SO the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education Policy of 2012 has been scrapped, leaving its advocates angry and disappointed. It is obviously a setback for the development and maintenance of Philippine languages.
However, instead of wallowing in misery, it is best that we move forward and find ways to still be able to develop and maintain our languages.Even though the policy has been repealed, there is room left for mother tongues to be taught. This would have to be in places where there is a common mother tongue among schoolchildren and that mother tongue has adequate resources for teaching.
There were also a number of instances when the guidelines on how it would be implemented or interpreted left people at the grassroots with a number of questions if not challenges. Let this first attempt at mother tongue education be a learning experience for the Philippines as a multilingual country to refine further its language-in-education policies, policies that are cognizant of its multilingual realities, socioeconomic situations and visions for the future.
Proposed Actions In Relation To Mother Tongue Education
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Bill ceasing mother tongue as medium of instruction in K-3 lapses into lawRepublic Act No. 12027 reverts the medium of instruction to Filipino and, until otherwise provided by law, English
Read more »
Bill ceasing use of mother tongue for kinder to Grade 3 lapses into lawLatest Philippine news from GMA News and 24 Oras. News, weather updates and livestreaming on Philippine politics, regions, showbiz, lifestyle, science and tech.
Read more »
RA 12027 discontinues use of mother tongue from Kinder to Grade 3SunStar Publishing Inc.
Read more »
Law removes ‘mother tongue’ use in kinder to Grade 3A proposed measure removing the “mother tongue” instruction in kindergarten to Grade 3 lapsed into law on Oct. 10. Republic Act 12027 or the Act
Read more »
Philippines Ends Use of Mother Tongue in Early EducationThe Philippines has enacted Republic Act (RA) 12027, officially ending the use of the mother tongue as the medium of instruction for students in Kindergarten to Grade 3. The shift reverts to Filipino and English, as mandated by the 1987 Constitution, raising questions about the impact on young learners.
Read more »
Law removing mother tongue in K-3 to improve education quality — RomuloLatest Philippine news from GMA News and 24 Oras. News, weather updates and livestreaming on Philippine politics, regions, showbiz, lifestyle, science and tech.
Read more »