IGINIIT ni Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts and Culture Chairman Sherwin Gatchalian na panahon na upang amyendahan ang Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013 o ang K to 12 Law sa gitna ng dinaranas na learning crisis sa bansa.

“The governing law of our basic education system, the K to 12 Law was originally packaged as a necessary reform to address the deficiencies of the previous ten-grade curriculum and restructure the country’s education goals in line with the development of 21st century competencies,” pahayag ni Gatchalian.

Gayunman, walong taon matapos maisabatas ang K to 12 program, sinabi ni Gatchalian na mistulang hindi nito natutugunan ang mga pangangailangan upang mapataas ang kalidad ng edukasyon.

“I have often called for a thorough review of the K to 12 Program. At this point, however, considering the perennial character of our education crisis, we need to go past merely reviewing the program,” diin ni Gatchalian.

“We will need to evaluate the efficacy of the spiral progression and mother tongue policies in their present forms, the congestion of the curriculum, and other issues in the law,” dagdag pa ng senador.

Ipinaalala pa ng mambabatas na ang kabiguan ng Estado na makapagbigay ng dekalidad na edukasyon ay maituturing na ‘disloyalty, decay at slavery’.