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Sales of Textbooks, Uniforms in School: Minister’s Order Strongly in Force

Par JATOR NJENYU
05 Sep 2022 15:51
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Parents have been advised to buy school gadgets only in markets while denouncing defaulters violating the order.

Some schools have opened their admissions on a note of violation as they continue to advertise textbooks and uniforms sold on campus. This is in violation of a circular by the Minister of Trade, Luc Magloire Mbarga Atangana, on August 16, 2009 in which he made it clear to school authorities that school textbooks and uniforms must not be sold on campus.
The circular came in the wake of an increasing sales of didactic gadgets on campus by the administration especially of private and mission schools, which thing was being replicated in government academic establishments to the disfavour of those seeking admissions.
Most parents became victims of high prices charged for these materials while bookshop owners cried foul against the practice which dwindled their sales.
The uniforms often are either under or over-sized and hardly gives the scholar a fitting look. In certain instances, the fabric used are of very low quality and the sewing leaves a lot to be desired. Past experiences from students show that hardly did those uniforms last over an academic term without tearing or fading, therefore exacerbating the expenses for repairs or even the need to secure new ones altogether.
In some private colleges in Douala, the administrative staff said they secure books from bookshop on a special discount to sell to in their establishments at costs a little higher.