Now while these books are slated to be introduced into the primary school curriculum later this year, what about the BRC phonic books which are currently in use?
Well, there was a huge falling out between the Government of Belize and BRC printing last year, which landed them both before the courts. The issue stemmed from a fight of "who's way is the best way." The Ministry of Education wanted to change certain things, but BRC was resistant. The matter was finally resolved through court ordered mediation. But when we asked the Ministry of Education today about the relation between these new phonic books and those thousands of BRC readers currently in circulation, they could not give us a straight answer.
To date BRC readers are still being used at the infant division, but best information is that they are ultimately going to be replaced by this new B-Z phonics book.
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