Cost of school books to be reduced to loan schemes [thejournal.ie]
- Published: 11 October 2011
THE COST OF school books will be lowered for students in schools that run book rental schemes.
Minister for Education and Skills Ruairi Quinn TD said today he welcomes the commitment by the main educational publishers to give “substantial discounts” to schools that run such book rental schemes.
The Minister said:
"My main objective in proposing these measures is to ensure that costs to students and their families are kept to a minimum and I believe that the steps achieved to-date will contribute substantially to achieving this objective.
I will continue to prioritise this issue over the coming months."Full Story: www.thejournal.ie
