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+ February 10, 2021 THE publisher of a Kindergarten textbook titled Masayang Buhay (Binagong Edisyon) apologized for erroneous printing of a portion of the book amid backlash from stakeholders.
A portion of the learning module depicts the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) of the Cordillera as having dark and curly hair.
In a letter to Mountain Province Representative Maximo Dalog Jr., Ruth Valerie Catabijan, vice-president of St. Matthew s Publishing, said the book in question was published in 2001 and has long been out of print and was withdrawn from circulation.
Catabijan added that subsequent publications of Masayang Buhay (Binagong Edisyon) previously authored by Dr. Felicidad Remo and Avelina Espelita and released in 2004, 2009 and 2016 already contain modifications to the section of the issue being raised.