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Why did Mother Tongue Based-Multilingual Education fail?

Edilberto de Jesus Did DepEd pursue an unsound strategy in mandating the use of the mother tongue as the language of instruction (LOI) from Grades K-3? Mother Tongue Based-Multilingual Education (MTBMLE) has not produced the expected improvement in children’s literacy…
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DepEd grants senior high school permit to APC

The APC school recently obtained permit for its senior high school program from the Department of Education (DepEd). The senior high school program offers the Technical Vocational track in the following areas: Home Economics (Dressmaking NC II, Tailoring NC II, Handicraft…
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Valuing local languages and cultural knowledge

By Jenny Lynn Lee Two Department of Education (DepED) Orders in recent years are encouraging developments for Philippine education. One is DepED Order No 74, s. 2009, which institutionalized mother tongue-based multilingual education and the other is DepED Order No…
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