12-03-2008, 11:13 AM
Sick books still used despite DepEd ban
The largest chunk of our national budget goes into DepEd, making this news all the more pathetic. It's scary that I almost ended up working for Vibal Publishing - one of the offices that's also in hot water due to their inaccurate prints. I say almost - even their website's fraught with all sorts of grammatical and syntax errors that made me cringe.
*Sigh,* where's a gov't-appointed Grammar Nazi when you need one?
Quote:MANILA, Philippines—Despite an edict proscribing their use, “sick books” remain alive and kicking, in at least two schools.
Three weeks before classes opened this year, the Department of Education (DepEd) directed the withdrawal of the textbooks in science and English used in private elementary schools it had found to have errors.
Antonio Calipjo Go, a self-styled crusader against “sick books” who recently gave up his advocacy after a well-orchestrated media attack, had exposed flaws in the two textbook series by Phoenix Publishing House Corp.
After a review of Go’s claims, DepEd’s Instructional Materials Council Secretariat (IMCS) issued the order in May pulling out “Simply Science in the Next Century” and “Harnessing English Arts Today” (HEART) for Grades 1 to 6.
The largest chunk of our national budget goes into DepEd, making this news all the more pathetic. It's scary that I almost ended up working for Vibal Publishing - one of the offices that's also in hot water due to their inaccurate prints. I say almost - even their website's fraught with all sorts of grammatical and syntax errors that made me cringe.
*Sigh,* where's a gov't-appointed Grammar Nazi when you need one?
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