Press Release - Gatchalian: Bill discontinuing mother tongue to serve learners' best interest
Senator Win Gatchalian maintained that discontinuing mother tongue use as medium of instruction from Kindergarten to Grade 3 will serve the best interest of the country's learners and teachers. He pointed to the gaps in the implementation of the mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE), which has been in place for over a decade, as a significant factor driving the need for this policy shift.