INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF

KINDERGARTEN AND MOTHER

TONGUE-BASED MULTILINGUAL
EDUCATION

REPORTED BY: MARLYN Y. POLOYAPOY BEED III

 INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF
KINDERGARTEN
• General kindergarten program refers to the 10-month
program provided to children who are at least five
years old in regular elementary schools using thematic
and integrative curriculum to ensure the development
of foundational skills among children to prepare them
for Grade 1 (DepEd 2012).
• Prior to the implementation of the K-12 curriculum in the
Philippines, kindergarten is optional to parents. By virtue of RA
8672 otherwise known as the “ Barangay-Level Total
Protection of Children Aact of 1990,” has mandated the local
government units in coordination with the Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD) to establish a day-care
center in every community covering kindergarten program.
• The implementation of early childhood education was then
strengthened by the passage of RA 8990 known as the “
Early Childhood Care and Development Council (ECCD)
Act 2001” which mandated the ECCD through DSWD to
provide programs needed by young children that will
promote their optimum growth and development.
• In 2011, Republic Act No. 10517 otherwise known as the “
Kindergarten Education Act,” was passed institutionalizing
the kindergarten into the basic education system.
• The passing of the said law is in consonance with the
Millennium Development Goals on achieving Education
for All (EFA) by year 2015.
• With the passage of RA 10410 otherwise known as the “ Early
Years Act of 2013,” children ages 0-4 became the responsibility
of the ECCD Council while the responsibility to help the
develop in their formative years between ages 5-8 was givin to
DepEd by virtue of RA 10533 known as the “ Enhanced Basic
Education Act of 1012 which covers the inclusion of
Kindergarten in the basic education system.”
 MOTHER TONGUE-BASED
MULTILINGUAL EDUCATION
• Consistent with the policy of the state to make education
learner-oriented and responsive to the needs, cognitive and
cultural capacity, the circumstances and diversity of learners per
RA 10517, the mother tongue-based multilingual education
(MTB-MLE) was made as medium of instruction for teaching
and learning in the kindergarten level by virtue of DepEd Order
No. 32, series of 2012.
 Rutus Foundation (2018) articulated the following
benefits associated with and education that takes into
account children’s mother tongue:
• Children learn better and faster in a language they can
understand.
• They enjoy school more and feel more at home.
• Pupil tend to increase self-esteem.
• Parents participation is increased by helping kids in
their homework and participating in school activites.
• When children take advantage of their multilingualism
they also enjoy higher socio-economic status including
higher earnings.
• On average, schools perform better, reporting less
repetition.
• Finally, children stay in school longer.
 Contextualized Curriculum
In the terms of curriculum, DepEd has restructured the content
of the basic education curricula to make it more relevant to
learners through contextualization and enhancement.
Curriculum contextualization is done by using examples,
activities, songs, poems, stories, and illustrations for teaching and
learning that are based on local culture, history, and reality.
 The enhanced curriculum also aims to provide students the
opportunity to acquire in-depth knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes
through continuity and consistency across all levels and subjects (K12
Official Gazett, n.d)
Curriculum was also made seamless using spiral progression concept
by teaching the simplest concept to more complicated concept through
grade levels which will ensure a mastery of knowledge and skills after
each level.
 Senior High School

The additional 2 yearsof Senior High School is one of the

most relevant reforms that may be considered. The 2 years of
Senior High school was made to provide students sufficient
time for mastery of concepts and skills, develop lifelong
learners, and prepare graduates for tertiary education,
middle-level skills development, employment, and
entrepreneurship (K12 Official Gazette, n.d.)
As such, the following tracks were included
in the Senior High School:
ACADEMIC TRACK
* Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM)
* Humanities and Social Science (HUMSS)
* Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
* Pre-baccalaureate Maritime
TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL-LIVELIHOOD
* Agri-Fishery
* Home Economics
* Informationm and Communications Technology
* TVL Maritime
SPORTS
ARTS AND DESIGN
DAGHANG SALAMAT