Why use the national language or Filipino in school?
The Philippines is a multilingual and multicultural nation with some 170 languages. A national language is a powerful resource for inter-ethnic dialogue, political unity, and national identity. 9. What is the stand of our education authorities and the new administration of President Aquino regarding MTBMLE? On July 14, 2009, the Department of Education through Department Order No. 74 changed its fundamental education policy from the old “bilingual” set-up (of using two L2s) to an MTBMLE one. President Noynoy Aquino has wisely included the rationalization of the medium of instruction in his ten-point agenda for education. According to him, we should learn English to connect ourselves to the world, Filipino to connect ourselves to our country and our mother tongue to connect ourselves to our heritage. 10. Will the use of the local and regional languages be detrimental to building one nation? No, it won’t. On the contrary, it is the suppression of local languages that may lead to violent
