Students' Perceptions on the Phased-Out Filipino Subject in the Tertiary Curriculum

Abstract

Filipino subjects used to be taught in all colleges and universities in the Philippines as part of the General Education Curriculum for the tertiary level. However, the Supreme Court of the Philippines ordered that Filipino subjects and Panitikan are no longer required in the tertiary curriculum. Thus, this study determined the perception of 150 college students enrolled in the College of Maritime Education, School of Liberal Arts and Teacher Education, and School of Business Administration in one higher education institution in the country. This descriptive-correlational research adapted a questionnaire. The results of the study revealed that rated highest by the three groups of respondents and as a whole is “Cultural Preservation”, rated lowest by the three groups of respondents and as a whole is “National Language”.Moreover, there is a significant difference among the perception of the respondents on the phase-out of Filipino as a General Education Course at the tertiary level relative to Cultural Preservation, Patriotism, and National Language. Further, the dimension of the phase-out of Filipino that the respondents perceived to be significant is “Cultural Preservation,” since it has the highest overall mean.