Education is about learning to think for yourself

I have finally reached Lexicon's sale.

There where many books, down to $1 that's TT.

An so the Manning administration has snuffed the life out of yet another thriving private enterprise.

In a country where 30% of the population is functionally illiterate. It is difficult to sustain a book business on pleasure readers alone.

So for Lexicon had the distributor rights for Longman international and their textbook range.

Then they introduced the textbook scheme to provide free textbooks to all school children both public and private.

On the face of this it may seem a good thing. The government is providing for its people. But they also standardised the textbooks to be used.

So teachers and schools are not allowed to choose their own textbooks.
You have to use what the government gives you.

So we have one sanctioned textbook, by an author who writes what they want children to be told, printed and published by their own private contractors.

And now that the businesses that provided an alternative learning and teaching resources, where will we go.

I applaud all those mothers who have decided to forego income and set up our own home schooling network.