asked the Minister for Education if he will ensure that there will be continuity in the principal types of school books.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - School Text Books.
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While it is desirable, on educational grounds, that the same text-books should not be used indefinitely in National or Secondary Schools, the unnecessary changing of texts is discouraged by my Department.
In regard to National Schools, my Department stresses, in its annual circular to managers and principal teachers regarding the list of approved text-books, that school books are not to be changed too frequently.
In Secondary Schools the same Irish texts are repeated frequently and there is a three-year or four-year rotation of texts in all other language subjects.