In Finland school is free, except for the books, which the student at high school level has to pay for. A yearly debate is, whether or not also these books should be free or not. Helsingin Sanomat (http://www.hs.fi/digilehti/#15082012/kotimaa/ ) calculated how much a student has to pay all together during three years at high school, if he was to invest into new – not used – books. The total sum is 1972 Euro´s.
In today´s information society almost every family has a personal pc and I would assume – not knowing the statistics – that a majority of high school students have a personal laptop. This is an investment which they should also have for school purposes. A sum of 500 Euro´s should be added onto the 1972 Euro´s invested into books.
Thinking on a bit further, do the books need to be printed versions? Could they not be e-books or even integrated into the e-learning platforms of schools.
It is also surprising that there was no discussion on the e-tools (e.g. software programmes) students need to buy and how much they need to spend. Every computer most probably has a Microsoft office package, which has a price tag. But how many schools and students are using Google applications?
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