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Position Paper: "Filipino Subject Must Be Terminated in Tertiary Level"

This document argues that the Filipino subject should not be removed from tertiary education in the Philippines. It states that Filipino is the national language and important part of Filipino identity and culture. Removing it from college risks weakening the language and many students still struggle with reading in Filipino after high school. Research showed that 90% of students and faculty at Mindanao State University felt removing Filipino would hurt education quality. Continuing to teach Filipino in college helps improve students' knowledge of the language, culture, and history of the Philippines. Preserving Filipino in tertiary education is important for passing the language to future generations.

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Position Paper: "Filipino Subject Must Be Terminated in Tertiary Level"

This document argues that the Filipino subject should not be removed from tertiary education in the Philippines. It states that Filipino is the national language and important part of Filipino identity and culture. Removing it from college risks weakening the language and many students still struggle with reading in Filipino after high school. Research showed that 90% of students and faculty at Mindanao State University felt removing Filipino would hurt education quality. Continuing to teach Filipino in college helps improve students' knowledge of the language, culture, and history of the Philippines. Preserving Filipino in tertiary education is important for passing the language to future generations.

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MCA MONTESSORI SCHOOL

POSITION PAPER: “FILIPINO SUBJECT MUST BE


TERMINATED IN TERTIARY LEVEL”

Clamor, Shane Yvonne B.


Grade 11- Narra
Topic: Removing of Filipino subject in collegiate levels.
Country: Philippines
We all know that Filipino is the national language in the Philippines and it is necessary
for us, Filipinos, to have enough knowledge about our own national language. It
embodies the culture we have as Filipinos and is our only way to understand our fellow
Filipinos who uses different dialects they have. It has been a great talk about the issue
of eradicating the Filipino subject in collegiate level in the past few years. Removing
Filipino subject means removing less improvement for our own national language
because it is part of our identity as Filipino citizens and such we should strive to
preserve and strengthen this at all times. Removing Filipino subject in tertiary level is
not just a moral issue but it goes against our country and the integrity of our race.
Filipino is an important part of our daily lives as we use it to communicate towards other
people. Lack of importance of Filipino language can now be seen among the youth who
lacks grasp on the native language. Many educators and senators are against the issue
to exclude Filipino subject in tertiary level because it violates our Constitution. Article
XIV Sec. 6 of the Constitution states that “the Government shall take steps to initiate
and sustain the use of official communication and as language of instruction in the
educational system.” Mindanao State University conduct a research about the issue and
their faculty and students were their respondents. The study shows that ninety percent
of the respondents agreed that excluding Filipino subject is detrimental to the quality of
tertiary-level education while ten percent disagreed to this statement. This implies that
most of the respondents believe that Filipino is essential to be taught in college. Filipino
subject in elementary and high school is not enough for all the students to learn how to
use Filipino language. In fact, there are some high school students who does have a
hard time to read Filipino language. Based on research, 36.50 % of the 27,199 students
have a hard time reading Filipino context. Taking a Filipino subject in college can really
help students to improve their knowledge not just in speaking, reading and writing in
Filipino, but also to know the culture and belief behind our national language, Filipino.
Our language binds us together, let us share our thoughts with other people and most
especially it is our identity as Filipinos. Our knowledge with Filipino language is not yet
enough. We must continue to preserve and improve our national language so that our
next generations would able know the things behind “Filipino”, our culture, history, and
how our great heroes fight to have our own national language.

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