TAGAYTAY CITY — Several multilingual and language groups demanded that other Philippine languages, and not just Filipino, be taught in college, should the high court favor petitions to bring back Filipino and Panitikan (Philippine Literature) as core courses. A lot of opposition“It’s not even a consensus of the entire Philippines that we teach Filipino in GE. There are a lot of groups opposing the teaching of Filipino [and instead] said that it should be all the languages of the country. De Vera said groups were not “unanimous” on pushing particularly Filipino back into the college curriculum, as debates were triggered by the recent Supreme Court ruling that excluded Filipino and Panitikan as core or required subjects. University professors and groups like Tanggol Wika said they would challenge the court’s decision by filing a motion for reconsideration this week.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 25, 2018 21:22 UTC