MANILA, Philippines — The House Committee on Public Accounts is mulling the imposition of penalties against persons behind the publication and distribution of school books and other learning materials containing errors or misleading information.
Talks on the imposition of sanctions started as errors were discovered in learning materials and modules that the Department of Education (DepEd) approved, published, or distributed to basic and secondary education students.
Probinsyano Ako Partylist Rep. Jose “Bonito” C. Singson Jr., who chairs the committee, specifically pointed out the use of a vulgar Filipino word for sexual intercourse that was found in a self-learning module (SL…
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