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Removal of 'Mother Tongue Education,' a Threat to Indigenous Languages

Summary by varsitarian.net
THE REMOVAL of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) in schools is one of the threats to the disappearance of indigenous languages in the Philippines. Based on a report released by the Commission on the Filipino Language (KWF), an estimated 32 of the 135 indigenous languages in the country are at risk of disappearing. But in October 2024, Republic Act (RA) 12027 or the “Act of Discontinuing the Use of the Mother Tongue as Medium o…
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THE REMOVAL of Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) in schools is one of the threats to the disappearance of indigenous languages in the Philippines. Based on a report released by the Commission on the Filipino Language (KWF), an estimated 32 of the 135 indigenous languages in the country are at risk of disappearing. But in October 2024, Republic Act (RA) 12027 or the “Act of Discontinuing the Use of the Mother Tongue as Medium o…

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varsitarian.net broke the news in on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
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