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There’s no textbooks crisis, publishers say
:Parents wait to be served at Eden Bookshop in Mombasa on Saturday while purchasing books ahead of the new term. Booksellers, parents, and publishers have expressed concern over the acute shortage of text books.
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What you need to know:
- The textbooks for Grade 9 learners are in the final stages of distribution to public schools, in line with the government policy of buying one textbook for each learner in each subject, said Kenya Publishers Association (KPA)Chairperson Kiarie Kamau.
Publishers have attributed delays in the distribution of competency-based curriculum (CBC) textbooks to the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), even as it allayed concerns over shortage of Grade 9 books.
The textbooks for Grade 9 learners are in the final stages of distribution to public schools, in line with the government policy of buying one textbook for each learner in each subject, said Kenya Publishers Association (KPA)Chairperson Kiarie Kamau.
