Edurevue 's List: Philippines

While Republic Act 8047 did not make the NBDB a regulatory agency—and our country, unlike China, has no textbook police—the NBDB has come up with mechanisms by which it is able to exercise an effective form of moral authority over book publishers registered with it. In all the mechanisms, the NBDB makes known its procedures and findings through its website and its quarterly newsletter.

A nonprofit organization behind knowledge portals Filipiniana.net and Wikipilipinas.org launched Thursday an e-learning portal that seeks to provide free and quality learning materials online to teachers and students.