DTI sets guidelines in buying school supplies
>> Saturday, August 19, 2023
School Concerns
With the upcoming school
year just around the corner, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) releases
the Gabay sa Pamimili ng School Supplies to assist consumers in their
purchase of school items. The Price Act (RA7581) classifies school supplies as
Prime Commodities.
After two years of using various learning modalities, schools began conducting face-to-face classes last year while President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. recently lifted the State of Public Health Emergency nationwide.
As the school year 2023-2024 starts on August 29, the Department reaffirms its support for the Department of Education's (DepEd) Balik Eskwela program by issuing the price guide for school supplies.
The price guide includes specific brands of notebooks (composition, spiral, and writing), pad paper (Grades 1-4 and intermediate), pencils, ballpoint pens, crayons, erasers, sharpeners, and rulers.
As of July 2023, notebook prices range from P23.00 to P52.00, while Grades 1-4 pad paper prices vary from P21.00 to P28.00. Intermediate pad paper, on the other hand, costs from P31.00 to P48.75.00.
Prices of writing materials such as pencils and ballpoint pens range from P11.00 to P17.00, and from P9.75 to P19.00, respectively.
Depending on the brand, consumers may purchase a box of crayons with eight (8) colors for as low as P 12.00 to as high as P34.00. A 12-color pack costs P32.00, while the price of a 16-color pack varies from P24.00 to P69.00.
Meanwhile, an eraser at small, medium, and large sizes, has a price range from P4.50 to P20.00. Sharpeners and rulers are priced at P18.00 – P69.00 and P22.00 – P27.75.00, respectively.
“While prices of some products have remained unaffected by recent market trends, other school supplies saw price increases. This is primarily due to increased global cost of basic raw materials,” says DTI Consumer Protection Group (CPG) Undersecretary, Atty. Ruth B. Castelo.
Atty. M. Marcus N. Valdez II, Director of the DTI Consumer Policy and Advocacy Bureau, emphasizes, “The DTI is closely coordinating with the manufacturers of school supplies to ensure that prices are reasonable and supply is sufficient in the market.”
The Gabay sa Pamimili ng School Supplies was published today, 25 July 2023 in The Philippine Star. The public may access the SRP Bulletin for school supplies via the DTI website
For consumer-related concerns and queries, you may send an email to ConsumerCare@dti.gov.ph or reach us thru the One-DTI (1-384) Hotline.
After two years of using various learning modalities, schools began conducting face-to-face classes last year while President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. recently lifted the State of Public Health Emergency nationwide.
As the school year 2023-2024 starts on August 29, the Department reaffirms its support for the Department of Education's (DepEd) Balik Eskwela program by issuing the price guide for school supplies.
The price guide includes specific brands of notebooks (composition, spiral, and writing), pad paper (Grades 1-4 and intermediate), pencils, ballpoint pens, crayons, erasers, sharpeners, and rulers.
As of July 2023, notebook prices range from P23.00 to P52.00, while Grades 1-4 pad paper prices vary from P21.00 to P28.00. Intermediate pad paper, on the other hand, costs from P31.00 to P48.75.00.
Prices of writing materials such as pencils and ballpoint pens range from P11.00 to P17.00, and from P9.75 to P19.00, respectively.
Depending on the brand, consumers may purchase a box of crayons with eight (8) colors for as low as P 12.00 to as high as P34.00. A 12-color pack costs P32.00, while the price of a 16-color pack varies from P24.00 to P69.00.
Meanwhile, an eraser at small, medium, and large sizes, has a price range from P4.50 to P20.00. Sharpeners and rulers are priced at P18.00 – P69.00 and P22.00 – P27.75.00, respectively.
“While prices of some products have remained unaffected by recent market trends, other school supplies saw price increases. This is primarily due to increased global cost of basic raw materials,” says DTI Consumer Protection Group (CPG) Undersecretary, Atty. Ruth B. Castelo.
Atty. M. Marcus N. Valdez II, Director of the DTI Consumer Policy and Advocacy Bureau, emphasizes, “The DTI is closely coordinating with the manufacturers of school supplies to ensure that prices are reasonable and supply is sufficient in the market.”
The Gabay sa Pamimili ng School Supplies was published today, 25 July 2023 in The Philippine Star. The public may access the SRP Bulletin for school supplies via the DTI website
For consumer-related concerns and queries, you may send an email to ConsumerCare@dti.gov.ph or reach us thru the One-DTI (1-384) Hotline.
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