Education Resource Centre
Federal Capital Territory Administration
No. 55 Harper Street, Wuse Zone 7, Abuja
Invitation for Book Review
- This is to bring to the notice of the general public especially publishers and authors that the FCT Education Resource Centre (ERG) intends to carry out a review of available textbooks for onward compilation of a standard list for use in the Federal Capital Territory of the Pre-primary, Primary and Secondary School levels.
- The review will comprise all subjects, and two alternative titles, two supplementary titles and a revision text shall be recommended for each subject. All texts recommended shall be for a period of three academic years, until the next book review in the year 2013.
- Accordingly, all interested publishers and authors are invited to submit five (5) copies each of their published titles for consideration, They should also provide the following information in respect to each title:
- i. Name of publishers
- ii. Title category (Pre-primary/Primary/Secondary)
- iii. Full title of book
- iv. Name of author
- v. Date of publication
- vi. Place of publication
- Current cover price
- Contact phone/GSM No
- In assessing the textbooks, the ERC shall, among other indices, give consideration to the following:
- i. Conformity with the national curriculum produced by the NERDC
- ii. Quality of print and illustrations
- iii. Students exercises/activities
- iv. Quality production (bond paper, binding and size etc)
- v. Cover price
- vi. Availability throughout the FCT
- Currency of edition
- All submissions should reach the ERC, CD Division C/O multi-purpose hall on or before Monday 31st May, 2010
- For further information or enquiries, publishers may contact the Director (ERC) on 0803 578 6034 or 0803 7017008 or the undersigned in Room B3.
