We don't mean to fake books here. BookForge is a project to bring good, free textbooks to Filipino students.
It is patterned after the Open Source model, where everyone is free to pitch into the development of software like Linux and Apache.
BookForge will allow various authors to contribute their knowledge into the forging of the best textbooks in their respective fields of study.
* Read about the benefits of the Open Source model, from the techie side of things. Here's another link.
We think we can achieve these goals.
There are many good people all over the world who are experts in their field and are always looking out to help the community by sharing their knowledge.
BookForge is one venue for these people to make that contribution.
Whether or not you admit there's a "textbook crisis" in our country, the links below will help wake you up.
Erroneous book pulled out. A teacher points out 430 errors in a high school textbook that has been in circulation for 13 years. The errors entail revising paragraphs of text. What did the Department of Education do? It took its time before admitting the errors, and the authors sued the teacher who pointed them out.
Worse Than No Textbooks. This one's an opinion on the fiasco.