running the country, the Philippines has the potential to become a developed country. One issue that is affecting the country's progress towards development is education. The Philippines is the only Asian nation in the world that has adopted the 10-year cycle of basic education. The Department of Education was pushing for the implementation of the K-12 program to finally go into effect in the Philippines. 70% of the country's unemployed citizens are high school graduates. To improve the education of the Philippine population, President Benigno Aquino formally signed the law expanding the basic educational curriculum in the country (Al Nisr Publishing LLC). The president signed the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2012, or the K to 12 Basic Education Program, a program that took at least five years to finally implement (Al Nisr Publishing LLC). Aquino believes that the K-12 program will pave the way for a better future for Filipino youth by providing them with a basic education that is up to international standards. Another issue that affects the country's progress towards becoming a developed country is natural disasters within the country. The most recent typhoon to make landfall in the Philippines, Typhoon Haiyan, is said to have killed more than 10,000 people. However, there have been other natural disasters that have left astonishing devastation in the Philippines. In the last ten years, at least ten other natural disasters have occurred which have left a high number of victims. For example, on December 3, 2012, Typhoon Bopha made landfall on the main southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines. The region recorded around 1,900 dead or missing. Another example of this occurred on February 17, 2006, when an e...... paper half ......r in the Philippines, but sea levels also rose half an inch in the last ten or twenty years, faster than the world average (The Washington Post). In 2009, some of the world's developed countries pledged $30 billion in climate aid, a figure expected to increase over time. However, a recent Oxfam report found that most developed countries have yet to make any concrete plans to follow (The Washington Post). Another problem in the Philippines is malnutrition and hunger. Malnutrition among children has not changed much in the past 10 years, making it very unlikely that the country will achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of eliminating poverty and extreme hunger by 2015 (Inquirer). Families that do not meet 100% of their food energy needs have even increased from 57% of the population in 2003 to 66.9% in 2008, according to the survey (Inquirer).