Mother Tongue-Based- Multilingual Education(MTB-MLE)

Mother Tongue-Based- Multilingual Education

is a formal or non-formal education in which the children’s mother tongue is used in the classroom as a bridge in learning Filipino and English.

Deped Order No 74 s. 2009

Mother Tongue-Based- Multilingual Education

Purpose: to develop appropriate cognitive and reasoning skills enabling children to separate equally in different

Kindergarten- Grade 3 :Mother TongueGrade 4-6: English and FilipinoJunior High School : primary languageSenior High School: primary language

Reasons:

 poor education outcomes, including high rates of repetition and drop-out

low rates of primary school completion lack of proficiency in the language of

instruction

12 Local Languages:

TagalogKapampanganPangasinenseIlokoBikolCebuano

Hiligaynon WarayTausug, MaguindanaoanMaranao Chabacano

July 12, 2013- DepEd added 7 Languages

 Ybanag Ivatan Sambal Aklanon Kinaray-a Yakan Surigaonon

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