How You Order School Books

 

It is quite simple to order textbooks after you figure out the system.  There are no catalogs or internet sites to review textbooks available.

First, you have to visit the Catholic bookstore.  You can go in to browse around.  You look at the books available.  You decide what books you want from what's available.  After you purchase your books, you pay in cash and take your books.

That is the short version with a lot of questions omitted.  What books are required for each class? What if you want to purchase books for each student?

The books are printed in the local language of Tshiluba.  Some text books have the instructor's manual.  The books cover different subjects in a class.

The books have the appearance of pamphlets.  They are soft-covered with pictures to enhance the lessons.

It sounds simple.  It is simple.  But that's the systems for getting textbooks in Kananga.  With a system so simple, why most schools do not have textbooks?  The answer is poverty.