PARENTS will no longer be burdened with buying school textbooks for the 2015 school year.
This as the Ministry of Education has begun printing materials for classes and subjects and these materials will be transported to all schools in Fiji.
A Government statement released yesterday said school heads had been informed to refrain from giving out textbook lists to parents and instead use the materials they had until a full set of materials was provided by the ministry.
“The schools will also have a soft copy of the full set of materials, which the students can make copies of for their use if they have access to computers at home,” the statement said.
And soft copies of all materials will be uploaded to the ministry’s home page to allow students and parents from Years 1 to 13 the ability to download all materials.
Minister for Education Dr Mahendra Reddy made the announcements to his senior staff early this week.
“Parents and guardians are to be relieved of buying prescribed textbooks by the Ministry of Education,” Dr Reddy was quoted saying in the statement.
“All students in the primary and secondary schools will be provided with a set of the prescribed textbook by March of this year at the latest.
“Teachers are to ensure that each student has access to all prescribed textbooks for their relevant subjects.”
Meanwhile, school term one for 2015 begins on January 19 and ends on April 24.
