New textbooks have increased in price by more than 2 times: What is the plan for highland students?

Many people believe that the increase in the price of textbooks next school year will really be a pressure and burden for parents, especially in ethnically and economically difficult areas.

The family has 3 children of school age, in previous years, Ms. Nguyen Ha Nhi (Chong Khanh district, Cao Bang) often asked for books from older students in the village for her children to study, but in the last 2 years, she has studied the program. New general education, so at the beginning of every year, she has a headache about buying a new set of books for her child.

“My husband and I only work in the fields and fields. If we have more free time, we can collect firewood to sell, but the income is not much. Last year, my 2nd grade daughter had to buy a set of nearly 500,000 books, including reference books, and her family had to beg the school until almost half of the second semester to pay for the textbooks.

This year, when I heard that the 3rd graders were learning new books again, the price of the books increased more than 2 times than the current textbooks, so it was very difficult for a large family with children in a remote area like my house. I just hope the Publishing House has a plan to subsidize prices for poor families with many children like us,” Nhi said.

The price of new textbooks has increased, causing many upland families to pile up difficulties.

It can be seen that the story of textbook price increases has happened for many good years. For families with conditions, buying textbooks is not a big problem, but for families with difficult circumstances, especially in difficult economic mountains, this is a burden on parents’ shoulders. every beginning of the school year.

Mr. Hoang Phuc Gon, a teacher at Dam Thuy Primary School (Cao Bang), admits that increasing the price of textbooks is a great pressure for parents in disadvantaged areas, because his students are mainly ethnic minority children. , of which 80% are poor students.

Mr. Nen suggested: “Spending millions of dollars to buy books for their children is a burden for parents in upland areas, so I hope there will be a mechanism to buy textbooks on the basis of supporting highland students to give them access to textbooks as well. as a reference book.

Many experts have the same opinion, should there be conditions for buying textbooks in different regions, or should there be subsidies for students in difficult economic areas, rather than raising the price of textbooks in general? times, it really makes it difficult for students and parents in mountainous areas.

According to Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tran Xuan Nhi – former Deputy Minister of Education and Training, it is important that schools have a library to share textbooks to save money for parents.

“In my opinion, we should be the owner of the school to build a bookcase for students in remote and difficult areas. And schools across the country should encourage students to donate after 1 year of use. library creation field.

From this source, the school will lend books to students of the next course. If 30% of students donate books a year, after a few years 100% of students will not have to buy books. Parents do not need to buy books at the beginning of the school year but use school books, just buying exercise books will also help parents save some money”, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tran Xuan Nhi said.

Hoang Thanh