Every summer, families pay huge sums while the Department of Education looks on
Costly lesson: Schools, publishers, book shops and the Department of Education are part of an expense-fuelling textbook matrix every year. Photograph: iStockIt’s the end of August. Parents are tearing their hair out trying to sort schoolbooks for the year ahead. Costs can run to hundreds of euro per child for primary and secondary schoolbooks – and nearly €1,000 for those using electronic tablets.
Some schools bulk buy ahead of time, making the process straightforward, though still costly. Others offer practical book-rental schemes, though not all. Now there’s a mad flurry to source books, as many parents long-finger the pain until August, trawling multiple shops and websites, chasing titles coming in and out of stock. Returns or second-hand purchases are difficult to organise.
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