By Butch Hernandez
In 2012, the education reform community made a couple of decisive steps in its drive toward quality education for all learners. First, the K to 12 Basic Education Cycle will now be powered by a full-blown enabling law. Equally important, through the same law, the bilingual education policy is now replaced by Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTBMLE).
Posted: January 4th, 2013 in Columns,Featured Columns,Featured Headline,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
By Butch Hernandez
Long before they begin school, children use their home language to listen to and learn from their parents and their elders and to ask questions about things they do not understand. They use this language to describe how they feel and to explain what they think, to count, play and even argue.
Posted: January 28th, 2012 in Columns,Featured Columns,Featured Headline,Inquirer Opinion | Read More »
