Schools to get €96 per pupil under free schoolbooks scheme

The €50m fund will provide free schoolbooks, workbooks, and copybooks to more than 558,000 pupils. Stock picture

Education Minister Norma Foley will today reveal details of the €50m free schoolbooks scheme which will see schools paid €96 for every primary school pupil from September.

That money will provide free schoolbooks, workbooks, and copybooks to more than 558,000 children.