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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 4.75pt">Lawmaker wants English as primary teaching language</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Believing that a high degree of proficiency in the English language will help Filipino graduates get jobs easily in any country, a lawmaker has filed a bill mandating its use as the primary medium of communication in schools.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Rep. Rachel Marguerite <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on">Del</st1:State> Mar (1st District, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Cebu</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>) has filed House Bill 191, which seeks the use of English as the medium of instruction in pre-schools, elementary and high schools and to prescribe the teaching in specialized English in tertiary levels.</P>
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