Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), in partnership with Bookboon, is bringing free e-books to SA's tertiary students.
According to Bookboon, the partnership aims to ease the burden of tertiary institution fees by availing the books online, which may save the students total costs of more than R8 000.
"We hope to help take some of the monetary pressure off students by helping to support a free textbook initiative such as Bookboon. In this way, we can also reach students who may not know that there are many possible roles available in the investment banking arena and share with them a little bit more about what makes RMB tick as an organisation," says Ilka Dunne, head of young talent development at RMB.
"Through supporting Bookboon, we are able to bring much-needed resources to students while still getting our message out there. We believe it has a greater impact in shaping their future," Dunne adds.
"The books are available in PDF so they can be read and saved on computers. If students want to, it is possible to print the books themselves. The printing costs are still a fraction of buying the books," Bookboon notes.
According to Bookboon, figures from the Council for Higher Education show that 40% of students who enrol in higher education institutions never graduate because they are unable to finance their studies
"All the books we offer are available as e-books and can be downloaded for free from our Web site, ranging from academic textbooks for university students, business books for professionals and travel guides," explains Bookboon's country manager for SA, James van der Westhuizen.
"South Africa needs highly educated people for economic growth and to fight poverty. We believe that reducing expenses by offering free textbooks is a step in the right direction. Bookboon allows us to help make an impact in this arena," Dunne adds.
"Thanks to RMB, we have the opportunity to expand our collection and publish more books, which are specifically written for South African students," Van der Westhuizen concludes.
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