Fournitures scolaires : 10 livres à 35 000 f… ‘’tous du même éditeur’’
Students are scheduled to return to school tomorrow, October 8th. This time is also a time of intense pressure on parents. To get a clear idea, an economist looked at the list of textbooks a private school requires from a first-grade student. The list includes 10 documents (see end) with a fairly high total price. "These ten books cost 35,000! That's more than 50 euros. Ten books... several of which won't even be used during the school year. And all from the same publisher!!!!," he exclaimed amidst indignation.
The economist in question is Magaye Gaye, who had already sparked the debate a few weeks before the start of the school year with macroeconomic data. Today, he's back at it, backed by micro-figures. And that's to say that this student's example is anything but an isolated case. "Throughout Senegal, thousands of low-income families experience the same ordeal every year at the start of the school year."
Yet, according to Magaye Gaye, it's possible to spend less with appropriate resources. He gives the example of another private school that creates its own resources. Here, teachers produce the activity materials, taking each level into account. "The school prints the exercises and pastes them into notebooks, which eliminates the need to write by hand for each student. A small portion of the registration fees is used to purchase the necessary paper and ink," he emphasizes. A model that, according to him, allows students to learn better while limiting expenses for parents.
Through these examples, Magaye Gaye seeks to spark debate. He wants the issue of supplies to be a national concern due to the heavy burden on parents. His belief is that harmonization is needed at the national level. "It's time to consider establishing a single textbook per level, designed by national teams of experienced teachers and made available free of charge or at a reduced cost," he recommends.
And this is all the more possible, he says, since other countries have already tried it. The economist therefore invites the Minister of Education to look into the issue by supporting local initiatives instead of allowing schools to be forced to accept a plethora of expensive textbooks, knowing that quantity does not necessarily mean quality.
List of manuals:
1 Reading 2024,
2 Language and Communication 2025,
3 Graphics and writing 2025,
4 LC 2021 Activity Book,
5 Mathematics 2025,
6 Math Activity Book 2021,
7 Discovery of the world 2025,
8 DM 2023 Activity Book,
9 Sustainable Development 2026,
10 DD 2024 Activity Book.
Commentaires (6)
35000 je n'ai meme pas 15000 dans mes poches
C'est Rien du tout
@RT donc yaw am Jiabar ak dom Wathinala
Faites moins d'enfants et puis c'est tout Quand tu en fait tu sais que tu vas payer des fournitures pendant 17 ans au moins
je me rends compte que je suis totalement à la ramasse avec le programme scolaire des élèves. (je dois souligner la diversité malgré tout contenu dans cette liste).
de mon temps nous avions Ami et Remi, Bled , et un livre avec des mathématiques.
tout cette notion de culture générale n'existait pas.
bon c'est à saluer.
mais je suis d'accord qu'il faut que le ministère de l'éducation travaille sur l'harmonisation par niveau afin de cadre mieux .
les écoles privées se gavent sur le dos des parents
Vraiment Pertinent.
J ai l impression que le consommateur au Sénégal est un pigeon, épluché à droite et à gauche, souvent de manière injustifiée.
C est un thème dont les Patriotes devraient s'emparer, poser le débat et proposer des solutions, pour en quelque sorte faciliter la tâche au PR Diomaye et au PM Sonko.
Il urge d intervenir dans ces secteurs vitaux où les prix sont drogués.
Moi, de mon temps c'était Mamadou et Bineta😀
Les parents sont les dindons de la farce de ces etablissements. Deuxio, certaines ecoles privees pour contenir les prix de l'Etat sur les inscriptions, les cachent au niveau du transport ou de la restauration. L'Etat et les parents doivent prendre a bras le corps toute cette incoherence.
10 livres pour 35 000 c'est raisonnable. un livre pour 3500 c'est abordable. comme l'autre le dit si vous avez 10 gosses alors c'est votre faute.
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