Seriousness of DepEd textbook review doubtedhome/Campus Press/Seriousness of DepEd textbook review doubtedThe crusader against error-riddled textbooks issued by the Department of Education (DepEd) will only be convinced that the agency means business in its ongoing textbook review if and when he “sees the proof that they corrected correctly.”Antonio Calipjo Go, academic supervisor of the Marian School of Quezon City in Sauyo, Novaliches, Quezon City, is referring to the comprehensive review of textbooks and learning materials of the K-12 curriculum announced by Education Secretary Leonor Briones sometime last August. Go is credited for exposing the “Banana Rice Tereces” mistake in the Grade 7 MAPEH in Action textbook. Go cited as example the case of the Araling Panlipunan Grade 3 textbook, which has 1,300 errors. Based on Memorandum 357, the review was in response to mounting feedback from the public coming through social and mainstream media regarding detected errors in DepEd textbooks and learning resources. Go criticized the DepEd for not being open to the public regarding the ongoing review.

Source: Manila Times February 27, 2019 17:03 UTC