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    1) The document is an act that institutionalizes kindergarten education as part of the basic education system in the Philippines. 2) It declares kindergarten education vital for children's academic development and makes it mandatory and compulsory for entrance to 1st grade. 3) The act tasks the Department of Education to oversee kindergarten implementation, develop age-appropriate curriculums, and train teachers in early education methods.

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    1) The document is an act that institutionalizes kindergarten education as part of the basic education system in the Philippines. 2) It declares kindergarten education vital for children's academic development and makes it mandatory and compulsory for entrance to 1st grade. 3) The act tasks the Department of Education to oversee kindergarten implementation, develop age-appropriate curriculums, and train teachers in early education methods.

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    1) The document is an act that institutionalizes kindergarten education as part of the basic education system in the Philippines. 2) It declares kindergarten education vital for children's academic development and makes it mandatory and compulsory for entrance to 1st grade. 3) The act tasks the Department of Education to oversee kindergarten implementation, develop age-appropriate curriculums, and train teachers in early education methods.

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    of July, two thousand eleven.

    [REPUBLIC ACT No~10157

    AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE KINDERGARTEN


    EDUCATION INTO THE BASIC EDUCATION SYSTEM
    AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
    Philippines in Congress assembled:

    SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as


    the "Kindergarten Education Act".
    SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - 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 of
    acoossible 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 oflearners, schools and
    commwtities through the appropriate languages of teaching and
    learning.
    SEC. 3. Definition of Terms. - The terms used in this Act
    are defined as follows:
    (a) DepEd shall refer to the Department ofEduca tion;
    (b) BEE shall refer to the Bureau ofElementsry Education;

    (c) Kindergarten education shall be understood in this Act


    to mean one (1) year of preparatory education for children at least
    five (5) years old as a prerequisite for Grade I; and
    (d) Mother tongue refers to the language first learned by a
    child.
    SEC. 4. Institutionalization ofKindergarten Education. 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.
    ~
    SEC. 5. Medium of Instruction. - The State shall hereby
    adopt the mother tongue-based multilingual 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 U;acheraoes not speak the mother tongue of
    the learners;

    (c) \hen 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, seriesof2009.
    The DepEd, incoordination 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.
    SEC. 6. ImpiementingAgency. - The authority to regulate
    the organization, operation andlor 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.
    SEC. 7. Duties, Powers and Functions. - 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 cumculum for kindergarten educatiqn


    consistent with the universally accepted norms and standards,
    including values formation all ofwruch shall be developmentally
    appropriate, and use oIthe MTBMLE as a medium of instruction
    and to periodically review such for purposes of upgrading;

    (c) Develop teaching strategies using the unique feature


    of the MTBMLE which shall include, but not limited to, the
    following;
    (1) The twotrack 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.
    '
    i

    The learning development materials shall consist of the


    following at the minimum:
    (i)

    Listening story;

    (li) Small books;


    (iii) Big books;

    (iv) Experience story;


    (v) Primer lessons; and
    (vi) Lessons exemplars;
    (d) 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;

    (e) Prescribe the necessary qualification/lJPr the hiring


    and accreditation of teachers who will handle the kindergarten
    education program;
    (f) Exercise authority over the operation of private
    kindergarten institutions;
    (g) 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
    (h) Introduce innovative programs in kindergarten that
    shall include educational technologies, whenever applicable.

    SEC. 8. Appropriations. - 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.
    SEC. 9. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - 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.
    SEC. 10. Separability Clause. - 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.
    SEC. 11. Repealing Clause. - 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.

    SEC. 12. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect


    fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in:
    two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
    .
    Approved,

    ~~

    FELICIANO BELMONTE JR.


    Speaker of the House
    of Representatives

    This Act which originated in the House of Representatives


    was finally passed by the House of Representatives and t'he Senate
    on November 28,2011 and November 21,2011, respectively.

    If'.

    ~AR~
    Secretary General
    House ofRepresentatives

    Approved: JAN

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    BENIGN~ s. A0UINO

    .President of the }hilippines

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