... like Cebuano, Ilocano and Hiligaynon as a medium of instruction even the mother tongue subject was removed recently by the Dept of Education?
Yes.
Tagalog is not the only language in the Philippines.
The Philippines is not a homogenous country, and should not be seen as such. Each region has its own ethnic people, complete with their own languages and cultures. To stop instruction in regional languages would mean to erase the diversity that exists in the country.
Daily conversations in places outside Tagalog-speaking areas or predominantly Tagalog provinces, unsurprisingly, do not use Tagalog. Every day people living around Lake Lanao will speak Maranao. Vendors in a market in Iloilo will make transactions in Hiligaynon. Batok artists in the highlands of Buscalan will speak Kalinga. Conversations around San Fernando will be in Kapampangan. And the list goes on. The amount of languages and cultures just shows how diverse the country really is.
