We noted that the used textbook project is very popular among the community, especially the low income group. In fact, many look forward to it.
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its fair to give credit when due.
this is an important project that deserves the citizens’ support. It helps the lowest rungs of society advance, and helps to cut waste too. A good community project that deserves to be continued!
Yupz, the way they say that ppl are “looking forward” to using used textbooks just doesn’t sound right…
Anyone here will prefer used textbooks if you can afford new ones?
I applaud the NTUC for spearheading this for the poor. Any help for the poor is always welcome.
What troubles me is that each year, we seem to have more and more such students – and families – who need such help. Used textbooks, pocket money, etc.
It says something about our country – especially when we are one of the richest in Asia, we boast of our achievements, we spent $150m on the F1, ministers are highest paid and so on.
And we too have one of the highest savings rate in the world.
Why then are we seeing more and more people needing handouts?
By the way, NTUC expects a “record turnout” this year for the free textbooks:
As Channel NewsAsia reported:
NTUC FairPrice expects a record turnout of students to collect free used textbooks. It is expecting 12,000 students this year, a 50 per cent increase from last year.
Yes. We must be careful in giving credit to NTUC only, but not PAP.
Yes, its fair to give credit when due. But the MSMs only report the good deed by NTUC, when there r many schools out there already started doing it long ago.
In Malaysia education is free, school fees free, text books free supplied by the govt. But Spore 1st world country, people rush madly for used text book, even the haves trying to snatch used text books from the haves not. What a shame !!
What credit? it’s a bloody shame!
to be honest, this is a good policy that seems devoid of politics. seems is the key word here. to me, as long as its a good policy and i do not see any downside to it, let’s just give credit when its due. it costs nearly nothing and helps the needy, that’s why i thought this deserves applause. i wish the government can help the needy more in such ways, without thinking of politics first, or without wasting money trying to sue citizens for opposing them.
Though gallant efforts by NTUC, it does show the problem of the huge gap in wage divide between the haves and the haves-not.
Never before has the divide so obvious that 12,000 students from our population has to rush for free used textbooks. Though we have the highest GDP in Asia, we also have alot of people living below the poverty line. Our poorest retirees also have a hard time living on PA (public Assistance) of around $250 a month.
Many of our people are still living below the “poverty” salary of $1200 a month and below. Many have to take on dual job to make ends meet. Some even have to go without power for many days as they fail to pay their power bills for more than 3 months. Some who are charged in court for failing to paytheir S & C bills opted to go to jail in default of payment as they don’t have the means to do so.
With this in mind, we can still bet billions on Citi, ML, ABC, Shin Corp, UBS and other maybe even Lehman Brothers. Something is wrong up there.
Such lost billions can be put to better use to alleviate the hardship that our people suffer all this while.
If this is what you call First World country living status, then I got nothing to say.
I’m sure the 12,000 students come from households that can afford our affordable HDB flats. Just that that they can’t afford our expensive textbooks… HDB flats remain affordable (no change). Textbook prices are shooting for the sky!
Got this english text book for P5, price increased by abt 100% when compared to last year. Wonder if the publisher is oso monopolize?
This is a worthy project and good for the environment because it’s recycling.
What is NOT good for the environment is the ridiculous book list given to primary pupils: Activity Books A and B, then Textbooks A and B, then Work Books A and B …for almost EVERY subject. On some pages, there are just two questions esp maths. It’s purely money-making. Just as bad at secondary school.
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