YESTERDAY morning’s K-to-12 Summit at the PICC (the Philippine International Convention Center) was a rare, happy assembly for teachers, students, parents and the nation. The only unhappy people were the demonstrators who were blocked by police when they tried to reach the entrance to the PICC to demand that implementation of the K-to-12 basic education system be stopped.

Someone who has not been paying attention to the news and discussions abut K-to-12 would think, from hearing the new system’s foes -- which are a convergence of Leftwingers and Rightwingers --that the implementation K-to-12 is just to begin when the new school year begins this Monday June 1.

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