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Introduction
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts’ National Committee on
Language and Translation (NCCA-NCLT) has also spoken up on the issue.
Earlier in May, the institution’s members unanimously signed a resolution asking
the GEC be revised again, but this time to include nine mandatory units of
Filipino for all courses at the tertiary level.
The CHED should make Filipino as subject mandatory in the tertiary level
because if the issue if left to the whim of universities, they will either make it
optional or not include it at all in the curriculum. It is in the higher levels of
education that the intellectualization of language takes place; this is needed to
ensure that the language is used in all levels and disciplines.
Assessment
The University of the Philippines also made their stand on the issue.
According to Prof. Raniela Barboza, it is not merely an issue of Filipino subjects;
it’s an issue of nationalism. The removal of Filipino subjects goes against the aim
of making students rooted in the Filipino identity.