Wednesday, November 30, 2011

T'boli Education

Education is inadequate, and at least 80% of the adults are illiterate
The T’boli School

Indigenous education revitalizes cultures and traditions that are gradually eroding, nurtures native life ways, defends ancestral domain and promote self determination. The school encourages students to learn in their own languages, maintain their strong positive values, sustain community life cycles and events and protect or id The school encourages students to learn in their own languages, maintain their strong positive values, sustain community life cycles and events and protect or identity and rights as indigenous people, in establishing community-own culturally responsive schools, they create linking pathways for the promotion of indigenous education various tribes across the country.

T’boli School learners
Their children must be given the opportunity to be custodians of the knowledge, skills, values and tradition that are unique to our indigenous culture. In inheriting this responsibility, our children will be involved in nurturing, maintaining and transmitting knowledge for future generation. The T’boli school children will thus learn value their heritage, contribute to sustaining the natural resources of the land and serve their communities with dedication.

Ways of Learning
Are experiential, integrative, relevant with clear and purposeful goals, respond to the social needs and livelihood of the community and affirm the identity of the youth as indigenous Filipinos.



1 comments:

Hello. I am filipino but living in Canada and I really want to learn the language of T'boli but I cannot find any place or website that I can learn it from. I would gladly have you get back with help. Thank you so much.

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