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To The First Batch of Graduates of Senior High School and To The Succeeding College Students

This document discusses the benefits of removing Filipino subjects from the college general education curriculum in the Philippines. It argues that this change will: 1) Allow students to focus more on major subjects by reducing overall units since Filipino topics were already covered in senior high school. This addresses concerns that the first graduates under the K-12 system were "starting from zero" in college. 2) Benefit parents by lowering costs from fewer required units. 3) Potentially benefit teachers by creating more opportunities, though this point is not fully explained. 4) Benefit schools by encouraging more students to pursue college degrees due to lower unit requirements and financial burden. 5) Benefit the economy

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To The First Batch of Graduates of Senior High School and To The Succeeding College Students

This document discusses the benefits of removing Filipino subjects from the college general education curriculum in the Philippines. It argues that this change will: 1) Allow students to focus more on major subjects by reducing overall units since Filipino topics were already covered in senior high school. This addresses concerns that the first graduates under the K-12 system were "starting from zero" in college. 2) Benefit parents by lowering costs from fewer required units. 3) Potentially benefit teachers by creating more opportunities, though this point is not fully explained. 4) Benefit schools by encouraging more students to pursue college degrees due to lower unit requirements and financial burden. 5) Benefit the economy

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Beneficiality

It is an inevitable fact as Filipino citizens that many of us were surprised, if not shookt, when we first
heard about the proposed Memorandum Order issued by the CHED and its preliminary effects on the
general curriculum education for college students. Mixed reactions obtained from various levels. Others
agree while others are strongly not. As a matter of fact, sometime on the year 2014, “Alyansa ng mga
Tagapagtanggol ng Wikang Filipino” (TANGGOL WIKA) was born. Written in several news articles,
TANGGOL WIKA says that by the advent of this particular CHED issuance, it will potentially displace
around 10,000 teachers; that by deleting Filipino subject in the new GEC for college students, there will
be erosion of culture or collective identity as Filipinos, or one’s sense of nationalism; that by virtue of
these changes also, the government through its executing arm CHED has put Filipino secondary to other
languages, like English. Therefore, it jeopardized Filipino being the official and national language of the
country. And so on and so forth.

We, the affirmative side, are not blind about these predicaments. We understand and we recognize the
“fear” that these advocates including the opopsition side have for the changes. However, this fear, no
matter how rational it may seem, has to be placed in proper perspective or within the parameters of the
current status of the educational system in the Philippines in line with the applicable constitutional
provisions and primary objective of the subject memorandum. Citizens of the Republic of the
Philippines, including all our listeners in this moot court, must realize that this came about because of
the need to rationalize the curriculum following the adoption of the K12 program. CMO No. 20 gives
purpose and more life to RA No. ______

My colleague has already discussed that removing filipino subject as a college core subject is necessary
becaseu ________________. Now I would be discussing on the beneficiality of such propoasal.

Why is it beneficial to remove filipino subject? Who will it benefit?

To the first batch of graduates of senior high school and to the succeeding college students

again, CHED removed only those subjects that duplicated in Grades 11 and 12. This will show that senior
high school is not just “a waste of time”. By the time they graduate and decide to pursue college, the
basic education will be useless if those same subjects will be tackled again in college. The students who
are experiencing this might think they wasted two years in their lives, considering the “back to zero”
system when they go to college. (copy paste ito na part) Removing Filipino subjects in college
curriculum would allow students to take up the complex subjects more seriously. Why? Becaue of the
reduced units, students will be able to ahve more time to learn the major subjects, particularly those
specified subjects in their chosen courses.

To the parents of the said students

of course, lesser units mean lesser finances on the part of the parents of these students.
To the teachers

Aside from the parents and students, removing Filipino subjects may benefit our teachers.? (isali pa to…)

To the schools

Let it be emphasized that college has “back to zero” system. Students especially those who are
financially burdened may consider not going to college anymore and instead find a job after they
graduate in senior high school. Now, if college unit will be lessened, then more students will consider
pursuing a college degree. And this in itself is beneficial to the school.

To the country’s economy

When filipino subjects are excluded in college curriculum, more foreign students will enroll to Philippine
colleges. As a result, the country will have more migrates, leading to more income. Also, more foregin
schools in the country would be established. (copy paste lang)

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