A Proposal: A Change of Policy on MTB-MLE
MTB-MLE Policy should be implemented in all schools in the country. However, the mother tongue/ first language to be used as a medium of instruction in schools within urban areas should be the national language which is Filipino.
This policy is proposed based on the following considerations:
The residents of rural areas are mostly living in those places within a long period of time; while the residents of urban areas can possibly not living within those places for a long period of time, or have moved to those places from other towns or regions in the country, e.g. a child who was born in Pampanga moved together with his family in La Union.
There is certainty of language/ dialect used in rural places; while there is confusion as to what language/ dialect is used in urban areas, e.g. a pupil speaks Iloko at home, but talks to his friends in Filipino because his friends used to speaking Filipino at home.
Most teachers who teach in rural areas are residents of those places; while most teachers who are assigned in urban areas come from various parts of the country, e.g. a teacher who came from a barrio decided to apply in a school in the City.
It is easier to master a dialect/ first language when there is only a few variation of the language as observed in rural places; than to master a dialect/ first language which has many variations as observed in urban areas, e.g. the Iloko dialect of someone who lives in San Fernando City, L.U. differs from someone who came from Laoag, I.N. who prefers studying in a school in S.F.C.
The considerations for this proposal are based on observations. They may be affirmed or negated, but they can be taken into account as bases for the approval of this change in the present policy in the country’s educational system.
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