The most prominent of which is the installment of its prices or its purchase from outside the school

The prices of textbooks burden the students’ families..Private schools provide facilities

Parents of students are not obligated to purchase textbooks from schools.

Photography by Ashok Verma

Students of private schools in the northern emirates reported that the prices of textbooks for the next academic year are very expensive, as their price ranges from 1,500 to 2,300 dirhams, and the students’ parents may pay more than 7,000 dirhams for textbooks if they have more than one student, which adds new financial burdens. On them, on the other hand, private schools reported that they provide three facilities for students’ families regarding textbook fees, including installments of their prices with tuition fees, and allowing students’ families to buy them from outside the school or print them to take into account their financial circumstances.

Private schools indicated that they received observations from students' families during the registration of students for the next academic year regarding the increase in the prices of textbooks, especially for those who have more than one student in the classroom, and that they cannot pay the value of the textbooks in full, in addition to the first installment of tuition fees.

She added that textbooks are not subject to profit by private schools, but are imported from abroad, especially for the American and British curricula, and that their high price comes from the source as they are printed in color, and this raises their price in addition to shipping and delivery fees.

She pointed out that the students' families are not obligated to purchase textbooks from schools if they are provided from outside the school, provided that the textbooks are the same without any missing pages or differences in the curriculum.

She added that due to the circumstances of students' families who are unable to pay the value of textbooks in full at the beginning of the school year, they can be paid in installments with the tuition fees set by the school administration, and students' families can also buy books from outside the school if their prices are less than the prices available in schools. In addition to the possibility of photographing them through the use of books by their fellow students.

The private schools stated that if the textbooks were photographed, the pages should be clear and tidy, and that they be wrapped in libraries like the original books, and pointed out that it is forbidden for students to use books used before because they contain answers that would negatively affect the level The students’ families have the right to purchase books individually in case they have a shortage of some of them and others are available to them.

The schools clarified that they take any measure that contributes to alleviating the financial burdens on the students’ families and helps not to delay any student’s time in the classroom at the beginning of the school year for any reasons, as schools provide appropriate solutions to the students’ families regarding various fees and study services.

Private Schools: Books are not for profit and are imported.

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