Senate approves bill discontinuing mother tongue as medium of instruction

By Javier Joe Ismael

Jul 24, 2024 12:40 pm

The Senate approved on Tuesday, July 23, a measure which seeks to discontinue the use of mother tongue as medium of instruction in Kindergarten to Grade 3.

Senate Bill (SB) 2457 provides the optional implementation of monolingual classes, reverting the medium of instruction to Filipino and English.

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