Free books! I told you so.

from w

I just read in a blog that occasionally criticizes the Fiji leaders, here is an interesting bit about the promise of free books for students.  I told you so...... in my posting a few weeks ago.

BITING HARD INTO THEIR WALLETS: Parents fork out $150 to download textbooks from the Ministry of Education website and get it printed. Did Government con parents and students when it promised free textbooks?

16/2/2015

1) Some schools are telling their students to download their textbooks from the MoE Website and get it printed. 
2) One parent tells Fijileaks he just spent almost $150 just to print textbooks for his son
3) The site http://www.education.gov.fj/index.php/textbooks/year-7 has about 7 textbooks and it costs 10c a page to print at an internet shop
4) Each book is about 100-200 pages. 
5) Not all parents have access to internet neither can they afford the printing charges
6) Is this what the Government meant by free textbooks?