Manual for correction of DepEd books out
Education officials in the city and province of Iloilo said they have started distributing a manual for public elementary school teachers containing corrections to seven books distributed by the Department of Education last year.
Gerry Lego, supervisor for social studies of the DepEd in Iloilo City, said distribution of the 21-page manual "Errata para sa Sibika 1-3 at HeKaSi 4-5 Batayang Aklat at Manwal ng Guro" to the city's 52 public elementary schools started last week.
The manual contains a guide to teachers to correct around 254 errors including in punctuation, word usage, information, definition, translation and lay-out.
The books that have errors include "Matapat na Pilipino 1", "Makabayan: Katangiang Pilipino 2", "Ang Bagong Pilipino 3", and "Masipag na Pilipino 3." These books are used in the subject "Sibika at Kultura".
Three other books used in "HeKaSi" or "Heograpiya, Kasaysayan, at Sibika" (Geography, History and Civics), offered to Grades 4 to 6 students also contain errors. These books are: "Makabayan: Kapaligirang Pilipino 4", "Makabayan: Kasaysayang Pilipino 5", and "Marangal na Pilipino 5".
Lego said each school received from to five copies each of the manual.
The provincial school division has also started distributing around 1,400 copies of the manual.
But Ninfa Delgado, District School Supervisor for Molo District in Iloilo City, said she was unaware that corrections have been distributed in the seven public elementary schools in the district.