Removal of Panitikan and Filipino as core college subjects
Tanggol Wika sends a protest letter to Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin urging the high court to rethink its decision to remove Panitikan and Filipino as core college subjects.
The group says language issues are a matter of public interest.
"This case involves the survival of our very own national language, the people's language, what one framer of our Constitution calls as '... more than simply a cultural marker, a national language serving as a communication system across diverse ethno-linguistic groups and classes could facilitate the unification and empowerment of our people.'"
Although it has no legal effect, the group hopes that the SC will reflect on the contents of the protest letter.
Teachers' group ACT-Philippines expresses condemnation of the Supreme Court decision to remove Filipino and Philippine literature as mandatory subjects in college which it says are more meaningful in instilling patriotism than the ROTC.
"Panibagong dagok na naman ito sa makabayang edukasyon sa Pilipinas. Matatandaang pinatay rin sa ilalim ng K to 12 ang asignaturang Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas/Philippine History sa hayskul at Philippine Government & Constitution sa kolehiyo," it says in a statement.
"Kung tutuusin, ang mga asignaturang ito na tinanggal ng gobyerno sa kurikulum ay di hamak na mas makabuluhan sa pagkikintal ng tunay na pagkamakabayan at pagiging huwarang mamamayan, kumpara sa bulok, militarista, at pasistang asignaturang ROTC na ngayon nga'y muling ipinapataw sa senior high school sa kabila ng madugong rekord nito sa pang-aabuso sa mga kadete bukod pa sa mga isyu ng katiwalian."
The SC en banc stood by its October 9 ruling, saying petitioners failed to present substantive new arguments that would have swayed justices to change their opinion.
The SC ruled last October that the Commission on Higher Education memorandum reducing the required general education curriculum to a minimum of 36 units was valid and that Filipino and Panitikan are no longer core subjects.
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