PRIVATE schools on Thursday turned down a proposal of Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th to suspend  implementation of the government’s Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-to-12) basic education program.

Trillanes earlier urged the government to defer the implementation of the K-to-12 program, citing problems that continue to hound the country’s education system such as  lack of classrooms and school materials, high student-teacher ratio and low salary of teachers.

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