http://igorotblogger.com/2006/09/hey-look-your-congressman-is-working.html A news and information blog on the Igorots/iCordilleras Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:38:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://igorotblogger.com/2006/09/hey-look-your-congressman-is-working.html#comment-4803 yofs Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:21:23 +0000 http://igorotblogger.com/?p=58#comment-4803 Valenzuela Congressman Gunigundo has also filed a bill on Mother Tongue based Multilingual Education(MTBMLE) where the child's mother tongue are to be used in teaching kinder to grade three...and he is still fighting for it in the lower house. i hope it gets approved. i am happy to know that Congressman Domogan is a supporter of that bill. he must be if he has a similar bill. maybe they are co-authors??...the MTBMLE program has started this school year 2011-2012 already in chosen pilot schools in the entire country...the pilot schools for ibaloi classes are in kabayan (3 schools?)..for kankanaey, 3 or 4? schools in buguias and in mankayan, i believe, and upland ilokano, one school in sablan....it is expected of course that the ALL kindergarten classes have started using the mother tongue already.. the program is being implemented under the DepEd order 74 but not under any laws yet...so i hope Gunigundo's bill gets passed because it is being opposed by Cebu's congressman with his bill on english only medium of instruction... a school in Lubuagan, kalinga has been practicing MTBMLE for years now and they show proofs of successes in their students' academic performance so most MTBMLE teachers and UP students go there often to observe classes...YES to MTBMLE!!!! :) Valenzuela Congressman Gunigundo has also filed a bill on Mother Tongue based Multilingual Education(MTBMLE) where the child’s mother tongue are to be used in teaching kinder to grade three…and he is still fighting for it in the lower house. i hope it gets approved. i am happy to know that Congressman Domogan is a supporter of that bill. he must be if he has a similar bill. maybe they are co-authors??…the MTBMLE program has started this school year 2011-2012 already in chosen pilot schools in the entire country…the pilot schools for ibaloi classes are in kabayan (3 schools?)..for kankanaey, 3 or 4? schools in buguias and in mankayan, i believe, and upland ilokano, one school in sablan….it is expected of course that the ALL kindergarten classes have started using the mother tongue already.. the program is being implemented under the DepEd order 74 but not under any laws yet…so i hope Gunigundo’s bill gets passed because it is being opposed by Cebu’s congressman with his bill on english only medium of instruction… a school in Lubuagan, kalinga has been practicing MTBMLE for years now and they show proofs of successes in their students’ academic performance so most MTBMLE teachers and UP students go there often to observe classes…YES to MTBMLE!!!!

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