History such a yawn, thanks to textbook

I REFER to the letter, “Much lacking in History textbook” by History Lover (March 30) regarding certain shortcomings of the current Form Four history textbook. I too am a History teacher and a parent who is very concerned about the quality of books produced by the Education Ministry.  

I would like to point out more factual errors in the above-mentioned history textbook. First, the reign of Augustus, a Roman emperor, is erroneously listed as 27-14 B.C. on page 44. The correct dates are 27 B.C. – 14 A.D. Second, the textbook erroneously states on page 65 that Siddhartha Gautama started searching for the truth about life at the age of 39. He actually did so when he was 29 years old.