WITH new Education Secretary Sonny Angara, we will expect a review of the various planned reforms particularly on the K-12 basic education system. The K-12 had to be adopted as our act of internationalization — internationalization being understood as a reaction to globalization. But first, could we know the origins of K-12 so we can understand why it is part of a reaction to globalization? A common reference framework of national education systems that connects countries' education systems led to an education world system made possible via the Bologna Accord and Bologna Process.

Globalization and internationalization of education. Through the World Wide Web, we are enabled to conquer time and distance, bringing about globalization. There is an increasing likelihood of students desiring to study in offshore countries other than on their own. There is an obvious need to introduce a system not to make education systems the same, but to connect education systems worldwide. This system would make it possible for students enrolled in foreign education systems to enable their respective countries to have their education systems equivalent to the level of education within an accepted worldwide system. This being so, profit and nonprofit organizations award scholarships for study and/or training in countries offshores.