Plan your shopping routes carefully to avoid spending an entire day or days trying to get school supplies.
After you have made your purchase and you are satisfied that it is correct, consider doing the following towards preserving the condition of the books.
Wrap books to safeguard and preserve them.
Encourage children to care their books, bags and uniforms.
When it rains, place books in plastic bags before placing them in the school bag.
Encourage children to place their bags in a safe. place during play as this can prevent possible theft
Promote the use of book markers to discourage children from bending the leaves of books.
And discourage children from making permanent marks in the texts as they can be resold or traded.
How the Consumer Affairs Commission's School Textbook Survey can help you
In addition to information on price, the results of the School Text Book Prices 2004 survey seeks to provide information as to the availability of books, island wide.
This survey can assist parents in planning their shopping route so that they'll know what books can be purchased at which store at the lowest prices, within a particular region.
- Source: Consumer Affairs Commission
