Following the launch of the revised curriculum, advocacy group Tanggol Wika expressed concern over the removal of the separate Mother Tongue subject in Grades 1 to 3 and of Filipino in Grade 1.

Like in Grade 1, Grade 2 students will also have five subjects, but the Language and Reading and Literacy in the previous grade level will be replaced with English and Filipino. Grade 3 students ...

MANILA, Philippines — In a Pulse Asia survey commissioned by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, the local language in an area was found to be the least preferred medium of instruction for students in ...

A bill that discontinued the use of “mother tongue” as the medium of instruction from kindergarten to Grade 3 lapsed into law ...

(CBC) A Filipino bilingual elementary school program ... and 15 students are already signed up for kindergarten and Grade 1. Winnipeg is home to more than 76,000 people of Filipino descent ...

Mitzy Dimaculangan, a Grade 11 student at Holy Trinity Catholic High School, enrolled in her school's Filipino language and culture class to reconnect with her heritage. (Nicholas Frew/CBC ...