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05.2012

The Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO) conducted the training for trainers on the effective use of mother tongue in Day Care Centers on April 23 to 27, 2012 at the Model Senior Citizens Center, DSWD Compound in San Fernando Cit - the first in Region I!

Since Department Order 74 series of 2009 was issued, the inclusion of local languages has become a national policy in basic education, giving birth to Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE). Specifically, the primary mother tongue like a native, first, local, home, or vernacular language of a locality shall be used as the main medium of instruction in public elementary school, gradually transitioning to English. The implementation of MTB-MLE, which will be in full swing this year, is important for the seamless transition of pupils from the day care to the kindergarten level.