DepEd chief questions COA’s claims of textbook ‘errors’

Briones, speaking before the Senate Committee on Basic Education, Arts, and Culture, questioned the coverage of the audits. She cited as an example the injection of “editorial preferences” in the audit observations – specifically COA’s “corrections” in the choice and capitalization of words and phrases in textbooks.

“I will not argue with the grammatical errors, but how about style? How about usage? How about the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?” Briones said. For instance, an observation in a Grade 3 textbook, ‘pandaigdigang daungan,’ which is a common noun therefore these are in lower case, the audit observation is it should be capital ‘P’ and capital ‘D’. “Perhaps I will argue and stake my reputation on the difference between a common noun and a proper noun,” Briones said.

Who are in positions to determine errors in textbooks? Accountants?

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