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Mother Tongue – Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) is the government’s banner program for education as a salient part of the implementation of the K to 12 Basic Education Program. Its significance is underscored by the passing of Republic Act 10523, otherwise known as the “Enhanced Basic Educatiion Act of 2013.”
Feb 18, 2022 · UNESCO advocates for multilingual education based on the mother tongue from the earliest years of schooling. It shows the benefits, challenges and good practices of this approach, and how COVID-19 has impacted it.
Oct 24, 2016 · DepEd explains the benefits and implementation of MTB-MLE, which uses the mother tongue as medium of instruction in basic education. It cites research findings and testimonies of teachers who use 19 languages in MTB-MLE.
Feb 17, 2017 · This brochure explains why mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE) is essential for achieving SDG 4 and other Sustainable Development Goals. It outlines the benefits of MTB-MLE for learners and society, and provides examples and resources.
In 2009, the Department of Education (DepEd) challenged the Bilingual Education Policy by issuing an order that called for institutionalization of mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE). This order requires use of the learners‘ first language as the medium of instruction for all subject areas in pre-kindergarten through
This brochure summarises the key messages from the 4th International Conference on Language and Education, which focused on Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) in the Asia-Pacific region. It explores the role of language in improving education for minority language communities, the language rights of learners, and the place of MTB-MLE in realising other development goals.
Children, youth and adults require learning opportunities that are relevant to their lives and needs, in and through their own languages. Since SDG 4 is so foundational to the other Sustainable Development Goals, without mother tongue-based multilingual education the other 16 goals will remain unachievable. We live in a multilingual world.
