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February 25, 2010

Aquino says he’ll throw book at DepEd execs over error-filled textbooks

by Philip Tubeza (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20100225-255251/Aquino-says-hell-throw-book-at-DepEd-execs-over-error-filled-textbooks


MANILA, Philippines—Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino IIII said he would “throw the book” at officials of the Department of Education (DepEd) for failing to prevent error-riddled textbooks from being used in the country’s public schools.

In an interview with Inquirer editors and reporters on Tuesday night, Aquino said reforming the country’s education system would be a priority if he were elected.

“Why do we keep on accepting these erroneous textbooks? (Education officials) are authorized to issue contracts every five years and yet when the book is produced, there are 500 errors,” Aquino said. “This is my pet peeve.”

He said that he would give DepEd officials a chance if he were elected but if error-filled textbooks still came out, those responsible would face the full force of the law.
“I’ll tell them let’s say sorry to each other. There’s nonfeasance, misfeasance, malfeasance. Throw the book at them,” Aquino said.

He said that he would also try to end the classroom shortage in the country so that students would no longer have to endure their classes in shifts.

“You will need P20 billion at P500,000 per classroom. We had P40 billion for ZTE (the scuttled national broadband project) but we can’t have that P20 billion for schools. So, your child has three subjects per class period. He gets a textbook that is so full of errors,” Aquino said.

“The state wanted to have a headline ‘We’ve finished the classroom shortage problem’ but they did it by double, triple, and even quadruple shifting,” he added

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