Big books, small gains: Why 'Isang Kaibigan' is child-unfriendly

Big books, small gains: Why 'Isang Kaibigan' is child-unfriendly

The Isang Kaibigan book controversy is the story of design, production, procurement, and distribution of learning materials — both textbooks and supplemental reading — in public schools under the Department of Education.                                                                                                        Restrictive procurement, inadequate funding, poor education planning, and flawed evaluation system create the perfect conditi…