Press Release - Senator Joel Villanueva: Explanation of Vote - Senate Bill 2457: Mother-Tongue Bill

Mr. President:

Magandang hapon sa ating lahat.

To reiterate the words of the late Senator Ed Angara when he sponsored the K to 12 Program in the 15th Congress: "Adeptness to language begins with one's mother tongue and provides the strong base for acquiring knowledge, skills, and competencies across all other learning areas."

Nagpapasalamat po tayo sa ating Chairperson, Senator Win Gatchalian, sa pagtanggap ng ating mga amendments.

Through language mapping, we will be able to cluster together our students in the same grade level and with a common language into "monolingual classes" to ensure that our MTB-MLE will be more effective.

Ang kagalingan sa wika ay nagsisimula sa paggamit ng sariling wika at nagbibigay ng matibay na pundasyon para sa pagkuha ng kaalaman, kasanayan, at kakayahan sa lahat ng iba pang larangan ng pag-aaral, kung kaya importanteng parte ng K-to-12 Curriculum ang Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education.

Maraming salamat po Ginoong Pangulo at pagpalain tayong lahat ng Diyos.