Artifact #2 Ennis Taxonomy
Goal: I am doing this because I want to develop my critical thinking using Ennis model in the
issue of Deleting Filipino as a college subject.
Steps
Clarify the problem Should Filipino subject be deleted in the curriculum in the higher
education?
Gathering Data Pros
Communications
Secretary Sonny Coloma
said that according to the
Commission on Higher
Education (CHED), the
decision to remove the
Filipino subject came
about because of a need
to rationalize the
curriculum following the
adoption of the K+12
program.
“The revised general
education curriculum, part
of the K-to-12 program,
aims to expose college
students to various
domains of knowledge
and ways of
comprehending social and
natural realities,
developing in the process
intellectual competencies
and civic capacities.”
Amid reports that
thousands of college
teachers could go jobless
after the Supreme
Court ruled that Filipino
and Panitikan are no
longer core subjects in
college, Education
Secretary Leonor Briones
said these affected faculty
can consider applying with
Cons
Teaching Filipino in college
is part of the implementation
of Resolution No. 298-2011
of the Commission on Higher
Education (CHED) regarding
the College Readiness
Standards of the Philippines.
Covered by the same
resolution are the minimum
skills that students need to
learn or master so that they
could be prepared for
college. The CHED has
named 16 skills in Filipino.
These will all be rendered
useless if Filipino as a
subject is no longer
sustained and expanded.
Professor Raniela Barboza
said, “It’s not merely an issue
of Filipino subjects. It’s an
issue of nationalism. (The
removal of Filipino subjects)
goes against the aim of
making students rooted in
the Filipino identity.”
“Courses should be taught in
a language that the learners
understand,” said Nolasco, a
proponent of mother tongue-
based multilingual education.
Senate President Vicente
“Tito” Sotto III on Thursday
explained that scrapping
Filipino as a core subject in
 grade schools and high college is a violation of the
schools. Constitution.

Senator Francis Pangilinan

said the national language of
any nation must be a core
course while Senator Koko
Pimentel insisted there are
still many secrets that the
Filipinos can discover with
our native language and it
must be retained in college.

Six senators are against the

plan of the Commission on
Higher Education (CHEd) to
exclude Filipino and
Panitikan as subjects in
college.

Make inferences This issue might lead to unemployment for some teachers. The
idea of removing the Filipino as a college subject may bring also a
negative impact to the college professors in Filipino for they were not
able to teach Filipino subjects massively in college, unless they teach
Filipino subjects in Filipino major students
Conduct advance As a college student, maybe this promotion would be a good or
clarification bad news to the college students for they will be having a lesser
subjects to be take but by removing this as a core subject in college or
any other school level, I fear this would weaken even further. The
Filipino language is part of our identity as a people and as such we
should strive to preserve and strengthen this at all time.
The Filipino language went through several conditions just to be
the national language of the Philippines. President Manuel L.
Quezon proclaimed Tagalog as Wikang Pambansa in 1939. The
language was further renamed Pilipino in 1959 by Secretary of
Education Jose Romero. The 1973 Constitution declared Pilipino to be
co-official, along with English, and mandated the development of
a national language, to be known as Filipino. English subject is being
taught from elementary to tertiary schools in the Philippines, while
Filipino as a subject is being taught in elementary and secondary
schools, and is only elective in college. Studies on the country’s
bilingual education program have revealed very low expertise among
teachers and students in the use of Filipino and English. At the tertiary
level, the government’s policy of cultivating the national language has
not been a priority as many educational institutions put importance on
the practice and teaching of English. Past and present language issues
in the country have become the subject of current deliberations after
 the Commission on Higher Education(CHED) proposed Memorandum
Order (CMO) No. 20, Series of 2013. The said memorandum aims to
remove Filipino as a subject to be taught in college as part of the new
General Education Curriculum (GEC). The revised GEC will push
through next academic year, despite the temporary restraining order
issued by the Supreme Court against the said memorandum order,
according to CHED Chairperson Patricia Licuanan.
The memorandum order caused various reactions to the public.
But citizens must comprehend that this came about because of the
necessity to rationalize the curriculum following the adoption of the K to
12 program. Aside from that, this is beneficial, first, to the first batch of
graduates of senior high school and to the succeeding college
students, second to the parents of the said students, third to the
teachers, fourth to schools, fifth to the country’s economy, and lastly to
the Philippines’ education system.
Make judgment After reading the pros and cons, I bet to disagree on the said
promotion that Filipino subject should be deleted in the curriculum of
higher education.

References:
 http://bulatlat.com/main/2014/06/27/removing-filipino-as-a-subject-in-college-a-
betrayal-in-the-name-of-business/
 https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/06/17/14/why-ph-scrapping-filipino-college
 https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/631905/up-profs-students-dont-remove-filipino-from-
college-curriculum
 https://www.manilatimes.net/new-curriculum-push-2018/315405/
 https://journal.com.ph/news/nation/removal-filipino-subject-college-unconstitutional-senators
 https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/11/19/1869805/ched-verifying-impact-filipino-
subject-removal
 https://entertainment.inquirer.net/305386/vice-ganda-speaks-up-on-removal-of-filipino-
panitikan-as-core-college-subjects
 https://www.rappler.com/nation/216730-ched-hold-order-remove-filipino-panitikan-
required-college-subject
 https://www.rappler.com/nation/216530-deped-briones-college-faculty-apply-
elementary-high-school-sc-ruling-filipino-panitikan-not-required-college
Reflection

ARTIFACT #2 ENNIS TAXONOMY CRITICAL THINKING -

POSITION PAPER

Artifact #2 is the Ennis Taxonomy Critical Thinking. The steps in doing this paper is
thinking first of a question that is a current issues in our country. Second step is gathering
information. Both the pros and cons to be able to come up in the third step in making
inferences. The fourth step is conducting an advanced clarification to determine the
strength and weaknesses of the argument. And the last step is making judgment. Based
on the gathered information, what is your stand or opinions on your chosen current issues.
This steps would help the students to convey their reasoning or their though in an essay in
a critical way.

This model is a vigorous way of practicing our reasoning skills using factual. We were
able to know the different details of the said issues to arrive in correct decision or course
of action.