What does the Minister of Education and Training say about textbooks being 2-3 times more expensive?

At the group discussion session at the National Assembly on the morning of May 25, Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son clearly informed the price textbook 2-3 times increase. “The issue of textbook prices, social opinion in the past few days has also talked about an increase of 2-3 times. This, I do not have to justify or explain to businesses, but provide information to delegates. know more” – Minister Nguyen Kim Son said.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son

According to Minister Nguyen Kim Son, when comparing the prices of books, we have a comparison of similar prices, that is, comparing the prices of newly compiled book sets according to the 2018 general education program with each other.

For example, new books for grades 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, that is, a new compilation system, socialization according to the policy of the National Assembly is to socialize many sets of books. These cleaners are compiled with a larger format, better paper, and the process from compilation to introduction, testing, and release is the business that fully takes care of that and declares prices with the Ministry of Finance.

As for the 3rd, 7th grade, 10th grade books, the cost of books of this year’s Education Publishing House is reduced by 10-15% compared to the corresponding new books last year, while the cost of materials and fuel increases. go up.

Compared to the old book series under the 2016 program, the books that the state has paid for many stages from compilation and evaluation, that is, the parts that were previously organized by the state according to the old system, Smaller size, bad paper.

Compared to the old set of books, the price ranges from 50,000-100,000 VND, while the price of the new set of books ranges from 200,000-300,000 VND depending on the type of book.

“If we compare it with the books of the old system, it’s different. But compared to the books of the new program, it is equal and more reasonable. Compared to the book series organized by the state before that we have If it increases, the comparison is not similar,” said the Minister of Education and Training.

Minister Nguyen Kim Son also confirmed to Education Publishing House that the Ministry has directed each book to set aside 25,000 copies to distribute to students in remote and isolated areas. However, this number is still small. Therefore, other measures are needed.

Besides, as soon as the book has not been released, the publisher has been asked to provide PDF files on the pages of the publisher so that students can download the files conveniently.

The Ministry of Education and Training is also implementing solutions to bring the bookshelf at the most reasonable level for the convenience of learners.

Regarding information online that textbooks are not reused, Minister Nguyen Kim Son affirmed that the books in the newly compiled series are completely reusable, not disposable. The program to change books is done in the form of rolling slides, each year doing a few levels of education, so it takes many years to replace. Specifically, this period will replace grade 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, and next year will be grade 4, 8, 11. Thus, every year there is a task of replacing books, of course old books will not be usable for the year. new.

“But the new compiled books are completely reusable books and the Ministry has also directed schools to increase the purchase of books and put them in school libraries so that students can use them many times” – Mr. Nguyen Kim Son speak.

Previously, during a discussion at the conference hall on the afternoon of May 23, many delegates raised many shortcomings about the textbook renewal program, and even questioned whether there were negatives in the selection of textbooks. Specifically, NE Nguyen Thi Kim Thuy (Da Nang) asked the question “Are there any cases of Vietnam and Asia in the selection of textbooks?”.

Representative Nguyen Anh Tri (Hanoi) said that voters are very upset about the problems of general education programs that are not suitable. In particular, textbooks are not reused, so every year thousands of billions of dong are spent to buy new textbooks, making it difficult for families with children to go to school, especially poor families.

Therefore, some delegates suggested that the National Assembly should choose the issue of renewing textbooks and renovating educational programs to carry out supreme supervision.

According to Van Duan-The Dung