Maritime
The Standards of Training and
Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW)
convention code will be used as a basis
for developing the curriculum for the
maritime specialization.
standards of the maritime industry.
Recall that critics of K to 12 want the
program suspended because of its labor
implications on college workers, among
other concerns. However, the Supreme
Court had dismissed the petitions thus
paving the way for its implementation this
coming June.
The decision allowed the Department of
Education and stakeholders to focus on the
urgent remaining tasks for the opening of
Grade 11 by June this school year.
Luistro urged the petitioners and others
concerned about the program "to work with
us even more closely so we can address any
remaining challenges."
In a related development, Kabataan party
list said the SC decision will impact even on
future generations of Filipino school children
who will "bear the brunt" of two more years
of high school "under a labor-export and
profit-oriented framework."
It also said the K to 12 law program poses
additional burdens, both on the part of the
government and the families of students.
Two more years of education is tantamount
to two more years of torture. This, in essence,
is what the SC allowed in its decision to
dismiss the petitions.
For MARINA Administrator Max Mejia Jr.: “We thank DepEd for
their support and cooperation for the maritime SHS program.
Thru the program, we will be able to show that the Philippines is
able to provide or offer highly competent, well-trained and highly
qualified Filipino seafarers, who are ready for employment upon
graduating from high school.”
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