“Colonized Language, Colonized Culture and Colonized Education” Dave Cedric Petilla, speaker of the conducted mini press conference, stated regarding the removal of Filipino Language in colleges, Wednesday, afternoon.
Petilla, school paper adviser (SPA) of Dr. Vicente Orestes Romualdez Educational Foundation, emphasized the CHED Memorandum Order No. 20 Series of 2013 proposed last July 28, 2013, that seeks to remove the Filipino subject in colleges.
However, Tanggol Wika, an organization against the said memorandum, raised a petition causing the delay of implementation that will prevent a number of 73,000 Filipino teachers in losing their jobs.
According to Petilla that not only a large number of Filipino teachers will lose their job, but the preservation of the Filipino language and culture will perish.
“Ang gobyernong Pilipinas ay gagawa ng hakbang tungo sa pagpapaunlad ng wikang pambansa, pagpreserba ng wikang Filipino.” Petilla stated.
Moreover, Petilla added that Article XIV Section 6 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution aims to preserve the Filipino Language, which is contrary to the memorandum mentioned.
“Ngayon nasa Higher Education Institutions (HEI’s) nalang ang desisyon kung tuluyang tatanggalinang nasabing asignatura”, said Petilla
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