The mandatory purchase of workbooks, modules and other supplementary materials for elementary high school students should be scrapped since it has been long banned, a lawmaker said on Friday.

Rep. Terry Ridon of Kabataan party-list made the disclosure under his House Resolution 930 which seeks Congressional probe on such practice of illegal and compulsory sale of materials to elementary and high school students.

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