Today Ascoli and 40 other Italian cities, the Gush Student has made a protest against the expensive books. In front of hundreds of high schools have been placed bags of jute, which was printed the image of U.S. dollars surrounded by the names of the major publishing houses that produce textbooks. Ascoli action has affected more than 10 colleges.
"Despite the promises of the minister Gelmini, Italian families continue to pay figures would make the purchase of textbooks. The expenditure per student on average than the 500 euro, not to mention that an institution on two breached the spending ceiling imposed by the Ministry, "says Francesco Poles, national coordinator of the Student Block. "The Minister of Education - adds Pierluigi Travaglini, a spokesman for Block Ascolano students - has not taken any serious measures to combat this problem, but merely 'advise' to the publishers not to change issue and not to increase prices for 5 years. is absolutely insufficient and ineffective. "
"The Block Student - Polish ends - continues his fight for the adoption of a single textbook for each subject at the regional level (different subjects depending on the school). We also call for the creation of a special supervisory body to supervise the activities and the profits of publishing houses. "
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