School Texts Standardised ... Parents Relieved!! |
Continuous complaints by parents about the number of
books students have to carry daily and the frequent changing of books from class
to class prompted officials of the Ministry of Education to set mechanisms in
place to deal with the problems. In July
last year the Ministry established a Textbook Review Commission to make
recommendations for the most appropriate texts to be used by the various grades
in the education system from kindergarten through to Form Five.
The
approved textbooks will be utilized in all schools in the new school year until
the next scheduled official review of textbooks. Education Minister Honourable Mario Michel says
supplementary material to enrich the learning process will be acquired by
schools and the Ministry of Education.
The
Ministry of Education is undertaking other initiatives to achieve significant
reductions on the price of schoolbooks. These include negotiations for discounts
with publishers such as Oxford University Press and the CAMDU textbooks, which
were once bought by parents, will now be given to teachers for use in their
daily teaching exercises. |
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