Public secondary school students in the National Capital Region will soon be taught how to speak and read in Korean.
The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Republic of Korea Ambassador to the Philippines signed a memorandum of agreement to formalize the inclusion of the Korean language in DepEd’s Special Program in Foreign Language (SPFL) in 10 secondary schools in NCR.
“This is a continuation of very long years of fruitful relation, including the field of education, between Korea and the Philippines. [It] would be good for our children also to continue the tradition on knowing about each other,” Education Secretary Leonor Briones said in a statement.
In preparation for the program, DepEd will offer cultural activities, courses in Korean language, and Korean teacher training through the Korean Cultural Center to maximize the capacity of teachers to provide instruction in Korean.
The agreement supports DepEd’s SPFL, which offers Spanish, Japanese, French, German, and Chinese-Mandarin language learning courses to public high school students.
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