An imposition of penalties is being considered by the House of Committee on Public Accounts against the individuals responsible for the publication and distribution of school books, learning materials and self-learning modules that were found containing errors and misleading information.
Unlike our students who are minors and are gullible to assimilate whatever is taught them in school, I believe it is now time to teach those who committed mistakes, whether intentional or not, a lesson,
Committee chairman Probinsyano Ako Partylist Rep. Jose “Bonito” C. Singson Jr stressed.
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He explicitly pointed out the use of a vulgar Filipino word for sexual intercourse that was used in describing what an “aswang” is and what it does in a self-learning module (SLM) distributed by the Department of Education (DepEd) division in Mabalacat, Pampanga to students.
The Mabalacat learning module that contained vulgarity is very alarming. While DepEd officials boasted that they corrected the error, it pains us to learn that the culprit has not been punished,
Singson said.
He noted that while DepEd Undersecretary Tonisito Umali admitted that they have acted on the issue as early as February 2021, the person who purposely put the vulgar word in the SLM had not been identified and punished.
What he or she did was intentional, glaringly malicious, and utterly despicable. Like the numerous errors found by COA [Commission on Audit] in DepEd learning materials, it will be difficult for our students to unlearn what their teachers asked them to digest,
Singson said.
Singson said that in order to deal the issue, the public accounts panel would determine whether or not there would be a need to impose penalties on persons involved in the publication and distribution of books and learning materials for students in basic and secondary education.
He added that not only authors but also government officials, and personnel tasked to edit, proofread, examine, and approve errant books for publication and distribution should be penalized.
He also expects DepEd to justify its continued failure to comply with the provisions of Republic Act 8047 that removed from the department the responsibility of publishing books.
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House panel eyes penalties vs individuals responsible for erroneous learning materials
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