It is difficult to believe that prolonging this implementation phase even further would have a material impact on real economic outcomes. If some institutions feel pressure today, it is because they have done too little for too long, rather than because they are being asked to do too much, too soon.
The development of these teachers’ guides, the first step in the integration process, was completed by DepEd’s lesson exemplar writers from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao last April here in Manila under the collaborative work of Economic Policy Reform and Advocacy or EPRA, Bangko Sentral and the DepEd.