I work in a UK school teaching students from 11-16 years. We very much wanted to teach them how to use products that are being used in the workplace so purchased the Adobe suite. It has been really frustrating over the years to see Educational pricing increase and with the recent advice that device licencing is becoming end of life at the end of this year, I'm sure pricing will increase more. Currently we pay £5000 to teach students how to use Adobe software. We do not gain financially from using the software, we are not a business. I find it appalling that Adobe charges us so much; in my opinion software for schools should be free, not restricted by budgets. This year we have decided that the cost is too much, so we will not be renewing our Adobe licence. I now have to tell our Graphics, Media and IT departments that they will have to find new (cheaper) software, learn how to use it and then teach their students. It would be nice to hear from Adobe as to how they justify their Educational pricing...
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