BITING HARD INTO THEIR WALLETS: Parents fork out $150 to download textbooks from the Ministry of Education website and get it printed. Did Government con parents and students when it promised free textbooks?

17/2/2015

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1) Some schools are telling their students to download their textbooks from the MoE Website and get it printed.
2) One parent tells Fijileaks he just spent almost $150 just to print textbooks for his son
3) The site http://www.education.gov.fj/index.php/textbooks/year-7 has about 7 textbooks and it costs 10c a page to print at an internet shop
4) Each book is about 100-200 pages.
5) Not all parents have access to internet neither can they afford the printing charges
6) Is this what the Government meant by free textbooks?

Take, for example, Fiji Mathematics Year 7 textbook - it contains 119 pages

10 Comments

Arre Yaar

16/2/2015 04:50:00 pm

Don't you know this fellas got a blueprint on how to build a brand new and better Fiji?
They have all the answers to all the problems faced by the people of Fiji.

Pandey

16/2/2015 06:32:41 pm

That's free education for government (I mean they not paying anything only parents pay ).welcome con Fiji. You have con people running the show. That's what Fiji voted for.

Sa Sivia na Butako

16/2/2015 06:37:19 pm

Maybe the kids could be supplied with cheap tablets and download it there ?

VoR

16/2/2015 09:03:50 pm

Aren't there any Copyright issues when you print whole texts? Just wondering since the MOE should not be seen to be condoning intellectual theft of someone's work.

Bulshit govt link

16/2/2015 09:54:50 pm

The list of 'pack of lies' spread by FF and Baini and Kaiyum is becoming more clear. Yet we have donkey-headed people and supporters who keep posting on Facebook what a great leader and good govt we have. Let's make a list of ever increasing duties and taxes we have since this bulshit govt came into being. Baini and Kaiyum are there just to fill their pockets and of those close to them. What say! Free books- bulshit, free education- bulshit, cheaper cars- bulshit, cheaper groceries- bulshit, good medical facilities- bulshit, good police service- bloody hell

Jane

16/2/2015 10:53:04 pm

Hahahaha......now that you have voted us in ......we can do anything we want ........you parents voted us in so do not complain .......you were so gullable.....you believe everything we say before the elections........hahaha.....LOL.....we will make sure we hide our lies behind our campaign and bribe you again so easily before the next election.....hahaha......please vote for me and Aiiarse always because we will give you free milk and free textbooks and we will give you free university too!........we don't liie and we never will.....cheers.....Bai and Aiarse......lol.......

Butakorama

16/2/2015 11:40:41 pm

Probably the total cost of printing, binding and distribution of the books would be less than $10-00 at the government printing press.

Oh.. Sorry they have SOLD the government printers - have they ?

But even that's not the point - the point is that the FijiFools Party had promised FREE education, books, bus fares and Milk - what happened?? Lies, lies and more bloody Lies.

Bainimarama should be aptly called Chororama / Butakorama

Dekho

17/2/2015 12:22:16 am

Never mind about the textbooks and what it costs the parents to acquire it. The important thing is Bainimarama and Khaiyum's "new" Fiji will get a new flag.
So don't worry be happy!

Dean

25/2/2015 04:57:34 pm

Changing the flag is not a good idea. If it wasn't for the British where will you be??
Well the Union Jack has a deep meaning so removing, well it's just a bad idea

Jim

17/2/2015 12:17:54 pm

time for mahend reddy to go. Bainimarama should remove mahend reddy and bring Brij Lal as minister. mahend is inefficient.

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BITING HARD INTO THEIR WALLETS: Parents fork out $150 to download textbooks from the Ministry of Education website and get it printed. Did Government con parents and students when it promised free textbooks?

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