro said.

“Teachers, students, education support personnel, and the parents experience first-hand the effects of the shortages, under-funding, and low salaries brought by the implementation of the K to 12 program, their clamor should be heard,” she added.

The lawmaker lamented that the K to 12 program did not enhance the curriculum of basic education.

“We should also remember that the removal of Philippine History as a separate subject in high school and the removal of the Filipino language and Filipino literature in tertiary education as required units as a result of the implementation of the K to 12 program. Moves in the policies for education that would worsen the education crisis in the country,” she said.

“Ang K to 12 review na ito ay hindi dapat magreresulta sa pagdadagdag na naman ng taon para sa mandatory military service sa basic education,” she said.