Cheaper & Standardised Schoolbooks

Wednesday, July 18, 2001 - The Ministry of Education, Human Resource Development Youth and Sports has announced that Oxford University Press has provided the Ministry with discounts of 30% on textbooks 35% on Dictionaries and Thesauruses and 35% on children's story books for the academic year 2001/2002.

The Ministry will be liaising with booksellers to ensure that these discounts are passed on directly to parents, and are not absorbed in higher profit margins by booksellers.

In a thank-you note to the Oxford University Press Regional Agent, Mr. Rufus  Khodra, the Minister for Education, Human Resource Development, Youth & Sports, Honourable Mario Michel expressed the Ministry's deep appreciation for this measure which he said comes at a time when the rationalization of school book lists will make it easier on parents' finances.

The discount from Oxford is expected to make a significant difference to the cost of educational texts in St. Lucia.

On Thursday, the Ministry takes another step in bringing down the overall costs of schoolbooks when the Minister will formally sign an executive order for the standardization of all school textbooks.

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