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    This document is the Kindergarten Education Act that was approved in 2012. It declares kindergarten education to be mandatory and compulsory in the Philippines as part of the basic education system. The act requires kindergarten to use mother tongue-based multi-lingual education and the child's native language as the primary medium of instruction, with some exceptions. It gives the Department of Education responsibility to implement, regulate, and fund the kindergarten program.

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    This document is the Kindergarten Education Act that was approved in 2012. It declares kindergarten education to be mandatory and compulsory in the Philippines as part of the basic education system. The act requires kindergarten to use mother tongue-based multi-lingual education and the child's native language as the primary medium of instruction, with some exceptions. It gives the Department of Education responsibility to implement, regulate, and fund the kindergarten program.

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    This document is the Kindergarten Education Act that was approved in 2012. It declares kindergarten education to be mandatory and compulsory in the Philippines as part of the basic education system. The act requires kindergarten to use mother tongue-based multi-lingual education and the child's native language as the primary medium of instruction, with some exceptions. It gives the Department of Education responsibility to implement, regulate, and fund the kindergarten program.

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    This document is the Kindergarten Education Act that was approved in 2012. It declares kindergarten education to be mandatory and compulsory in the Philippines as part of the basic education system. The act requires kindergarten to use mother tongue-based multi-lingual education and the child's native language as the primary medium of instruction, with some exceptions. It gives the Department of Education responsibility to implement, regulate, and fund the kindergarten program.

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    Prepared by: Ma. Bernadeth S.

    Bonecile
     Kindergarten is a school or class that prepares
    children for first grade which a child is
    typically 5 or 6 years old.
     It is the first stage of a child's classroom
    education. In some places kindergarten is part
    of the formal school system, in others it may
    refer to preschool or day care.
     It help your kids to grow on a solid foundation
    and learn skills which allows them to build
    and develop their life.
    This Act shall be known as the
    “Kindergarten Education Act.”
    In consonance with the Millennium Development
    Goals on achieving Education for All (EFA) by the year
    2015,
    It is hereby declared the policy of the State
    to provide equal opportunities for all children to
    avail accessible mandatory and compulsory
    kindergarten education that effectively promotes
    physical, social, intellectual, emotional and skills
    stimulation and values formation to sufficiently
    prepare them for formal elementary schooling.
    This act shall apply to elementary school system
    being the first stage of compulsory and mandatory formal
    education. Thus, Kindergarten will now be an integral
    part of the basic education system of the country.

    Kindergarten education is vital to the academic and


    technical development of the Filipino child for it is the period when
    the young mind’s absorptive capacity for learning is at its sharpest.
    It is also 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, schools and communities
    through the appropriate languages of teaching and learning.
    The terms used in this Act are defined as follows:

    (a) DepEd - Department of Education


    (b) BEE - Bureau of Elementary Education
    (c) Kindergarten Education - understood to mean 1
    year of preparatory education for at least 5 years
    old as a pre-requisite for Grade 1
    (d) Mother Tongue - the language first learned by a
    child
    Kindergarten education is hereby
    institutionalized as part of basic education and for
    school year 2011-2012 shall be implemented partially,
    and thereafter, it shall be made mandatory and
    compulsory for entrance to Grade 1
    The State shall hereby adopt the
    Mother Tongue-Based Multi-lingual
    Education (MTB- MLE) method. The
    mother tongue of the learner shall be the
    primary medium of instruction for
    teaching and learning in the kindergarten
    level.
    However, exceptions shall be made to the
    following cases:

    (a) When the pupils in the kindergarten classroom


    have different mother tongues or when some of
    them speak another mother tongue;
    (b) When the teacher does not speak the mother
    tongue of the learners;
    (c) When resources, in line with the use of the mother
    tongue, are not yet available; and
    (d) When teachers are not yet trained how to use the
    MTB-MLE program.
    In such exceptional cases, the primary
    medium of instruction shall be determined
    by the DepEd aligned with the framework
    being used in the elementary level including
    teacher training and production of local
    resources and materials under DepEd Order
    No. 74, series of 2009.
    The DepEd, in coordination with the
    Commission on Filipino Language and in close
    collaboration with academic and research
    institutions concerned with education, shall
    formulate a mother tongue-based multilingual
    framework for teaching and learning:
    Provided, That the DepEd will include teaching
    strategies as defined in Section 7(c) which aims to
    introduce and eventually strengthen the child’s
    understanding of English, which is the official
    language.
    The authority to regulate the organization,
    operation and/or implementation of the kindergarten
    education program of both public and private
    schools shall be vested upon the DepEd, through the
    creation of a new Division under the BEE and other
    necessary support to achieve successful
    implementation of kindergarten education to
    include, but not limited to, increasing the number of
    kindergarten teacher positions with the required
    salaries and benefits, enhancing teacher training in
    early education, and providing the necessary
    allocations for classrooms and chairs, facilities and
    equipment, and textbooks.
    The DepEd, through the BEE, shall exercise the
    following powers and functions:

    (a) Oversee and supervise the organization, operation


    and implementation of the kindergarten education
    program;
    (b) Develop the curriculum for kindergarten
    education consistent with the universally accepted
    norms and standards, including values formation all
    of which shall be developmentally appropriate, and
    use of the MTB-MLE as a medium of instruction and
    to periodically review such for purposes of upgrading;
    The DepEd, through the BEE, shall exercise the
    following powers and functions:

    (c) Develop teaching strategies using the unique


    feature of the MTB-MLE which shall include, but not
    limited to, the following:
    (1) The two-track method (storytelling and
    reading, listening story, oral communication
    activities);
    (2) Interactive strategies;
    (3) Use of manipulative games; and
    (4) Experiential, small group discussions and
    total physical response (TPR) among others.
    The learning development materials
    shall consist of the following at the
    minimum:
    (i) Listening story;
    (ii) Small books;
    (iii) Big books;
    (iv) Experience story;
    (v) Primer lessons; and
    (vi) Lessons exemplars;
    (a) Conceive, develop and extend a
    continuing professional development
    program for kindergarten teachers to ensure
    constant updating of their knowledge in
    current trends, pedagogy, methodologies and
    concepts on early childhood education;
    (b) Prescribe the necessary qualifications for
    the hiring and accreditation of teachers who
    will handle the kindergarten education
    program;
    (c) Exercise authority over the operation of
    private kindergarten institutions;
    (d) Supervise the establishment of various
    venues for early childhood education which
    may be institution-based, home-based,
    hospital-based or community-based, and
    which shall be duly accredited by the DepEd;
    and
    (e) Introduce innovative programs in
    kindergarten that shall include educational
    technologies, whenever applicable.
    The DepEd shall immediately include in the
    program of the Department the operationalization of
    the free, mandatory and compulsory public
    kindergarten education, the initial funding of which
    shall be charged against the current appropriations
    for kindergarten education of the DepEd.
    Thereafter, such sums which shall be necessary
    for the continued implementation of the free public
    kindergarten education program shall be charged to
    the General Fund and included in the annual General
    Appropriations Act.
    Within ninety (90) days after the
    effectivity of this Act, the DepEd, in
    consultation with the Department of
    Budget and Management, shall promulgate
    the rules and regulations needed for the
    implementation of this Act.
    If any provision of this Act is held invalid
    or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the
    validity and effectivity of the other provisions
    hereof.

    Pertinent provisions of all other laws,


    decrees, executive orders and rules and
    regulations contrary to or inconsistent with the
    provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or
    modified accordingly.
    This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)
    days after its publication in the Official
    Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of
    general circulation.

    Approved: January 20, 2012 under the Administration of


    the President of the Philippines, Benigno S. Aquino III

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