Country: Philippines
Title: Canadian Commodity Assistance Program I (SEDP
Textbook Paper Supply).
Institution: Department of Education, Culture and Sports -
EducationalDevelopment Projects Implementing Task
Force (DECS-EDPITAF), Instructional Materials
Corporation (IMC).
Objectives: To improve the quality and to expand and equalize
access to educational opportunities to public
high school students nationwide by providing
textbooks to every student in each subject area.
Methodology: The process of printing and delivery of books
require at least 12 months lead time between
receipt of paper at the government-owned
Instructional Materials Corporation (IMC)
warehouse on one end and receipt of printed bonds
at school before the start of SY 1991. The IMC
shall be responsible for textbook production.
Background: The new 1989 secondary education curriculum
consists of 9 subjects per curriculum year. Over
a 4-year period this requires a total of 36
students textbooks and 36 accompanying teacher
manuals. With a projected high school enrolment
of 2.5M a year, an average of 6.8M copies of
textbooks will have to be printed and distributed
annually to all public high schools all over the
country. To assists the development of secondary
education, the government sought the assistance
of the Canadian Government through the Canadian
International Development Agency (CIDA) to
provide the Department a 4 year supply of paper
and cover as required by the textbook project.
In 1987, CIDA committed to provide a two-year
supply of textbook paper/cover.
Expected Outcomes: Details on the desired quantities and production
targets as follows:
Quantity of BS: 3rd Yr. - 4,737 MT; 4th Yr. -
4,505
Quantity of CSē 3rd Yr. - 271 MT; 4th Yr. -
258 No. of TX : 3rd Yr. -
7,308,000; 4th Yr. - 6,948,000
No. of TX : 3rd Yr. - 72,000; 4th Yr.
- 72,000
Results to Date: 1. First Year Paper Requirement - ship 5,350 MT
of body stock and 275 MT of cover stock: shipped
to Manila only 5,333.832 MT of body stock and
274.189 MT of cover stock. 2. Second Year Paper
Requirement - Ship 4,660 MT of body stock and 230
MT cover stock: received by IMC 4,707.753 MT of
body stock and 241.773 MT of cover stock.
Citations: EDPITAF's Project Profile.
Duration: 1987-1988ģ 1988-1989.
Descriptors: Secondary education; Textbooks
Identifiers: Secondary Education Development Program.
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