Only 35 out of 90 textbook titles for the first phase of the Matatag curriculum have been fully delivered as of January 2025
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But halfway through the first phase of the Matatag curriculum’s implementation in school year 2024-2025, majority of textbooks have yet to be delivered. The commission’s Year One Report, released back in January 2024, already discussed these challenges, as shown in the graphic below.EDCOM 2 added in its new report that technical reviews of textbooks often lead to bottlenecks in the process.
Even for other grade levels, there are “persistent” textbook shortages, affecting efforts to address the Philippines’ learning crisis.
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