Education Ministry to Review Textbook Lists Amid Rising Costs
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- Jamaica’s Education Ministry plans to review school textbook lists amid concerns about rising back-to-school expenses.
- The review will seek to ensure that schools require only essential, high-quality texts, Parliamentary Secretary Marlon Morgan said during a visit to a Kingston primary school.
Jamaica’s Education Ministry plans to review the textbook lists used by schools as families face growing back-to-school costs.
The ministry wants schools to require only texts considered essential and of high quality, Parliamentary Secretary Senator Marlon Morgan said.
Morgan disclosed the plan while visiting Edward Seaga Primary School in Kingston to observe proceedings marking the opening of the 2026/27 academic year on Monday.
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