Last Sept. 13, the House of Representatives committee on basic education and culture deliberated on the suspension of the implementation of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE). If ...

CEBU, Philippines — The Department of Education in Central Visayas (DepEd-7) welcomes the passage of a new law that discontinues the mandatory use of the mother tongue in multi-lingual classes from ...

The passage of Republic Act No. 10533 in 2013, requiring the use of mother tongue as medium of instruction from Kindergarten to Grade 3 and even up to Grade 6 was a cause for celebration. It aligned ...

THE news that the new legislation has been passed reversing an existing part of the K-12 education reform measure caught my attention. RA 12027, or an Act Discontinuing the Use of the Mother Tongue as ...

The Asia-Pacific region has made significant progress in expanding learning opportunities for all. Despite this progress and a rapid growth of research and evidence on the benefits of mother ...

'As it provides opportunities for Indigenous learners to freely speak and learn the language that reflects their own community, MTB-MLE provides for developed self-identity and increased self-esteem, ...

In October 2024, the Philippine government, in its management of a linguistically rich and culturally diverse population, decided to make the then-existing Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education ...

Bhubaneswar: Unesco has appreciated the state’s approach towards strengthening tribal education by adopting mother tongue-based learning for schoolchildren.It recently released its State of the ...

Citing the lack of studies on the use of mother tongue-based education in a multilingual setting prior to the policy's implementation, Senator Win Gatchalian described the Mother Tongue-Based ...