THE K to 12 curriculum, which made Philippine education at par with other countries, is a legacy of the late former President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III, the Department of Education said.

DEPED-Antique Division School Governance and Operations Division chief Evelyn Remo said that the implementation of K to 12 program helped Filipinos who had to move abroad.

“Before the implementation of the K to 12 program, Filipinos were still required to study further in their host country because our curriculum then was only for 10 years,” she explained.

Under K to 12, two years were added to basic education with the introduction of junior and senior high school.

“The Kindergarten Education Act made mandatory the kindergarten and it strengthened the Early Childhood Education,” Remo said.

“There were also school buildings that were constructed for the senior high school students,” she added.

The provincial government of Antique honored the former president who died on Thursday by lowering the flag at the provincial capitol at half-mast.