yeah it started this school year I heard..also another thing, teachers now are told by DepEd (Department of Education) to teach all the subjects in the local dialect (not in English whether it's Math or Science) from kinder to 3rd grade...they said it's so that the students would learn it better..I don't think that's a good idea.. I'm not sure if it's just in public schools or even in private schools. They are just expecting kids these days are incompetent. I remember I can clearly understand the lessons taught to me even at Kindergarten. I don't know..it's not a good move in my view..but the K12 system looks promising to me..