ogamiitto:
Hello guys, a friend told me that textbooks can be very expensive in Nigeria. I was wondering if that is true.

Have you come across any instance where the costs of a textbook was a hindrance? Did you need any books or manuals whose access provide invaluable insight but was too expensive?

How do you manage in that case?

Thank you for your help

Go to good Universities and u wunt av to worry abt text books that much. Go to schools like imsu, text books will make u starve.

bro it is expensive. the funniest thing is it is not necessary but compulsory. if you don't buy,u risk carry over,. I have Lotta textbooks I didn't even touch buh had to buy coz I just had to and the funniest thiing is most textbooks are copy and paste directly from Google.

It depends on ur course of study.

Textbooks are just too expensive for an average student. Thanks for the invention called "INTERNET" , if not information would have been a scarce commodity that only the few privilege would have access to. With your android phone, laptop etc you have access to billions of information that could occupy a whole Nigeria if Nigeria is a dedicated library.
You have access to ebooks, videos, tutorials which can aid in being self taught. So youth don't have excuse for being ignorant.

budosky:
When I was in the uni, I never strived to buy any textbook. All I craved for was to acquire a Laptop so as to be able to download the PDF formats of any textbook I need. Moreover, not all the required textbooks can be gotten in bookshops whereas most can be downloaded freely online in the form of PDFs.

Another effective, economical but somehow stressful method if you don't have a laptop, is to get a phone with good camera, look for one of your course mates that has the said textbook and start snapping the pages you need. Then you can read it from your phone in such way.

May Almighty help us

doing so with my manageable phone too.


Amen.

budosky:
When I was in the uni, I never strived to buy any textbook. All I craved for was to acquire a Laptop so as to be able to download the PDF formats of any textbook I need. Moreover, not all the required textbooks can be gotten in bookshops whereas most can be downloaded freely online in the form of PDFs.

Another effective, economical but somehow stressful method if you don't have a laptop, is to get a phone with good camera, look for one of your course mates that has the said textbook and start snapping the pages you need. Then you can read it from your phone in such way.

May Almighty help us

Please can you help me with any relevant sites to download books from??

Damianobi:


Go to good Universities and u wunt av to worry abt text books that much. Go to schools like imsu, text books will make u starve.

Are those textbooks updated version or just outdated version

Donshemzy1234:



Please can you help me with any relevant sites to download books from??

try 4shared.com , scribd.com or learn how to use torrent

...i get any foreign textbook free on the net real high end textbooks

Damianobi:


In my sch, if u jst snap text books, u will mark ur exam answer sheets ursef.

As for me i just snap am, then use camscanner app to enhance, compile all the pishures together & make it into a PDF file, i saved over 60k doing dat, i just dont see the point of buying a bulky book when i can just get it for 20-30MB for my mobile phone

tosynomolara:
Borrow and Photocopy nani..

That is piracy bro, one can be jailed for it.
I don't think such exist in Nigeria

if u av that text book soft or hard copy for sale,, latest edition, please holla @ me....really in need of it
agboolasegun1@gmail.com

Damianobi:


Oga education shouldn't be expensive.

If It's not expensive, what value....? Quality above quantity always

It depends. Medical books could be expensive. Pediatrics by Azubuike is currently 20k. This is just a text book. But it has never hindered me. You should be ready to spend to get the best

Jiang:


As for me i just snap am, then use camscanner app to enhance, compile all the pishures together & make it into a PDF file, i saved over 60k doing dat, i just dont see the point of buying a bulky book when i can just get it for 20-30MB for my mobile phone

Well, u are lucky to b in a university where lecturers don't sell the books themselves.

acorntree:

Are those textbooks updated version or just outdated version

Lol... These are textbooks nt android applications. A professor may write a book in 1998 nd u still b using it in 2017.

tosynomolara:
Borrow and Photocopy nani..

That is no even cheaper and besides nothing like d original

It's obvious na... Making photocopies of handouts is battle let alone getting textbooks...

Truly education is not cheap but I'd get it than settle for illiteracy.

Damianobi:
Here in imsu... U must buy text books every semester and each semester, text books will cost you notin less than 20k. NOTE: be ready to fail any course u refuse to buy it's text book cus the buy dem from the lecturers directly and the lecturers put down ur names. If after exam, ur name is nt on their list as one of those that bought their text books, ur exam script will b used for tissue paper.

imsu lecturers book of life

Jiang:
Can't you just use your android phone to snap the book pages, you know that powerful 13-16mp camera is not just for taking selfies & feeling bae

I tire oh....it's what I did just now sef

acorntree:

try 4shared.com , scribd.com or learn how to use torrent

. Alright thanks so much.

if u study medicine u will unfastand.....

those textbooks ehn......


pharmacology anatomy physiology and d rest........

Which u must buy by fire by force if u want to pass ......

although PDF file is available most don't like it due to concentration and other factors......

Those textbooks are costly. sha

If you are focusing on your classes very well, you can make your own notes or use internet for study.

ogamiitto:
Hello guys, a friend told me that textbooks can be very expensive in Nigeria. I was wondering if that is true.

Have you come across any instance where the costs of a textbook was a hindrance? Did you need any books or manuals whose access provide invaluable insight but was too expensive?

How do you manage in that case?

Thank you for your help

I blame gov for over subsidizing fees. . . .

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