“There is no need to teach it (mother tongue) to the children because this is already their everyday language in the school and community and family. So the assumption there is they understand it already before it is taught to them.'
Department of Education official“We intend to abandon the mother tongue as a subject, which is a separate learning area in the curriculum. And we will simply use the mother tongue, which is already the vernacular of the community, neighbors, and family, as part of the medium of instruction.
Dropping the subject, Densing said would free up 50 minutes of teaching the mother tongue to learners. The time will instead be “reallocated” to the national reading and math programs. According to a World Bank report released in 2022, the Philippines scored the highest percentage of learning poverty in East Asia and the Pacific region. The learning poverty rate in the country is 91%, while the learning deprivation rate is 90%.Public support
DepEd’s plan to scrap the Mother Tongue as a subject was welcomed by many Filipinos who see the need to prioritize other subjects. “Dapat ang tinuturo ay yung magagamit pagdating sa work or business. Ang tagalog matutunan mo yan kahit ‘di pag aralan. Dapat focus more on english subject kasi andyan ang needs ng companies. Tangalin na dapat yan mga walang kwentang subjects na yan ‘di namn nagagamit sa work,” a Facebook user“Remove Filipino altogether. English brings in money. No offense, but our language has become trivial,” an online user“Okay lang na wala nang subject na mother tongue.They speak that at home.
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