BINI Photo by Star Music & ABS-CBN Entertainment
A photo of a page from a Senior High School Media and Information Literacy (MIL) textbook has ignited a firestorm online after its mangled caption, featuring P-pop sensation BINI, was flagged for multiple grammatical errors.
The excerpt, now circulating widely on social media, reads: “BINI is one of the most sought-to music girl group that sang several upbeat music where most people know.”
The viral post originated from educational content creator and licensed professional teacher Lyqa Maravilla, who shared the image and called for verification.
Confirmation came quickly as educators traced the excerpt to page 100 of an actual printed MIL textbook released by the Department of Education (DepEd).
Netizens immediately pointed out several glaring issues that jump out from the sentence, including“sought-to” instead of “sought-after,” awkward phrasing like “music girl group,” and the misused clause “where most people know,” among others.
Others responded by dissecting, parodying and creating memes. Many held up the case as yet the latest example of questionable quality in state-issued learning materials, demanding answers, corrective measures and accountability.
“Dapat palitan na rin ang sistema sa [p]agsusulat ng educational books. Kulang sa oras ang binibigay sa mga eksperto para aralin at suriin ung mga librong gagamitin sa Deped. Sayang ang [p]era [The system for writing educational books also needs to be changed. Experts are not given enough time to study and review the books that will be used in DepEd. It’s a waste of money],” one user commented.
“Yung ‘expert’ na gumawa nito needs to be held accountable. Hindi siya binayaran para mag-petiks. DepEd Philippines, come on. We can do so much better than this. Fire that ‘ expert’ who did this,” another user and also educators posted.
This isn’t the first time DepEd materials have been flagged for textbook blunders, with past controversies ranging from factual inaccuracies in history books to numerous errors in modules.
The DepEd, which is already under scrutiny for the K-12 curriculum’s efficacy and textbook procurement delays, has yet to respond to The EdLines PH’s request for clarification on how the error slipped past quality control.
