HINIMOK ni Senador Sherwin Gatchalian ang gobyerno na magsilbing halimbawa sa iba pang kumpanya at korporasyon sa pag-hire ng K-12 graduates upang matupad ang pangako ng Enhanced Basic Education System.

Partikular na nanawagan si Gatchalian sa Civil Service Commission na pag-aralan ang pagbuo ng mga posisyon para sa K-12 graduates.

“Government is guilty of that (sa hindi paghire ng K-12 graduates). If you look at the government requirements, we don’t have a position for K to 12 graduates now even us in the government. So the Civil Service Commission should look at that angle because we mandated our constituents to finish K-12. But the government will not hire Kto 12. So there’s a big disconnect,” saad ni Gatchalian.

“Government should lead by example to remedy that. And then second, we cannot force businesses also to hire K-12 graduates if they feel they are inadequate,” dagdag nito.

Iginiit ng mambabatas na dapat ding tiyakin ng gobyerno na nabibigyan ng sapat na kakayahan at kaalaman ang mga K-12 graduates.

“In the two years of senior high school there’s TechVoc. But the TechVoc is not in line with industry needs, the demand. And also the training is also inadequate. So we need to fix that,” diin ni Gatchalian.

Binigyang-diin nito ang pangangailangan na rebisahin ang Senior High School curriculum upang matiyak na ang mga estudyante ay naihahanda sa employment o sa kolehiyo.

“We look at that and we look at the techvoc track. We look at the academic track, we strengthen it. We also include industry to make sure that industry has a say in what skills they are giving or training our senior high school so. I mean many things, but let’s focus also on senior high school because that’s the two years that we added,” dagdag ng senador. (DANG SAMSON-GARCIA)