In commemoration of the International Mother Language Day, education stakeholders in the Philippines led by 170+ Talaytayan MLE Inc. will hold the 2021 International Mother Language Conference and Festival with the theme, Multilingual Education in the Pandemic and in Transition: Mapping the Course for Language Development and Governance, from February 21 to March 20, 2021 via Zoom.

The Conference is a platform for researchers and practitioners of inclusionary multilingual, multicultural education to share their findings, insights, and recommendations with policymakers, administrators and advocates in improving the quality of education. The Conference shall have the following activities:

1. Plenaries,
2. Policy Forum,
3. Thematic Sessions,
4. Paper Presentations,
5. Workshops,
6. Art Exhibits,
7. Video Presentations and Video Contest,
8. Small Book Writing Contests in the L1,
9. Storytelling Contests, and
10. Special Panels.

Public school teachers from different regions in basic education are encouraged to join the activity.

Participation of public and private schools shall be subject to the no- disruption of classes policy stipulated in DepEd Order No. 9, s. 2005 titled Instituting Measures to Increase Engaged Time-on-Task and Ensuring Compliance Therewith, and the policy on off-campus activities stated in DepEd Order No. 66, s. 2017. This is also subject  to the no-collection policy as stated in Section 3 of Republic Act No. 5546 also known as An Act Prohibiting the Sale of Tickets and/or the Collection of Contributions for Whatever Project or Purpose from Students and Teachers of Public and Private Schools, Colleges and Universities (Ganzon Law).

For more information, contact:

° Ricardo Ma. D. Nolasco
Overall Conference Chair
Chair of the Board of Trustees, 170+ Talaytayan MLE Inc.
Email Address: [email protected]

° Antonio D. Igcalinos
President and Trustee, 170+ Talaytayan MLE, Inc.
Conference Steering Committee Coordinator
Email Address: [email protected]

° Pauline M. Mangulabnan
Researcher, University of Fukui
Email Address: [email protected]